A READING museum scrapped its ‘hands off’ policy this weekend, as visitors got hands-on with a range of activities to celebrate Earth Day 2023.
The Museum of English Rural Life (MERL) welcomed the young and the young at heart on Saturday for an afternoon of crafts and displays, which embodied the event’s slogan: invest in our planet.
Organised in collaboration with Reading Museum, Nature Nurture, BBOWT and others, activities included bug creation, making mini compost containers and a ‘life below water’ collage session with artist, Rebecca Howard.
Students from Alfred Sutton and St John’s CE primary schools curated an exhibition called ‘Create a Buzz’. Their artwork showcased bees and the biodiverse habitats they require to thrive.
Amid the frivolities, there was also an opportunity to peruse and purchase Meadow Honey Farm’s honey and beeswax products, which are a fixture in the MERL shop.
The free to attend event was part of the Museum Partnership Reading’s ‘Our Green Stories’ campaign.
