Shop

You're sure to find unique gifts and souvenirs in MERL’s small but interesting shop, which offers a wide variety of books, handmade crafts and reasonably priced 'pocket money' items, all inspired by the MERL collections.

 

 

 

There are  new toy ranges, which include traditional wooden toys made in Yorkshire by Peter Camus, and a beautiful selection of mugs, cruets and money boxes by Herdy of Cumbria.

 

• Field work exhibition

You will find a number of books in our shop which link to our current photographic exhibition, Field Work - photographs from East Anglia by Justin Partyka.

The Field Work book has been published as a limited edition of 100 signed and numbered copies, each featuring 63 colour photographs and an introduction by Justin Partyka. Each copy is beautifully presented in a slipcase and includes a print.

We also stock Fenwomen by Mary Chamberlain, which again features photos by Justin Partyka, as well as  two other fascinating books depicting the countryside of East Anglia - Luminous Coast by Jules Pretty and Ask The Fellows Who Cut The Hay by George Ewart Evans.

For more information on the Field Work exhibition, visit the Field Work exhibition page.

 

• MERL's exclusive range by Suzy T design

Tea towels are now available featuring the exclusive Suzy T's design orignally seen on our canvas bags. Offer: £5 each or 2 for £9

Suzy T specialises in the creation of beautifully designed greetings cards and textiles for the home, such as tea towels and aprons. Suzy has designed scarves, t-shirts and other gift items for organisations such as the British Museum, English Heritage, The Ashmolean and Courtaulds.

Suzy T aims to use the best quality of materials, to produce everything in the UK and be as environmentally-friendly as possible.

 

 

Also available:

• A selection of CDs by Hilary James and Simon Mayor, the local artists hosting our folk music series including their wonderful 'Musical Mystery Tour' albums for children, are now available in the shop.
  
  
• We carry a wide range of books such as Ben Law's books  'Roundwood: timber framing' and 'The Woodland Year' and more unusual local history publications such as Suttons Seeds – A History 1806-2006, written and published by the Earley Local History Group.

• There are textiles by Ulster Weavers, honey and beeswax products from R&J Nickless Apiaries in Didcot as well as a small range of pottery from Aston Pottery and some lovely hand turned wooden bowls and plates, made by David Glover, one of our own volunteers!
  

• Greetings cards have been created for us by our former Artist in Residence, Julie Roberts, and there is also a selection of reasonably priced Royal Academy cards from Canns Down Press. We now also stock a range of beautiful cards from Museums and Galleries Marketing Ltd. 
  
  
• Younger visitors will find a selection of wooden toys as well as seeds to grow, cut out houses to make and chocolate animals to buy - to mention but a few things.

 

A discount of 10% is offered to University of Reading students and MERL volunteers.