By Amara Thornton (Research Officer, Ure Museum) We have been researching Annie Ure’s life and career over the past few months. Earlier last summer, our UROP student Ruth Lloyd created…Read More >
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Reginald Percy Austin (1900-1943)
By Amara Thornton (Research Officer, Ure Museum) Reginald Percy Austin came to University College Reading from his hometown in Cornwall in 1920, following a very brief period of war service…Read More >
Caroline Amy Hutton (1861-1931)
By Amara Thornton (Research Officer, Ure Museum) Born in New Zealand, Caroline Amy Hutton attended Girton College, Cambridge and studied Classics in the early 1880s. Like her contemporary at Girton…Read More >
Grace Ernestine Holding (c. 1878-1943)
By Amara Thornton (Research Officer, Ure Museum) Grace Ernestine Holding was born in London in around 1878. She obtained a B. A. degree from the University of Wales, attending University…Read More >
Ure Museum Archives: An initial description
By Amara Thornton (Research Officer, Ure Museum) Preliminiary information on the Ure Museum’s archive holdings can be found below. For more information or research access enquiries, please email ure@reading.ac.uk. The…Read More >
Dig it! Archaeology for Children in the Past
A talk by Ure Museum Research Officer Amara Thornton on archaeology books for children. This event is in conjunction with a new temporary display at the Ure Museum on artist…Read More >
A Wartime Interdisciplinary Vision
By Amara Thornton (Research Officer, Ure Museum) I’m continuing my research into the origins and history of the Ure Museum, and thanks to archivist Sharon Maxwell, the University History Collection…Read More >
#CollCurCat
By Amara Thornton (Research Officer, Ure Museum) The “Collectors, Curators and Cataloguers” workshop held on 12 June at the Museum of English Rural Life and the Ure Museum at the…Read More >
On Museum Beginnings
By Amara Thornton (Research Officer, Ure Museum) This month, the Ure Museum posted a new film on its YouTube channel, “On Museum Beginnings“. I put together this short film taking…Read More >
A Suffrage Sequence
By Amara Thornton (Research Officer, Ure Museum) If any readers have been following my activities on Twitter, they’ll know I’ve been spending some time recently listening to an excellent archive…Read More >