A beautiful museum in the town of Reading that carries the history of the town- Reading Museum. It is situated in the English county of Berkshire. The Reading Museum is inside the Reading Town Hall and has a lot of galleries that describes the history of Reading and have a gallery of artifacts that were discovered during Calleva Atrebatum. It also houses a copy of Bayeux Tapestry, there are many discoveries that were related to the Reading Abbey and also have a great art collection. Between 1786 and 1897, the Reading Town Hall was built in different phases. The principal facade was designed by Alfred Waterhouse in the year 1875. You can use reading taxi numbers to book a ride to the museum.
The first foundation stone was laid in 1879 which was for a wing that had Museum and Library. The Museum opened in 1883 and had displayed collections from the late Horatio Bland. In 1897 during further extension, three art galleries were also added. When Civic offices moved out from the Town Hall to the Reading Civic Centre in 1975, they were immediately followed by Reading Central Library in 1985 which made the Concert Hall and Museum in use. After some discussions, there were plans to destroy the Town Hall and make a new Cultural Centre on it but the plan was later abandoned and refurbishment of the building began in 1989.
The Museum was closed for renovation and it reopened in stages from 1993 to 2000. Some of the principle galleries in the Reading Museum are the Silchester Gallery that houses the archaeological finds from the Calleva Atrebatum, Atrium area that has a seating around Roman pavement mosaic that was found from the silchester site. The Bayeux Gallery houses the beautiful replica tapestry that was made by 35 women from the Leek Embroidery Society in 1885. It is the only full size copy of the original tapestry in existence which is woven. Also the Green Space gallery that tells about the natural and geological history of the Reading Area along with the entire specimen around it that are on large displays.
