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Art, Artists and Mental Health – Collections – Art Collections

WEBArt and mental health have also been closely linked throughout history, with artists and writers exploring darker aspects of the human mind, despite the stigma …

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About us – Collections – Cole Museum

WEBAbout us. The Museum was established in the early 20th century by Francis J. Cole, Professor of Zoology from 1907 to 1939. The Cole Museum of Zoology contains some …

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The Cole Library – Collections – Cole Museum

WEBThe collection contains 8,000 works on early anatomy and zoology, including many first editions bought by Cole from his own finances. Among the most prized of these volumes …

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Visit us – Collections – Cole Museum

WEBWe are closed on weekends, Bank Holidays, and during University closures. We may be closed for teaching during term time, any changes to our regular opening hours will be …

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Getting here – Collections – Cole Museum

WEBCar park address for sat navs: Car Park 1A Queen’s Drive Reading RG2 7BW. There are four accessible parking bays at the front of the museum building, in car park P12. Sat …

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Collections – Cole Museum

WEBThe Cole Museum of Zoology is owned and managed by the University of Reading. It was established by Professor Francis Cole in 1906 when the University was known as …

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Self-guided Tours – Collections – Cole Museum

WEBAbout the collection. The Cole Museum of Zoology, Health and Life Sciences Building, University of Reading, Reading. RG6 6EX. [email protected]

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Case 13: Hominidae – Collections – Cole Museum

WEBAbout the collection. The Cole Museum of Zoology, Health and Life Sciences Building, University of Reading, Reading. RG6 6EX. [email protected]

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Cleugh, James (writer) – Collections – Special Collections

WEBAlthough he never retired, Cleugh’s heart problems continued and his health gradually declined. He and his wife moved to Worthing in 1963 and it was there that he died, aged …

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Edwards, Dorothy (writer) – Collections – Special Collections

WEBEdwards, Dorothy (writer) Reference: MS 5085Date: c.1912-c.1986Extent: 2 boxes. Dorothy Edwards (1902–1934) was born at Brynteg, Glamorgan, Wales, the only child of …

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Collections – Collections – Cole Museum

WEBFrancis Joseph Cole was appointed to ‘University College Reading’ in 1906 and was soon promoted to the position of Professor of Zoology. A passionate and creative collector of …

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Gyles, Althea (writer) – Collections – Special Collections

WEBGyles, Althea (writer) Margaret Alethea Gyles (c. Jan 1867–23 Jan 1949), known as Althea Gyles, was an Irish writer, poet and artist, mostly known for her book cover designs, …

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LGBT History Month: Lord Wolfenden, the man ahead of his time

WEBOn the criterion of symptoms, it is often the only one associated with full mental health in other respects.’ Lord Wolfenden saw the Report as an impartial, factual …

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Bailliere, Tindall & Cox (publishers) – Collections – Special Collections

WEBBailliere, Tindall & Cox (publishers) Jean-Baptiste Bailliere (1795-1885) founded the medical and scientific publishing house of Bailliere in Paris in 1818. It thrived and …

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Volunteering – Collections – Art Collections

WEBArt, Artists and Mental Health. 3rd Year Museum Studies Student and volunteer, Freya, has been investigating the University Art Collection for links between art and mental health. …

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Astor, Waldorf (politician) – Collections – Special Collections

WEBAstor, Waldorf (politician) Waldorf Astor was born in New York on 19 May 1879. His father, William Waldorf Astor, settled the family in England in 1889 and was created Viscount …

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Moore, Thomas Sturge (writer) – Collections – Special Collections

WEBMoore, Thomas Sturge (writer) Thomas Sturge Moore (4 Mar 1870–18 Jul 1944) was a British poet, playwright, author, critic and artist. Born in Hastings, East Sussex to Daniel …

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The ‘New Women’: women writers of the 1890s

WEBSarah Grand (Frances Elizabeth Bellenden (Clarke) McFall) (1854-1943) was one of the most successful of the ‘New Women’ writers and left her husband in …

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How do you move a museum

WEBNorman the elephant at the Cole Museum in the AMS – University of Reading. Planning the move to the new Health and Life Science building started as …

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Fry, Plantagenet Somerset (writer) – Collections – Special Collections

WEBPlantagenet’s health was never robust and he also suffered injury in a succession of car crashes, after one of which he was confined to a wheelchair for some years. Although …

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Show Your Stripes: the Artwork that made Climate Change data go …

WEBIt was following in this spirit of openness and perpetual repurposing that the University of Reading Art Collection accessioned two editions of the stripes as digital …

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