Berkshire Archives and Libraries

England Berkshire  Archives and Libraries

Berkshire Record Office
9 Coley Avenue Reading, Berkshire RG1 6AF UK Telephone: +44 (0) 118 937 5132 Email: www.berkshirerecordoffice.org.uk/ContactUs/ Website: www.berkshirerecordoffice.org.uk Catalogue: www.berkshirerecordoffice.org.uk/search-archives/


 * The Berkshire Record Office is the archives of the Royal County of Berkshire. We look after nearly nine hundred years of the County's history. On this website you can discover more about our holdings and how to use us, as well as see some of the treasures from our collections.

Eton College
Eton College Library Eton College Windsor SL4 6DB UK Telephone: 01753 370 590 Email: [mailto:archivist@etoncollege.org.uk archivist@etoncollege.org.uk]

Web site: www.etoncollege.com


 * College Library is a rare book and manuscript library of international importance. Established soon after the foundation of Eton College, it houses more than 150,000 items, ranging from the 9th to 21st centuries. These include printed and manuscript volumes, literary manuscripts, autograph letters, and prints and drawings.

Reading Central Library
Abbey Square Reading, Berkshire RG1 3BQ UK Telephone: 0118 901 5950 Website: www.reading.gov.uk/centrallibrary

Berkshire Medical Heritage Center
Level 4 Main Entrance Royal Berkshire Hospital London Road Reading, Berkshire RG1 5AN UK Telephone: 0118 322 8478 Email: [mailto:sherkiela.corbin-browne@royalberkshire.nhs.uk sherkiela.corbin-browne@royalberkshire.nhs.uk]

Web site: www.royalberkshire.nhs.uk


 * The Royal Berkshire Medical Museum is part of the Berkshire Medical Heritage Centre which was founded in 1997.


 * Our aim is to preserve and display items of historical medical interest particularly those with a local connection.


 * We do this by means of our museum, peripheral displays at other sites in the Royal Berkshire Hospital, photographic exhibitions, by recording oral histories and by publishing and promoting books on local healthcare history.

Museum of English Rural Life
University of Reading Redlands Road Reading, Berkshire RG1 5EX UK Telephone: 0118 378 8660 Email: [mailto:merl@reading.ac.uk merl@reading.ac.uk]

Web site: www.reading.ac.uk/TheMERL


 * The new museum aims to challenge perceptions about rural England by revealing the historical and contemporary relevance of country life.
 * Come and discover our new interactive, immersive galleries which explore questions of identity, environment, technology, culture and health.

The Museum of Berkshire Aviation Trust
Mohawk Way (off The Bader Way) Woodley Nr. Reading, Berkshire RG5 4UE UK Telephone: 0118 944 8089 Email: [mailto:MuseumBerksAv@gmail.com MuseumBerksAv@gmail.com]

Web site: www.museumofberkshireaviation.co.uk


 * Berkshire's dynamic contribution to aviation history is graphically re-captured at the museum.
 * Run as a charitable trust, the museum is at the historic site of Woodley Airfield, near Reading, U.K. - once the centre of a thriving aircraft industry.
 * Miles and Handley Page aircraft built at Woodley are being re-constructed and exhibited along with fascinating pictorial records and priceless archives.

West Berkshire Heritage Service - Newbury
West Berkshire Museum The Wharf Newbury, West Berkshire RG14 5AS UK Telephone: 01635 519562 Email: [mailto:museum@westberks.gov.uk museum@westberks.gov.uk]

Web site: www.westberkshireheritage.org/west-berkshire-museum


 * Our permanent exhibition tells the story of West Berkshire. From the rocks under our feet to the stories of the people who have lived here; our early ancestors, to well-known characters like Jack of Newbury to our most recent family: they have created the towns and villages, roads and canals, fields and farms, industries, pastimes and organisations that we know today.

Collections Gateway 
Web site:  www.collectionsgateway.org.uk


 * A website giving you access to a variety of collections held by museums, archives and libraries. We believe collections enrich independent learning and research for a wide range of age groups and interests.
 * The site offers:
 * A single ‘first point of call’ for anyone seeking to locate information on research collections held by Berkshire and Reading institutions
 * A search facility that allows users to locate specific information across the whole site
 * Descriptions of individual collections, recent research and research priorities
 * User information on access arrangements and research facilities
 * Guidance on further sources of information, including links to object level information and other data sources