Berkshire Archives and Libraries

Berkshire Record Office
Berkshire Record Office 9 Coley Avenue Reading, Berkshire RG1 6AF UK Telephone: +44 (0) 118 937 5132 Contact: Online Form Website: Berkshire Record Office Catalogue: Berkshire Record Office 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.

Bracknell Library
Bracknell Library Town Square Bracknell, Berkshire RG12 1BH UK Telephone: 01344 423149 Email: [mailto:customer.services@bracknell-forest.gov.uk customer.services@bracknell-forest.gov.uk] Website: Bracknell Forest

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


 * 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
Reading Central Library Abbey Square Reading, Berkshire RG1 3BQ UK Telephone: 0118 901 5950 Website: Reading Central Library

Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead
Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead Maidenhead Library - Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead St Ives Road Maidenhead, Berkshire SL6 1QU UK Telephone: 01628 796 969 Email: [mailto:libraries@rbwm.gov.uk libraries@rbwm.gov.uk] Website: Maidenhead Library

Wokingham Libraries
Wokingham Libraries Wokingham Borough Council Shute End Wokingham, Berkshire RG40 1BN UK Telephone: 0118 974 6000 Email: [mailto:websitefeedback@wokingham.gov.uk websitefeedback@wokingham.gov.uk] Website: Wokingham Libraries

Berkshire Medical Heritage Centre
Berkshire Medical Heritage Centre 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] Website: Berkshire Medical Museum


 * 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.

Maidenhead Heritage Centre
Maidenhead Heritage Centre 18 Park Street Maidenhead, Berkshire SL6 1SL UK Telephone: 01628 780 555 Email: [mailto:info@maidenheadheritage.org.uk info@maidenheadheritage.org.uk] Website: Maidenhead Heritage Centre


 * Maidenhead Heritage Centre is the museum for Maidenhead and the surrounding villages.

Museum of English Rural Life
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] Website: The MERL


 * 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.

Reading Museum
Reading Museum Blagrave Street Reading, Berkshire RG1 1QH UK Telephone: 0118 937 3400 Email: [mailto:mail@readingmuseum.org.uk mail@readingmuseum.org.uk] Website: Reading Museum


 * Our collections tell the story of Reading and its place in the world.

The Museum of Berkshire Aviation Trust
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] Website: The Museum of Berkshire Aviation Trust


 * 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 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] Website: 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.

Windsor and Royal Borough Museum
Windsor and Royal Borough Museum The Guildhall High Street Windsor, Berkshire SL4 1LR UK Telephone: 01628 685 686 Email: [mailto:museum@rbwm.gov.uk museum@rbwm.gov.uk] Website: Windsor and Royal Borough Museum


 * Our accredited museum is part of Libraries Arts and Heritage in the Borough, and is supported by the Friends of Windsor & Royal Borough Museum, the Heritage Lottery Fund and a team of very enthusiastic volunteers.
 * The museum covers five themes; The Royal Borough and its settlement, military associations, aeronautical Windsor, working Windsor and childhood.

For a long list of Berkshire museums, go to List of museums in Berkshire in Wikipedia.

Windsor Castle
The Royal Archives

Website: The Royal Archives


 * The home of the Royal Family

St. George's Chapel Archive and Chapter Library The College of St George Windsor Castle Windsor, Berkshire SL4 1NJ UK Telephone: 01753 848 888 Email: [mailto:chapteroffice@stgeorges-windsor.org chapteroffice@stgeorges-windsor.org] Website: St. George's Chapel Archive and Chapter Library


 * Located within the Lower Ward, the Vicars' Hall Undercroft houses the extensive and historic collections of books, manuscripts and archival material belonging to the Dean and Canons of Windsor.

Collections Gateway
Website: Collections Gateway


 * 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