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 == Museums ==
+For a long list of Berkshire museums, go to [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_museums_in_Berkshire List of museums in Berkshire] in Wikipedia.
-=== Berkshire Medical Heritage Centre  ===
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-'''Berkshire Medical Heritage Centre'''<br>Level 4<br>Main Entrance<br>Royal Berkshire Hospital<br>London Road<br>Reading, Berkshire RG1 5AN UK<br>Telephone: 0118 322 8478<br>Email: [mailto:sherkiela.corbin-browne@royalberkshire.nhs.uk sherkiela.corbin-browne@royalberkshire.nhs.uk]<br>
-Website: [http://www.royalberkshire.nhs.uk/get-involved/medical-museum.htm 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'''<br>18 Park Street<br>Maidenhead, Berkshire SL6 1SL UK<br>Telephone: 01628 780 555<br>Email: [mailto:info@maidenheadheritage.org.uk info@maidenheadheritage.org.uk]<br>Website: [http://maidenheadheritage.org.uk Maidenhead Heritage Centre]
 :Maidenhead Heritage Centre is the museum for Maidenhead and the surrounding villages.
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-=== Museum of English Rural Life  ===
 '''Museum of English Rural Life'''<br>University of Reading<br>Redlands Road<br>Reading, Berkshire RG1 5EX UK<br>Telephone: 0118 378 8660<br>Email: [mailto:merl@reading.ac.uk merl@reading.ac.uk]<br>
 Website: [https://www.reading.ac.uk/TheMERL 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.
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-=== Reading Museum ===
 '''Reading Museum'''<br>Blagrave Street<br>Reading, Berkshire RG1 1QH UK<br>Telephone: 0118 937 3400<br>Email: [mailto:mail@readingmuseum.org.uk mail@readingmuseum.org.uk]<br>
 Website: [http://www.readingmuseum.org.uk/museum-contact-us Reading Museum]
 :Our collections tell the story of Reading and its place in the world.
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-=== The Museum of Berkshire Aviation Trust  ===
-'''The Museum of Berkshire Aviation Trust'''<br>Mohawk Way<br>(off The Bader Way)<br>Woodley<br>Nr. Reading, Berkshire RG5 4UE UK<br>Telephone: 0118 944 8089<br>Email: [mailto:MuseumBerksAv@gmail.com MuseumBerksAv@gmail.com]<br>
-Website: [http://www.museumofberkshireaviation.co.uk 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'''<br>West Berkshire Museum<br>The Wharf<br>Newbury, West Berkshire RG14 5AS UK<br>Telephone: 01635 519562<br>Email: [mailto:museum@westberks.gov.uk museum@westberks.gov.uk]<br>
 Website: [http://www.westberkshireheritage.org/west-berkshire-museum 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.
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-=== Windsor and Royal Borough Museum ===
 '''Windsor and Royal Borough Museum'''<br>The Guildhall<br>High Street<br>
 Windsor, Berkshire SL4 1LR UK<br>Telephone: 01628 685 686<br>Email: [mailto:museum@rbwm.gov.uk museum@rbwm.gov.uk]<br>
 Website: [https://www3.rbwm.gov.uk/info/200199/museums_and_galleries/871/windsor_and_royal_borough_museum 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 [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_museums_in_Berkshire List of museums in Berkshire] in Wikipedia.
 == Collections ==