Activities & projects

Drawing of Jane Austen c. 1810 by Cassandra Austen. Credit: National Portrait Gallery London

Jane Austen 250 – Commemorative Plaque

Reading Civic Society worked with Reading Borough Council and Reading Museum from summer 2024 to identify sources of funding to commission a new commemorative plaque the mark Jane Austen’s time at school in Reading. The plaque was to erected in 2025 on the eastern wall of the Abbey Gateway to replace the previous almost illegible ... Read more

Children building models

LOOK DRAW BUILD @ Reading & BRISTOL

This is a creative learning programme that uses the transport terminal of Reading Station to inform, and inspire, some 600 Primary Schools students every year.