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The archive has been shown as an installation, with viewers invited to interact and explore the collections. The collection remains complete and is ever growing. But is now held at The Museum of English Rural Life at Reading University. Search the works HERE
Importantly, unlike the collections at The MERL, Farm Archive does not hold any original tools, technologies or architectures. They instead remain in use – changing and being adapted as needed.