{"id":1954,"date":"2026-01-10T12:30:57","date_gmt":"2026-01-10T12:30:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ruralmuseums.org.uk\/?p=1954"},"modified":"2026-01-10T12:30:57","modified_gmt":"2026-01-10T12:30:57","slug":"back-on-track-facing-twin-challenges-of-the-21st-century","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ruralmuseums.org.uk\/?p=1954","title":{"rendered":"Back on Track \u2013 facing twin challenges of the 21st Century"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>In May 2025, a joint Rural Museums Network and International Association of Agricultural Museums (AIMA) sharing event.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ruralmuseums.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/BACK-ON-TRACK-event-image.jpeg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ruralmuseums.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/BACK-ON-TRACK-event-image.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1877\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/merl.reading.ac.uk\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/merl.reading.ac.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Museum of English Rural Life<\/a>\u00a0(The MERL) at the University of Reading, UK, welcomed both Rural Museum Network and <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.agriculturalmuseums.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">AIMA<\/a> members to see the Museum, and to hear about recent developments addressing environment sustainability, colonialism, and reinterpreting our collections to include more diverse rural and urban communities. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Recording of sessions from the Back on Track conference are available to view on the <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/playlist?list=PLJugjKHnAsMggiVIqeMyPDWR132eLL4k8\" target=\"_blank\">Rural Museums Network&#8217;s YouTube Channel here>><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In May 2025, a joint Rural Museums Network and International Association of Agricultural Museums (AIMA) sharing event. The\u00a0Museum of English Rural Life\u00a0(The MERL) at the University of Reading, UK, welcomed both Rural Museum Network and AIMA members to see the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ruralmuseums.org.uk\/?p=1954\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ruralmuseums.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1954"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ruralmuseums.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ruralmuseums.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ruralmuseums.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ruralmuseums.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1954"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.ruralmuseums.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1954\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1955,"href":"https:\/\/www.ruralmuseums.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1954\/revisions\/1955"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ruralmuseums.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1954"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ruralmuseums.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1954"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ruralmuseums.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1954"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}