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Leicestershire MuseumsFollows the history of Ashby from its earliest times, looking at topics such as Sir William Hastings, the Civil War, French Prisoners of War, and the Spa Town. North Street Ashby De La Zouch LE65 1HU Tel: 01530 560090 The period rooms show the contrasting lifestyles of an upper middle class family and domestic servants in a Victorian house and gardens. The Hall is in the midst of two acres of serene walled gardens that are open to the public. The gardens were an important aspect of the Hall in Victorian times (a status symbol that showed the family's wealth. Church Road Belgrave Leicester LE4 5PE Tel: 0116 266 6590 Email Taylor's Bellfoundry, has created a permanent record of the company and the industry, telling the story of bellfounding through the ages. An extensive range of exhibits and memorabilia tells the story of one of the oldest manufacturing industries in the world. The Bellfoundry, Freehold Street, Loughborough LE11 1AR Tel: 01509 212241 Email It was built as a memorial to the Loughborough men who died in the Great War, and looks like the towers of bells built in parts of Europe, particularly Flanders Queen's Park Granby Street Loughborough LE11 3DU Tel: 01509 634704 Opened in 1999 and features a wide range of exhibits, which reflect local history and industries. Permanent exhibitions have been grouped into four areas: "Coming to Charnwood", "The Natural World of Charnwood", "Living off the Land " and "Earning a Living Queens Hall Granby Street Loughborough LE11 3DU Tel: 01509 233754 Email The Museum was opened in 1989 and is situated in the reconstructed Boiler House of the lift. It tells the story of the lift and canals it served for the public. The museum researches the history of the lift and local canals. It holds extensive waterway archives, as well as objects from the site Gumley Road, Foxton, Market Harborough LE16 7RA Tel: 0116 279 2657 Email The biggest collection of gas and gas related artefacts in the world. Free admission 195 Aylestone Road Leicester LE2 7QH Tel: 0116 2503190 Email The Guildhall is best known as an excellent performance venue, attracting acts from across the country, and as a museum where visitors can step back in time and come face to face with 'Crankie Gemmie' and 'Emma Smith', two of Leicester's notorious pick-pockets who can be found lurking within the Victorian police cells. The Guildhall is reputedly Leicester's most haunted building - five ghosts have been reported in total The Guildhall Guildhall Lane, Leicester, LE1 5FQ Tel: 0116 253 2569 Email This small village museum holds many different objects related to both the village and agriculture in the area. Hog Lane Hallaton LE16 8UD Tel: 01858 555416 Email The district's history is exhibited with displays including important collections of toys, the Symington Collection of Corsetry, a reconstruction of a local bootmaker's workshop and a programme of regularly changing exhibitions. Free admission. Adam & Eve Street Market Harborough LE16 7AG Tel:01858 821085 Email The museum is housed in a row of restored thatched cottages from the mid-seventeenth century once used for framework knitting. The garden is being planted with traditional cottage garden plants. The town's history is shown from prehistoric to medieval times, with models of Sapcote's Roman bathhouse, Hinckley's Norman castle, and the Battle of Bosworth of 1485. You can knit a sock on a Griswold machine, and discover more about the hosiery and boot and shoe industries in the area. Framework Knitters' Cottages Lower Bond Street Hinckley LE10 1QX Tel: 01455 251218 Email The Jewry Wall is one of Leicester's most famous landmarks. It is a rare example of Roman walling which has survived for nearly 2000 years. Originally it was part of the Roman public baths. It separated the exercise hall, which stood on the site of St. Nicholas church, from the rest of the baths. St. Nicholas Circle Leicester LE1 4LB Tel: 0116 225 4971 Leicester Royal Infirmary Museum Opened in 1771.There are pictures, prints, manuscripts and memorabilia, including medical
equipment showing how medicine has changed through the
years The museum tells the story of Lutterworth and the people who have lived there from its past to
its present. There are local objects and photographs, and displays on John Wycliffe, who was the first to
translate the Bible into English, and Sir Frank Whittle, famous for developing the jet
engine. Newly refurbished, the museum contains informative and innovative displays about the rich and varied heritage of Melton Mowbray and the surrounding area, a temporary exhibition space and an area for local groups to put on display. Thorpe End Melton Mowbray LE13 1RB Tel: 01664 569946 Email Newarke Houses museum is composed of two historic houses, Wygston' s Chantry House and Skeffington House. Chantry House is the only Elizabethan urban gentry house in the country. Skeffington House is thought to have been built by Sir Thomas Skeffington between 1560 and 1583. It was originally a stone building only one room deep. Over the centuries it was enlarged and altered to extend the accommodation and increase privacy The Newarke, Leicester, LE2 7BY Tel: 0116 225 4980 Email Leicester’s premier museum with collections from the natural and cultural world New Walk, Leicester LE1 7EA Tel: 0116 255 4100 Email Rutland's most famous landmark, saved from the water. See the story of the reservoir from dinosaur fossils, an anglo-saxon skeleton, and a fascinating video of the reservoir's construction Normanton South Shore, Rutland Water Oakham LE15 8RP Tel: 01572 653026 collections on the history of Loughborough through the ages Rectory Place Loughborough LE11 1UW Tel: 01509 843297 The Museum houses a rich rural life collection from Rutland. Its military origins are reflected in a display on the history of the Volunteer Soldier in Leicestershire and Rutland. Catmose Street Oakham LE15 6HW Tel: 01572 758440 Email Located in the pleasant countryside of the ancient county of Rutland, four miles from Oakham, the museum is dedicated to telling the story of railways in industry, especially local ironstone quarrying. It goes back to the days before mass road transport when most freight was carried by rail and factories, works and quarries had their own railway systems. Ashwell Road, Cottesmore, Oakham, LE15 7BX Tel: 01572 813203 Wigston Framework Knitters Museum A hosier’s house built in the 1700s, and see the knitting workshop from the 1800s. This has eight original hand knitting frames, and all the equipment once used to make stockings and gloves 42/44 Bushloe End Wigston LE18 2BA Tel: 0116 2883396 | ||
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