List of museums in Leicestershire

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Museums in Leicestershire

This list of museums in Leicestershire, England contains museums which are defined for this context as institutions (including nonprofit organisations, government entities, and private businesses) that collect and care for objects of cultural, artistic, scientific, or historical interest and make their collections or related exhibits available for public viewing. Also included are non-profit art galleries and university art galleries. Museums that exist only in cyberspace (i.e., virtual museums) are not included.

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Name	Image	Town/City	Type	Summary
Abbey Pumping Station		Leicester	Technology	Victorian sewage pumping station with beam engines
Ashby de la Zouch Museum		Ashby-de-la-Zouch	Local	website, local history, culture
Belvoir Castle		Grantham	Historic house	Castle with gardens. Hosts the annual Belvoir Castle Steam Festival
Bruntingthorpe Aerodrome Aircraft Museum		Bruntingthorpe, Leicestershire	Aviation	Cold War jet collection
Charnwood Museum		Loughborough	Local	Area history, geology, archaeology and industries
Castle Donington Museum		Castle Donington	Local	website, local history
Donington Grand Prix Exhibition		Castle Donington	Racing cars	Based at the Donington Park motor racing circuit, focus is Grand Prix and Formula One race cars
East Midlands Aeropark		Castle Donington	Aviation	Includes complete airframes on external display, engines, aircraft components, photographs
Foxton Canal Museum		Foxton, Leicestershire	Transportation	History of the Foxton Locks, lives of the canal workers and other aspects of the local canal
Fleckney Museum		Fleckney	Local	website, local history
Hallaton Museum		Hallaton	Local	website, local history
Harborough Museum		Harborough	Local	Local history, culture, industry
Hinckley and District Museum		Hinckley	Local	website, local history, industry
Kegworth Museum		Kegworth	Local	website, local history
Leicester City Fire Brigade Museum		Leicester	Firefighting	information, open by appointment
Loughborough Central Station		Loughborough	Railway	1950s period station museum on the Great Central Railway heritage railroad
Lutterworth Museum		Lutterworth	Local	information, local history, Sir Frank Whittle Display Open Tue, Thur, Fri 10:00 - 16:00 Sat 10:00 - 13:00.
Measham Museum		Measham	Local	information, information, local history
Melton Carnegie Museum		Melton Mowbray	Local	Local history and culture, including areas Stilton cheese and pork pies
Moira Furnace		Moira	Industry	19th century iron-making blast furnace
National Gas Museum Leicester		Leicester	Industry	website, natural gas industry and gas related artifacts and appliances
National Space Centre		Leicester	Science	Space science and astronomy
Old Rectory Museum		Loughborough	Local	information, information, local history
Rockingham Castle		Market Harborough	Historic house	Also listed under Nottinghamshire, former royal castle and hunting lodge with gardens. Events held in the grounds
Shackerstone Railwayana Museum		Shackerstone	Railway	Station and museum for the Battlefield Line Railway
Snibston Discovery Museum		Coalville	Multiple	Science, mining, technology and design, transport and engineering history, fashion
Stonehouse Family Farm & Museum		Mountsorrel	Multiple	website, family farm and Car museum
Swannington Hough Mill		Swannington	Mill	website, restored windmill, operated by Swannington Heritage Trust

See also

• Category:Visitor attractions in Leicestershire

References

• Museums in Leicestershire
• Leicestershire Museums