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Charnwood Museum in Leicestershire is hosting a fantastic programme of events this month including two exhibitions that must be seen: The Magnificence of Monochrome is on display until 24th December 2011 enabling visitors to enjoy a display of inspiring and contemporary monochrome images in the East Midlands Monochrome Group’s annual photographic exhibition. Free Keeping the [...]

Nominate your unsung sporting hero for a major new exhibition at Leicestershire County Council’s Snibston Discovery Museum next summer and be in with a chance of winning £100 worth of Next vouchers. The County Council needs help to find Leicestershire’s unsung sporting heroes. They could be a local sportsperson who has inspired someone, a dedicated [...]

Young visitors to Charnwood Museum will be decorating their special hoops before joining members of the public in a mass hula hooping session at Queens Park in Loughborough. The event is taking place on Saturday 13th August at 12pm. Charnwood Museum and Loughborough Library have joined forces to promote this year’s Summer Reading Challenge. This [...]

With some of the UK’s finest events including the famous Battle of Bosworth re-enactment, the Miners’ Gala at Snibston Discovery Museum and Leicestershire’s famous National Forest Wood Fair at Beacon Hill Country Park, there’s plenty to keep families and their visitors entertained over the summer. Leicestershire is a great place to live and visit with [...]

Join the fun as Charnwood Museum and Loughborough Library combine to take part in the Summer Reading Challenge. This year’s theme is ‘Circus Stars’, so why not take up the challenge, learn a new skill and be inspired to pick up a book? Each year thousands of families take part in the Reading Challenge, a [...]

What did our ancestors do in their spare time? Visitors to Charnwood Museum have the chance to find out exactly what they did with a fascinating exhibition exploring the story of sport in medieval England. The free exhibition, ‘A Bit of Rough and Tumble’, illustrates a range of medieval sporting pastimes from spectacular jousting tournaments [...]

With fascinating displays and exhibits, evening talks and creative children’s workshops, there is plenty to see and do at Charnwood Museum this month. To celebrate this year’s Festival of British Archaeology the museum will be displaying some of the unique artefacts from the Rothley Bronze Age Axe Hoard. The finds, discovered in May 2009, date [...]

A host of spring fun is on offer at Charnwood Museum to fill May days. A wealth of events is being staged during the month including an intriguing special workshop for youngsters looking at the use of the egg in art and a natural history talk on plant and animal life in Leicestershire. Iconic 1960s’ [...]

Charnwood Museum in Loughborough is hosting a full programme of events during April that will appeal to all. From a series of workshops to get visitors in the mood for Easter, to a fascinating exhibition inspired by birdsong, there’s something for everyone to enjoy! The diary of events includes: ArtZone: 99 Things – Saturday 9th [...]