Museums and Heritage

Charnwood Museum

Granby Street, Loughborough. LE11 3DU

Tel : 01509 233754 or e-mail us at museum@charnwood.gov.uk (cafe 01509 233750)

Entrance to the Museum Is Free  (donations are gratefully received!)

What's On Spring 2013 Charnwood Museum Leaflet.

Museum What's on Spring 2013 (PDF Document, 1.19 Mb)

The Museum offers a permanent exhibition together with two galleries for monthly rotating exhibitions.

The permanent exhibitions are in four areas:

Coming to Charnwood

People have been coming to Charnwood for centuries: to work, to live or just to visit. Find out how different groups of people have contributed to Charnwood life from 'Stone-age' settlers to today's richly diverse population.

The Natural World of Charnwood

Discover how a schoolboy made Charnwood famous when he found one of the world's oldest fossils.

Living off the Land

People have farmed the countryside of Charnwood for thousands of years. Find out about the crops they grew, the animals they bred, the equipment they used, and how these changed over time.

Earning a Living.

The changing industries of Charnwood and the many thousands of skilled people who have worked in them have produced goods that have been exported all over the world. Find out more about some of Loughborough's important manufacturing industries.

Each contains exhibits from the past and present including interactive displays. Activities include a computer game about Loughborough, a microscope and handling rocks from Charnwood's volcanic past. Walk below the giant oak tree and through a shop "time capsule" with fittings and products dating from 1860-1950 and view the locally made Auster aeroplane, suspended from the ceiling.

Opening Times

Summer: April to September

Mondays: Closed
Tues to Sat: 10am-4.30pm
Sun: 2pm-5pm

Winter: October to March

Mondays - Closed
Tues to Sat: 10am-3pm
Sundays: 12-3pm

Easter 2013:

Open: Good Friday, Saturday and Easter Sunday.

Closed: Easter Monday

Parking

We have 1 disabled parking spot at the front of Charnwood Museum. Please call for details.

Please click on the following links for Car Parking charges.

Granby Street Car Park Charges

Beehive Lane Car Park Charges

Browns Lane Car Park Charges

• Map of Loughborough (Word Document, 0.25 Mb)

Changing Exhibitions and Events 

Charnwood Museum is home to a regularly changing programme of exhibitions. For details of exhibitions go to Exhibition Programme

For events in Loughborough, please visit www.loveloughborough.co.uk/events/

Museum Event Ticket Policy

• Ticket Policy (PDF Document, 0.1 Mb)

Holiday Activities - Charnwood Museum offers children's holiday activities throughout the year. Please call 01509 233754 for further details or go to Childrens activities

Charnwood Museum Customer Charter

• Charter and Service Standards for Charnwood Museum

We have a Charter & set Service Standards for the services we provide. These are designed to advise you of the service you can expect from us and we hope you find them useful. If you would like to comment on these Standards or any other aspects of our Museums Service we would like to hear from you.

Educational Activities

Charnwood Museum organise a series of Visits, Tours and Educational Sessions delivered by knowledgeable session leaders.  

• Enquiries and bookings: Angie Minton, Learning Support Assistant 0116 305 3424 - muslearningteam@leics.gov.uk

 or click on this link -  Educational visits (PDF Document, 0.1 Mb)

Queens Park Cafe - 01509 233750

The cafe offers a wide range of hot and cold food to include sandwiches, paninis, summer salads, jacket potatoes, all day breakfasts,french fries, ice creams and cakes. A selection of hot and cold drinks are also available. Vegetarians and children are catered for. Menus are seasonal. Please click on the following link to see our latest menu Cafe Menu (PDF Document, 0.59 Mb)

The café opening hours are:

Monday to Saturday: 9:30am-3:00pm,  Sunday 10:00 - 3.00pm