Museum Events and Exhibitions at Charnwood Museum

Events at Charnwood Museum

There's plenty to do at Charnwood Museum.  Download our events brochure and come and join in! 

Charnwood Museum Leaflet (PDF Document, 1.19 Mb)

Permanent Exhibitions

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.

• Dig through the layers of history and find out why our archaeologists like old rubbish.

• Investigate the 4,000 year old burial of Cossington Boy.

• View ancient Anglo-Saxon treasures including a gold sword pommel.

The Natural World of Charnwood

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

• Zoom-in on a Cluster fly with our video microscope.

• Peep under rocks, in cracks and crevices to find the creatures that hide in Charnwood Museum. Will you 'Spot the Squirrel'? 

• Watch out for the Barrow Kipper! This Jurassic marine reptile still 'swims' under the floor of the Museum.

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.

• Have a go at basket weaving.

• See a huge chair carved out of a single oak tree.

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.

• Discover why stockings caused Loughborough's people so many problems.

• Have a go with cranes, magnets and motors.

• Don't forget to look up at the locally-built Auster aircraft that flies in the rafters of Charnwood Museum.

Changing Exhibitions and Events 

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

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