Friends of Charnwood Museum

Charnwood Museum is now open. An official statement can be found on the news section of our website.

Friends of Charnwood Museum are an active group of all ages who support the Museum in a number of different ways.

Money raised by the Friends provides extra resources for the museum and enables events eg the children’s workshops to take place.

Membership costs for the group remain the same as last year:

• £7 (£5 concessions) for Individual membership
• £12 (£9 concessions) for Household membership (2 or more individuals at one address)

Concessions apply to customers over 65 years, disabled customers and job seekers.

Please download the membership form and privacy policy below:

• Friends of Charnwood Museum - Membership Form (Word Document, 0.1 Mb)
• Friends of Charnwood Museum - Privacy Policy (Word Document, 0.1 Mb)

Friends of the Museum - Virtual talks

Monthly talks on a variety of different subjects take place virtually via Zoom and details can be found below. If you would like to find out more about the Friends of Charnwood Museum, please call the Museum on 01509 233754 or email museum@charnwood.gov.uk  

All talks start at 7:30pm and are FREE at this present time.

Once you have booked on to the talk, you will receive a secure link to the event by email a few days prior to the event.

If you have any questions, please email museum@charnwood.gov.uk. 

Digging the dirt... Archaeology

Wednesday October 21, 7:30pm 

Host: Martin Tingle

Join the Friends of Charnwood Museum as they look at Archaeology through the eyes of an archaeologist in five stages. It is a humorous, down to earth talk from the early archaeologists to modern day with regards to Martin's career as archaeologist.

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Witches in Leicestershire

Wednesday November 18, 7:30pm

Host: Sandy Leong

A witchcraft craze swept through England starting in the mid 1500's and Leicestershire was no exception in having witches living in their communities. There are records of witches in Walton on the Wolds, Ashby de la Zouch & other places. Trials and executions were held in Husband Bosworth & a high profile case surrounded Belvoir Castle.

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