Events and temporary exhibitions

Charnwood Museum is home to a regularly changing programme of exhibitions with two dedicated exhibition areas. The museum also offers children's holiday activities & workshops throughout the year.

Current and upcoming exhibitions

For & Against: The Art of the Pamphlet

Friday May 26 – Sunday June 25, 2017

The political tradition of the pamphlet goes back centuries. The radical, simple format and DIY approach of the pamphlet, has been of long-standing significance for artists, providing alternative platforms for intervention and provocation. Focusing on the pamphlet as a form of material culture, this exhibition, curated by Gillian Whitely, explores the local, private and public collections of pamphlets, their visual rhetoric, materiality, reproducibility and the ways in which they lend themselves to topicality

FREE, Usual opening times

Amazing Plants

Saturday June 10 – Sunday September 3, 2017

This exhibition looks at some of the amazing plant life which can be found within Leicestershire and showcases examples from the County’s Natural Life collection. The exhibition will also look at the history of ‘Loughborough in Bloom’ in the town

FREE, Usual opening times

Friends of Charnwood Museum talks

All talks start at 7:30pm and talks cost just £4 for non-members (£2 for members). Please use the entrance on Granby Street. Booking is essential for all talks, to book in advance please ring the museum on 01509 233754 or email museum@charnwood.gov.uk. 

The Porthmadog Heritage Railway - Thursday June 22

Former Curator of Mining and Transport at Leics County Council, Nick Pell will be speaking about the Porthmadog Heritage Railway; its history, the technology and life as a volunteer helping to keep it running.