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A family friendly day out, the galleries include Ancient Egypt, Dinosaurs, Wild Space, Leicester Stories Gallery, the Victorian Art Gallery, Arts & Crafts Gallery, Picasso Ceramics: The Attenborough Collection and Leicester's internationally renowned German Expressionism collection. Formerly known as New Walk Museum.
The museum hosts a vast array of temporary exhibitions, featuring works from the collections and touring exhibitions from national museums. Plus a range of activities from entertaining talks, children’s handling sessions, lunchtime concerts, licensed for weddings, civil ceremonies and available for private hire.
Visit the gift shop to buy a range of exhibition merchandise and contemporary crafts, or pop by the Museum Cafe to recharge with a drink, some food and free wifi.
Telephone: +44 (0)116 225 4900
Monday to Friday: 11am - 4.30pm
Saturday and Sunday: 11am - 5pm
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When visiting the Museum please be aware there are essential conservation repair works being carried out to the portico columns which form part of the grand entrance to the Museum. However the front entrance of the museum is still open as normal. We anticipate this work will be finished by July. Sorry for any inconvenience.
There is no need to pre-book tickets for your visit. Drop in any time during our opening hours. Please note, there may be a queue to enter during busy periods when the museum is at full capacity. Some of our special event activities may require pre-booked tickets.
We strongly encourage visitors to wear face coverings in our buildings.
Please take a quick test before visiting our museums to help keep everyone safe.
Further guidance on the use of face coverings is available at leicester.gov.uk/facecoverings.
For more detailed information visit our Covid FAQ page.
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'What an absolutely brilliant place this, there is an incredible range of exhibits from an outstanding dinosaur exhibition, through an impressive Egyptian one to the quite stunning display of Victorian art. I hadn't expected to spend anywhere near as long as I ended up spending here, but I was just drawn in by everything. Every display is so well curated, to inform and entertain and to keep your attention, each had so much to offer, there wasn't one that I walked away from with anything but appreciation for the thought that had gone into it.'
'We had a fantastic time at Leicester Museum & Art Gallery. The children age 6 & 8 found it very very exciting to discover what ancient Egypt artefacts they could. There are plenty of interactive things for the whole family to do. Would highly recommend going.'
Leicester Museum & Art Gallery is proud to announce that we have attained the prestigious Museum of Sanctuary Award. We join only four other museums across the entire United Kingdom who have achieved this important award which shows that the Museum welcomes all people who are seeking refuge, regardless of background or circumstances.
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