Leicester Museum & Art Gallery

Leicester Museum & Art Gallery is a world of discovery with collections and displays spanning the natural and cultural world. General entry is free to all visitors.

New Walk's world of discovery

Welcome to Leicester Museum & Art Gallery

A family friendly day out, the galleries include Ancient Egypt, Dinosaurs, 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 refreshment area to recharge with a drink, some food and free wifi.

Address

Leicester Museum & Art Gallery
53 New Walk
Leicester
LE1 7EA

Email: museums@leicester.gov.uk

Telephone: +44 (0)116 225 4900

Opening times

Monday to Friday: 11am - 4.30pm

Saturday and Sunday: 11am - 5pm

Please note: The museum will be closed Thursday 5th to Sunday 15th September inclusive, due to essential maintenance work.

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VISITOR NOTICE 16th July 2024:

As part of a major capital investment in Leicester Museum & Art Gallery, we are currently working to create a range of new galleries.

The Wild Space gallery has now closed. The ground floor art galleries and the Den will close on 1st September 2024.

From Thursday 5th September 2024 to Sunday 15th September 2024 inclusive, the museum will be closed to visitors due to an initial piece of maintenance work.

The Museum will reopen on Monday 16th September 2024, but access will be limited to the Dinosaur and Leicester Stories galleries between 16th September and 20th September while we install new temporary exhibitions on the first floor.

Access to the Ancient Egypt and German Expressionism galleries will reopen on Saturday 21st September.

The new art galleries will reopen in late 2025.

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Visitor Comments

'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.'

Museum of Sanctuary

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.

Leicester Museum & Art Gallery