Tags: Local History

Friends of Charnwood Museum Coffee Morning

Tags: Charnwood Museum, Coffee, Friends, Local History, Loughborough, Talks

Friends of Charnwood Museum Coffee Morning

Posted: Mon, 27 Nov 2023 10:00

The Friends of Charnwood museum are hosting a coffee morning on Saturday 2nd December 2023 from 10am-12 noon.

Please come and visit us in the education room to find out more about what events and talks... Read More »

Loughborough Landmarks Survey

Tags: Carillon Tower, Landmarks, Local History, Loughborough, Queen's Park

Loughborough Landmarks Survey

Posted: Tue, 28 Feb 2023 09:56

To celebrate the centenary of the Carillion Tower this July, we are mounting an exhibition on Loughborough's Landmarks and would like your help to find out which are the best loved landmarks in Loughborough... Read More »

Exhibition Extended!

Tags: Exhibition, Local History

Exhibition Extended!

Posted: Fri, 25 Nov 2022 08:43

The duration of our current exhibition 'Rebuilding Lives: 50 years of Ugandan Asians in Loughborough' has been extended!

The popular, community led exhibition curated by Leicester based arts organisation... Read More »

New Exhibition opens at Charnwood Museum

Tags: Black History Month, Exhibition, Free, Local History

New Exhibition opens at Charnwood Museum

Posted: Wed, 19 Oct 2022 12:49

Rebuilding Lives: 50 Years of Ugandan Asians in Loughborough will mark the anniversary of the exodus in 1972 by those fleeing the brutal Ugandan dictator Idi Amin, and also celebrate the contribution the... Read More »

Neolithic Finds from Rothley

Tags: Archaeology, Local History, Neolithic

Neolithic Finds from Rothley

Posted: Thu, 4 Aug 2022 09:57

We have some amazing archaeological objects newly displayed at Charnwood Museum!

The finds are from a late Neolithic site at Rothley Lodge Farm, which dates from the time that Stonehenge was being constructed.... Read More »