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Discover Leicestershire's rich culture, history & heritage with Leicestershire Museums!
- Added on: Feb 16th, 2009
- Country: United Kingdom
- Language: English
- Author: Leicestershire Community Services
- Listed in: Entertainment History
- Tags: Culture history museums heritage leicestershire
Recent Posts
Advent Sunday Fayre at Bosworth Battlefield!
Perfect presents for all the family will be available at an Advent Sunday Fayre at Bosworth Battlefield. The event, being held between 10am and 4pm this Sunday (29th November 2009), will take the stress out of Christmas shopping and enable people to ...
George Stephenson Session at Snibston Miners Morning!
Snibston Discovery Museum is set to host its next Miners’ Morning talk entitled ‘George Stephenson and the creation of Snibston Colliery’. The second in a series of mining-themed talks, the session will be led by Fred Hartley, Keeper of Working...
Discover Like Darwin
Celebrating Charles Darwin’s 200th anniversary, the Discover like Darwin programme has run nearly 100 sessions throughout the year to encourage naturalists of all ages to learn more about the natural world, with events taking place in Leicestershir...
Say No to Bullying: A Tudor Witch Hunt
During Anti-bullying Week (16th – 20th November 2009), Leicestershire school children are getting the chance to explore issues surrounding bullying with a storyline set in Tudor times. The project is being led by Leicestershire County Council’s (...
Auster aircraft display ‘takes off’ at Snibston!
A new display of Auster light aircraft is winging its way to Snibston later this month. With support from the International Auster Club Heritage Group, the exhibition will be on show to the public from 26th November 2009, as part of the permanent dis...
Archaeologists discover Stone Age weapons factory near Melton!
Archaeologists have discovered a Mesolithic Stone Age weapons factory on a building site near Melton in Leicestershire. Thousands of tiny pieces of flint remained hidden and preserved by layers of soil for 10,000 years until property developers start...
