Leicester Museums & Galleries

05/06/2026

Heading to Riverside Festival tomorrow? Then why not pop over to Jewry Wall Roman Museum where there's plenty of activities including the Friends of Jewry Wall Museum , Longthorpe Legion and Warren Astley and his team of detectorists plus a children's trail. That's not all...we have a special ticket offer which includes all these activities. £5 children and £10 adult (day entry only).

To find out more head over to

https://www.jewrywall.com/what-s-on/a-roman-adventure-at-jewry-wall/

05/06/2026

It's a busy weekend coming up for the team at Abbey Pumping Station;

On Saturday it's our Railway Gala Day

where you can enjoy a ride behind Leonard the steam powered loco for just £1! 🚂

https://www.leicestermuseums.org/event-details/?id=8648d239-377f-4c5a-af42-775f17c51890

And if you're headed to the Leicester Riverside Festival you can see the Leyland 164 Double Decker & F8 fire engine on Saturday then the AEC 329 Renown Double Decker and the Hoskins beer lorry on Sunday! 🚒 🚌🛻

05/06/2026

Help and support the great work of Leicestershire Archaeological & Historical Society.

Happy Volunteers Week from LAHS!

To join in with this national celebration of all things volunteering we thought we'd put faces to the names of some LAHS committee members. We are all volunteers after all 😊

Left to right:
Aubrey Stevenson, Honorary Librarian
Cynthia Brown, Newsletter Editor
Charlotte Wilson, Membership Secretary
Rebecca Hale, Lectures Secretary

Thank you to Carolyn at Leicester Museums & Galleries for the photo.

If you are interested in becoming an LAHS member and helping us celebrate the heritage of Leicestershire and Rutland visit https://lahs.org.uk/join

04/06/2026

May The Toys Be With You!

A family-friendly journey taking you through five decades of Star Wars toy design with over 400 fantastic exhibits!

Free exhibition is open until 6 September at Leicester Museum & Art Gallery.

03/06/2026

This Saturday sees the return of our Railway Gala Day over at Abbey Pumping Station! Enjoy a ride behind Leonard the steam powered loco for just £1! 🚂

The museum will be open and the 'Forget Me Not' mini railway will be running plus the cafe will be open for light refreshments.

*Saturday 6th June, 11:30 - 16:00.

https://www.leicestermuseums.org/event-details/?id=8648d239-377f-4c5a-af42-775f17c51890