Welcome to Leicestershire’s Museum Collections

From prehistoric tools to fabulous fashion, tiny insects to aircraft, explore some of our museum collections and find out about the work that we do.

Archaeology

Encompassing objects and records relating to thousands of years of human activity

Garments, accessories, photographs, fashion plates, catalogues and magazines

Oil paintings, watercolours, prints and drawings of Leicestershire places, people and activities

Life at home, now and in the past

Leicestershire's natural history collections

Leicestershire's trades and industries

Since 1849, we have been collecting and caring for objects reflecting the life, interests and history of Leicestershire's people and places.

Discover how we work with our collections and the many ways our collections are used.

25 October 2023

4 January 2023

20 December 2022