Harborough Museum

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About the museum

The Museum opened in 1983 and is operated in partnership by Leicestershire County Council, Harborough District Council and the Market Harborough Historical Society.

Find Harborough Museum in the centre of Market Harborough in the old corset factory, shared with the Market Harborough Library, Shopmobility and the District Council offices.

The entrance is at the rear of the building and the Museum is on the first floor.

Displays include:

Support Harborough Museum and join the Harborough Museum Friends. The Friends meet 5 times a year and provide additional voluntary resources for Harborough Museum. Contact the museum for further details.

For local and family historians resources include:

Harborough Museum is set in the historic market town of Market Harborough. Founded in the 12th century, the town is still the focus of local commerce and boasts an indoor market, antiques market (Sunday) and a range of unique retail outlets.  The museum celebrates Market Harborough’s long history as a centre of trade and industry in the heart the Welland Valley at the crossroads between Leicestershire and Northamptonshire.

Harborough Museum acts as an information resource for the town and surrounding area. Our knowledgeable staff are pleased to help visitors interested in local history and can draw on an extensive archive of photographs and paper records.

The museum offers curriculum based educational sessions covering a range of KS1-3 subjects. Contact the museum for more information, a pack and a booking form. Formal educational visits incur a modest fee.

Active learning sessions for primary school groups include:•