Harborough Museum will be closing temporarily from 27th October 2008 until Spring 2009.

During this time, the Museum will be revamped as part of a £934,000 project to display one of the most significant Iron Age finds in Britain - the Southeast Leicestershire Treasure!

Old favourites, such as the Falkner Boot and Shoe Workshop, the Harborough long case clock and the Symington corsets will be back on show when the museum re-opens in the spring.  The displays will also include other unique Harborough artefacts, such as the door from the stables run by Cherry Angel at Lubenham.

The Symington Collection of corsets features in the Fashion Gallery at Snibston.  For more information about Snibston please phone 01530 278 444, email snibston@leics.gov.uk, or check out the website at www.snibston.com. The Fashion Gallery will feature a major new exhibition “Sporting A-Z, the Fashion Alphabet” from 18th October until September 09.

To contact Harborough Museum phone (01858) 821085 or email harboroughmuseum@leics.gov.uk.

Leicestershire Museums will be able to help any enquirers during this period and offer a range of services which continue to be available.

For information about the Leicestershire County Council's collections, and for research enquiries and identifications please contact the Curatorial Team at the Collections Resources Centre on 01509 815514.  
See: Collections Resource Centre

For information on local history, family history and photographs please contact the Record Office for Leicestershire, Leicester & Rutland on 0116 257 1080 or email recordoffice@leics.gov.uk.  
See: Leicestershire Record's Office

For information about Leicestershire’s Open Museum including ArtWorks, Resource Boxes and Moving Objects please contact the Environment and Heritage Resources Centre on 0116 267 1950.  
See: The Open Museum