About Harborough Museum

Harborough Museum was opened in 1983 and 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.

Regular displays include:

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

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Harborough Museum is being revamped in a £934,000 project to display one of the most significant Iron Age finds in Britain.

The South East Leicestershire Treasure will go on display from spring 2009, after staff have rearranged the museum. This means the museum will close, temporarily, from October 27 2008 until Spring 2009.
More details about the project can be found on the Development Project page.