About Melton Carnegie Museum
Foxhunting, Stilton Cheese and pork pies, local history, sporting
art and much, much more!
Melton Mowbray is a medieval market town, and was the only Leicestershire market
recorded in the 1086 Domesday Survey.
Find out about the enthralling history of the town at the Melton Carnegie Museum, located in beautiful old Carnegie Library built in 1905. See the excellent permanent displays, interactive areas and seasonal exhibitions on all aspects of local history. See Events and Exhibitions for more information. Don't forget to walk the Melton Mowbray Heritage Trail as part of your visit!
Find out about the enthralling history of the town at the Melton Carnegie Museum, located in beautiful old Carnegie Library built in 1905. See the excellent permanent displays, interactive areas and seasonal exhibitions on all aspects of local history. See Events and Exhibitions for more information. Don't forget to walk the Melton Mowbray Heritage Trail as part of your visit!
Stilton Cheese and Pork Pies from Melton Mowbray are famous all around the world.
Explore the history of these trades and others including saddlery and shoemaking and the impact they
had on the town.
Go back even further in time to see how the Romans, Anglo Saxons, Normans, Tudors, Georgians and Victorians would have lived in the area. Or learn what happened to the borough throughout the war years. We are currently developing a new Community Archive, a local history resource generated by people in the area Taking Part is an oral history project all about sport.
Go back even further in time to see how the Romans, Anglo Saxons, Normans, Tudors, Georgians and Victorians would have lived in the area. Or learn what happened to the borough throughout the war years. We are currently developing a new Community Archive, a local history resource generated by people in the area Taking Part is an oral history project all about sport.
We offer educational services for visitors and we invite schools and groups to contact
us to plan a visit to the museum, see Information for Teachers.
Melton Carnegie Museum also has an extensive library of literature on the subject
of Foxhunting
All this and more is available at Melton Carnegie Museum!
Melton
Carnegie Museum is a member of the Rural Museums NetworkDid
you know…In the 1800's Melton became “Pride of the Shires”, the fashionable centre for English
foxhunting? The museum has displays showing the arguments for and against hunting, as well as the history
of hunting in the region.
Page Last Updated: 8 July 2011
