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MuseumsSite Name: Charnwood Museum
Country: England
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County: Leicestershire and Rutland Type: Museum

Map Ref: SK534195
Latitude: 52.770462N  Longitude: 1.209944W
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Museum in Leicestershire. People have been coming to Charnwood for centuries: to work, to live or just to visit. Find out how different groups of people have contributed to Charnwood life from 'Stone-Age' settlers to today's richly diverse population.

* Dig through the layers of history and find out why archaeologists like old rubbish
* Investigate to 4,000 year old burial of Cossington Boy
* View ancient Anglo-Saxon treasures including a gold sword pommel

People have farmed the countryside of Charnwood for thousands of years. Find out about the crops they grew, the animals they bred, the equipment they used, and how these changed over time.

* Have a go at basket weaving.
* See a huge chair carved out of a single oak tree.

Flip through Loughborough's heritage and find out more about Loughborough's fascinating history. From watermills to lace-making, fairs to railways, this exhibit answers many frequently asked questions such as: 'Why is the town where it is?

Queens Hall,
Granby Street,
Loughborough,
Leicestershire,
LE11 3DU
Telephone: 01509 233754
e-mail: charnwood@leics.gov.uk
Admission: Free

For opening times and more information visit their Official Web Site.

Note: Loughborough talk on 4000 Years of Pottery in Leicestershire, 14th July 2008, see latest comment.
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Re: Charnwood Museum by davidmorgan on Friday, 13 March 2015
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Loughborough talk on 4000 Years of Pottery in Leicestershire, talk on 14th July 2008 by Anonymous on Friday, 11 July 2008
What did our ancestors cook their stews in and drink their wine from? Where did they get their pottery from? What does a Roman cup feel like? Find out the answers to these questions and more when National Archaeology Week comes to Charnwood Museum in Loughborough.

The audience will have the opportunity to handle real pots used by the Romans and Tudors when Leicestershire Museums’ Curator of Archaeology gives a talk at the Charnwood Museum on Monday 14th July.

This free event takes place at 2.00 pm and lasts for an hour. Places are limited, and can be pre-booked by ringing the museum on 01509 233754. The Museum itself houses an exhibition of Leicestershire’s Archaeology, with the emphasis on the Charnwood area. It is open from 10.00 to 4.30 Mondays to Saturdays, and 2.00 to 5.00 on Sundays.

Charnwood Museum is run as a partnership between Leicestershire County Council and Charnwood Borough Council.

http://www.inloughborough.com/news/2008/07/11378_pottery.php
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Special druid ceremony for remains by Andy B on Tuesday, 19 February 2008
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A ceremony has been held at Charnwood Museum as a mark of respect for the human remains currently on display.

The special service, led by Charnwood Grove of Druids, was held after the museum approached Loughborough Council of Faiths for advice on how to handle the exhibit, which forms part of the temporary archeological displays at the museum.

Mark Chapman, Charnwood druid and chairman of Loughborough Council of Faiths, said: “What we were doing was acknowledging that these were people and unlike other exhibits and so worthy of our respect.

“They are the ancestors of our land, and they lived and toiled and cried and loved in this place many thousands of years ago.

“Their eyes would have seen a Charnwood very different to the one now, but they were among the people who first named the rivers and hills of Charnwood, and we felt it was only right we should honour them.”

The ceremony was made up of speeches including a call for peace from Mayor of Charnwood Coun Joe Tormey, before a horn was blown and curator of the museum Susan Cooke brought the two ancient skulls into the room.

She said: “The ceremony was quite unusual, the first time this museum has ever done anything like this.

“We wanted to put human remains on display and we knew there were sensitivities about this.

“We think it is good to consult local communities and respect their wishes, and as part of this the grove of druids wanted to do a ceremony to honour these people.

“The remains have now gone back on display and people can definitely see them up until March 28.

Source: IC Loughborough
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Bronze Age Treasures by Andy B on Monday, 14 January 2008
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Some of the earliest metal objects ever found in Britain have gone on display at Charnwood Museum.

Neolithic and Bronze Age jewellery, Roman glass, and Anglo-Saxon garnets are among the archaeological treasures on show in a makeover of the displays. The Leicestershire Museum Service’s Archaeology team have been hard at work over the Christmas holidays transforming the archaeology displays at Charnwood Museum ready for when it reopened on Saturday 5 January.

Rare jewellery, newly acquired by Leicestershire Museum Service, has been put on public display for the first time. These treasures include late Neolithic jewellery from 4,000 years ago, which are among the earliest metal objects ever found in Britain. 3,000-year-old Bronze Age bracelets and Anglo-Saxon garnet pendants dating back from 1,400 years into Shepshed’s and Sapcote’s past are also on display.

A selection of pieces from the Bronze Age prehistoric burial mounds excavated near Cossington is also featured, including an extremely rare Early Bronze Age bead necklace.

The Roman period is represented by a rare blue glass urn, an unusual iron lamp bracket and a flagon found 150 years ago in a field between Barrow-upon-Soar and Sileby during one of the earliest archaeological digs in Leicestershire.

The objects form part of the collections belonging to the Leicestershire County Council Museum Service. Some have been purchased with assistance from the Friends of Charnwood Museum, The Friends of Leicester and Leicestershire Museums, the Headley Trust and the MLA/V & A Purchase Grant Fund. They will be on display at Charnwood Museum until 28 March 2008.

Charnwood Museum is a partnership between Leicestershire County Council and Charnwood Borough Council.

Source: 24Dash
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