List of museums in Leicestershire

This list of museums in Leicestershire, England contains museums which are defined for this context as institutions (including nonprofit organizations, government entities, and private businesses) that collect and care for objects of cultural, artistic, scientific, or historical interest and make their collections or related exhibits available for public viewing. Also included are non-profit art galleries and university art galleries. Museums that exist only in cyberspace (i.e., virtual museums) are not included.

Name	Town/City	Type	Summary
Abbey Pumping Station	Leicester	Technology	Science and technology museum, housed in a Victorian sewage pumping station with beam engines restored to working order, and exhibitions on light and optics, historic transport and public health, including an 'interactive toilet'.
Ashby de la Zouch Museum	Ashby-de-la-Zouch	Local	website, local history, culture
Armourgeddon Military Museum	Husbands Bosworth	Military	website, military vehicles, guns, cannons and military paraphernalia
Belgrave Hall	Leicester	Historic house	Victorian period house showing the contrasting lifestyles of an upper-middle-class family and domestic servants
Belvoir Castle	Grantham	Historic house	Castle with gardens
Bosworth Battlefield Heritage Centre and Country Park	Sutton Cheney	Military	History of the 1485 Battle of Bosworth during the War of the Roses, and the search for the site of the battle.
Charnwood Museum	Loughborough	Local	Area history, geology, archaeology and industries
Castle Donington Museum	Castle Donington	Local	website, local history
Conkers	Moira	Natural history	website, nature, woodlands, visitor centre of The National Forest
Donington le Heath Manor House Museum	Coalville	Historic house	16th-century medieval period house
De Montfort University Heritage Centre	Leicester	Education & Medieval	Housed in the Hawthorne Building, it covers the history of The Newarke & Church of the Annunciation, Trinity Hospital building, DMU History and special exhibitions
East Midlands Aeropark	Castle Donington	Aviation	Includes complete airframes on external display, engines, aircraft components, photographs
Foxton Canal Museum	Foxton	Transportation	History of the Foxton Locks, lives of the canal workers and other aspects of the local canal
Fleckney Museum	Fleckney	Local	website, local history
Guru Nanak Sikh Museum	Leicester	Religious	website, Sikh art, history, culture; by appointment only.
Hallaton Museum	Hallaton	Local	website, local history
Harborough Museum	Market Harborough	Local	Local history, culture, industry, Hallaton Treasure
Hinckley and District Museum	Hinckley	Local	website, local history, framework knitter`s cottage with 1740s knitting frame.
Jewry Wall Museum	Leicester	Archaeology	Alongside Jewry Wall and site of Roman baths. The museum houses Roman mosaics and artifacts alongside archaeological material from prehistoric to medieval Leicester, including the history of archaeology in Leicester.
John Taylor & Co	Loughborough	Music	Collection of bells used in clock towers, change ringing peals, chimes, and carillons
Kegworth Museum	Kegworth	Local	local history, archaeology.
King Richard III: Dynasty, Death and Discovery	Leicester	Archaeology	Visitor Centre at the Greyfriars burial site, with exhibitions on the life and death of Richard III and the archaeological investigation on his remains.
Leicester Guildhall	Leicester	Medieval	Medieval half-timbered building with Victorian prison cells, and since 2015, galleries on Medieval Leicester
Loughborough Carillon & War Memorial	Loughborough	Military	World War I memorial, carillon, military museum
Loughborough Central Station	Loughborough	Railway	1950s period station museum on the Great Central Railway heritage railroad
Lutterworth Museum	Lutterworth	Local	website, local history, Sir Frank Whittle display
Measham Museum	Measham	Local	website. Local history. Since 2009 it is housed in part of the disused railway station.
Melton Carnegie Museum	Melton Mowbray	Local	Local history and culture, including area Stilton cheese and pork pies. Museum in 1977, in former Andrew Carnegie Library.
Moira Furnace	Moira	Industry	19th-century iron-making blast furnace, with short boat rides on the restored canal.
National Gas Museum Leicester	Leicester	Industry	Gas industry museum, on production and supply of gas, and gas related artifacts and domestic appliances.
National Space Centre	Leicester	Science	Space science and astronomy
New Walk Museum and Art Gallery	Leicester	Multiple	Dinosaurs, geology, art, Ancient Egypt, natural history, world art
Newarke Houses Museum	Leicester	Multiple	Local history, room settings from the 17th century and the 1950s and 70s, toys, history of the Royal Leicestershire Regiment, period street scene
Old Rectory Museum	Loughborough	Local	website, operated by the Loughborough Archaeological and Historical Society
Retro Computer Museum	Thurmaston	Technology	preservation, display, and public experience of computer and console systems
Shackerstone Railwayana Museum	Shackerstone	Railway	Station and museum for the Battlefield Line Railway
Sir John Moore Heritage Centre	Appleby Magna	Education	website, 1891 Victorian life in the then Sir John Moore Church of England School
Stanford Hall	Lutterworth	Historic house	William and Mary period house
Stonehurst Family Farm and Motor Museum	Mountsorrel	Multiple	Family farm and automobile museum
Stoneygate Tram Depot	Leicester	Transport Heritage	website explores the history of public transport in Leicester and the surrounding areas, and provides bus rides on historic buses
Stoneywell	Ulverscroft	Historic house	Operated by the National Trust, summer home designed in the Arts and Crafts style by Ernest Gimson
Swannington Hough Mill	Swannington	Mill	Operated by Swannington Heritage Trust
Wigston Framework Knitters Museum	Wigston Magna	Industry	website, workshop with stocking frame equipment, hand frames for making gloves, mitts and fancy ribbed tops for golf hose
William Carey Museum	Leicester	Biographical	website, located at the Central Baptist Church, life and works of pioneer missionary William Carey