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Picture of Education workshop showing a school group's visit to a museum.

A booklet talking about the events and occurances witin the museum in the previous year. Paragraphs on the development of the schools service. Shows how the education department is being seen as more important as it becomes more organised and thus a…

A booklet from the committee talking about how local museums are sending to national events special objects that perhaps put them on the map or represent their culture or heritage. Northern Ireland were representing themselve with exhibtions on local…

A document which is the founding document of the Leicester Literary and Philosophical Society. In this document, they mention the setting up of a museum as well as their other aims and reasons for being.

25th June to 11th December 1988 – India comes alive at Leicester Museums. Arts of Gujarat. Crafts but also everyday life in Gujarat. Talk of how the collection was acquired and the significance of this collection within Britain. The different themes…

An oral history interview from Philip French, Curator of Leicester History in Leicester Museums.He talks about his role within the museum and how it has changed and also how exhibitions and collections within Newarke Houses especially have developed.…

An oral history interview from Philip French, Curator of Leicester History in Leicester Museums.He talks about how museums need to 'educate and entertain' and how although certain aspects have developed and changed (such as interpretation), the…

An oral history interview from Philip French, Curator of Leicester History in Leicester Museums.He talks the collections at the museum and about the development about community collections and how the museums have tried to change the gaps by activley…

A catalogue of the exhibtion Paintings from North-East Homes. Includes introduction and catalogue of the materials used. Images are in black and white.

A booklet from the opening ceremony of the museum and art gallery opened by Princess Margaret. Has an order of proceedings for the opening ceremony and a history of the museum, its collections and development. Has current details of the museum and…