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January 8 2009
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Leicester City Museums Service
    Leicester City Council
A12 New Walk Centre
Welford Place
Leicester
LE1 6ZG
Leicestershire
England
Contact details
Head of Service (Tel) : 0116 252 8912
Admin Officer & Team Assistant (Tel) : 0116 252 8913
Business & Access Manager (Tel) : 0116 252 8914
Museum Management (Fax) : 0116 255 6048
Head of Service : Sarah.Levitt@leicester.gov.uk
Admin Officer : Claire.Jones@leicester.gov.uk
Business & Access Manager : Nisha.Popat@leicester.gov.uk
Website : www.leicester.gov.uk/museums
Open
New Walk Museum & Art Gallery: open 7 days a week, Mondays to Saturdays: 10.00am - 5.00 pm; Sundays: 11.00am - 5.00pm.
The Guildhall, Belgrave Hall Museum & Gardens, and Abbey Pumping Station: open February - November Saturdays - Wednesdays: 11.00am - 4.30pm, Sundays: 1.00pm - 4.30pm. Open on certain Thursdays and Fridays for children's activities during school holidays. Open December - January for special events and private hire.
Jewry Wall Museum: open February - November Saturdays and Sundays: 11.00am - 4.30pm; open 7 days a week during school holidays: 11.00am - 4.30pm. Term time: open Monday - Friday for school and community groups by prior appointment.
Closed
New Walk Museum & Art Gallery: closed 24, 25, 26, 31 December and 1 January.
Newarke Houses Museum: Currently closed for major refurbishment, re-opens in 2006.
The Guildhall, Belgrave Hall Museum & Gardens, and Abbey Pumping Station: closed Thursdays & Fridays and all of Dec & Jan.
Jewry Wall: closed Monday - Friday during termtime and all of December and January.
Description
Administrative/Management office

Articles
MGM 2007 - East Midlands Museums Take To The Streets
'Our Story – Our Leicester' Coming To Your Community Soon!
Gillray's Got You Sir! Scathing Satire At Leicester Cathedral

Events
Craft and Design: Ernest Gimson and the Arts & Crafts Movement  ; Exhibition (temporary)
Little Earthquake presents 'The Haunting of Leicester Guildhall'
 

Available resources
Make an Egyptian Mask  Online game or interactive; Resource or activity pack; Worksheets or templates