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GET OUT OF THE OFFICE AT LUNCHTIME AND VISIT A LEICESTER MUSEUM
19/02/2007

Work Your Proper Hours Day Logo

February 23 is 'Work Your Proper Hours Day' organised by the TUC. It's all about getting Britain's army of office workers away from computer screens and out into fresh air. To give you somewhere cultural to eat your sandwiches, 24 Hour Museum is pleased to present a lunchtime trail around the city.

Click on the title of the venue to find out more about each place, and there's more info at the bottom of the feature.

Before you get out into the fresh air, just to remind your colleagues where you are off to, and why you are going, why not use this desk reminder, specially designed by the Work Your Proper Hours Team at the TUC?

Download the sign and print it out, fold in half and plonk it on your desk one way round whilst you're away at lunch, and simply switch it round at the end of the day to show you're off on time.

The New Walk Museum. © Leicester City Council

a photograph of an entrance to a museum with classical pillars

The City Gallery

Leicester's oldest museum has wide-ranging collections spanning the natural and cultural world. The museum also has a coffee shop.

The Guildhall

The Great Hall itself was built in about 1390. It was opened to the public as a museum in 1926.

Guru Nanak Sikh Museum

The first registered Sikh museum in the UK houses paintings on Sikh history, including portraits of the Sikh Gurus.

De Montfort Hall

The Victoria and Garden Suite corridors of De Montfort Hall regularly host exhibitions as part of the City Gallery Offsite programme.

Jewry Wall Museum

Leicester's Museum of Archaeology is located among the remains of the Roman town's public baths.

Leicester Royal Infirmary Museum

This museum, which opened in 1771, has displays of pictures, manuscripts and medical equipment which show how medicine has changed through the years.

New Walk Museum & Art Gallery

Leicester's contemporary arts and crafts gallery offers a range of exhibitions and education programmes that reflect the diversity of the city's population.

The William Carey Museum

This museum tells the story of William Carey, founder of the Baptist Missionary Movement.