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Newarke Houses Museum & Gardens

Newarke Houses Museum & Gardens

Leicester Museums and Galleries

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Museum or gallery in Leicestershire

15 artworks

Part of Leicester Museums and Galleries

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Newarke Houses Museum is composed of two historic houses: Chantry House built in about 1513 by William Wygston and Skeffington House built between 1560 and 1583 by Sir Thomas Skeffington. The buildings were opened as a museum in 1940 but Chantry House was badly damaged in an air raid the same year and fully restored in the 1950s. The museum displays include a room setting of the 1600s and also the 1950s and 1970s; the story of 20th century Leicester; a cinema experience; a collection of toys from Tudor to present day and a recreated Victorian street scene. The Museum of the Royal Leicestershire Regiment is within the same building.

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The Newarke, Leicester, Leicestershire LE2 7BY England

museums@leicester.gov.uk

0116 225 4980

Free admission, Newarke Houses Museum & Gardens is open 7 days a week. Please contact the museum in advance of your visit to check our opening hours.

http://www.leicester.gov.uk/your-council-services/lc/leicester-city-museums/museums/newarkehouses/

Artworks

  • George Bristow (1803–1896)
    George Bristow (1803–1896) Edward Benson (1808–1863)
    Newarke Houses Museum & Gardens
  • John Flower (1793–1861)
    John Flower (1793–1861) William Scott (1797–1862)
    Newarke Houses Museum & Gardens
  • Mary Bond (1514–1611)
    Mary Bond (1514–1611) unknown artist
    Newarke Houses Museum & Gardens
  • Portrait of a Herrick Boy
    Portrait of a Herrick Boy unknown artist
    Newarke Houses Museum & Gardens
  • Reverend Robert Hall (1764–1831)
    Reverend Robert Hall (1764–1831) John Flower (1793–1861) (after)
    Newarke Houses Museum & Gardens
  • Landscape
    Landscape unknown artist
    Newarke Houses Museum & Gardens
  • Sir William Herrick (1562–1653)
    Sir William Herrick (1562–1653) British School
    Newarke Houses Museum & Gardens
  • 8 more

Not every artwork is on display – if you would like to see a particular work, contact the venue before your visit

Leicester Museums and Galleries has another 958 artworks

Artists

  • Covered Bridge
    John Flower (1793–1861)
  • John Flower (1793–1861)
    William Scott (1797–1862)
  • John Henry Manners (1778–1857), 5th Duke of Rutland, KG
    Samuel Hull (d.1874)
  • The Return of the Princeton Heroes
    Peter David Griffin (1946–2019)
  • Nubian Woman
    Friedrich Goldscheider (1845–1897)
  • Match between 'Eagle' and 'Eleanor'
    Benjamin Marshall (1768–1835)
  • Two Profiles of Girls and a Mask
    British School
  • The Assumption of the Virgin*
    unknown artist
  • George Bristow (1803–1896)
    Edward Benson (1808–1863)
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