Rutland County Museum |
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Rutland County Museum is the perfect introduction to England's smallest county.
The special exhibitions gallery, museum shop and local studies library, leads into displays of archaeology, history and an extensive rural life collection.
The museum has grown over the years. Twice its Friends, aided by grants from Museums & Galleries Commission, have provided funds to purchase and fit out additional premises, first the Stable block, now the new gallery, and reserve space, and then No 2 Catmose Street, adjacent to the museum. Here the Colonel Noel Suite, with its meeting room and kitchen facilities, was opened in May 1995. Friends have also purchased many items for the museum's permanent collections.
In the riding school, with its roof of Baltic timber, the displays illustrate the archaeology of Rutland, and its rural trades and occupations, domestic life and agriculture.
Special exhibitions are run throughout the year. Many of these are in-house exhibitions which highlight the Museums collections. Craft exhibitions, touring exhibitions and local artist exhibitions are also run as part of our exhibition programme. See www.rutland.gov.uk/museum for information on current exhibitions.
In the courtyard you will find the story of the Farming Year, where the larger items such as tractors, threshing machines and ploughs are displayed.
In 2007 a new garden was created with the help of the Friends of the Museum and Oakham in Bloom. Here you can sit and enjoy the peaceful surroundings.
Live@themuseum runs throughout the year with a programme of music, theatre and comedy events. See www.rutland.gov.uk/live@themuseum for further details of events
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Opening Times
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(2010 times)
Tuesday - Friday 10.00 - 5.00Saturday 10.00 - 4.00 Closed Mondays, open most Bank Holidays We are closed at Christmas, New Year and on Good Friday Open Bank holidays except the above. Please call to check opening times before you travel. |
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Admission Charges
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(2010 prices)
Admission free
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Directions
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Rutland County Museum Postcode for SatNav: LE15 6HW |
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Nearby Attractions
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Barnsdale Gardens
(3 Miles)*
Barnsdale Gardens is a joy to visit; 38 themed gardens, ponds and woodlands nestled in a quiet corner of the beautiful Rutland countryside, but just 10 minutes from Stamford and the A1. |
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Melton Carnegie Museum
(9 Miles)*
This exciting newly refurbished museum contains informative and innovative displays. |
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Burghley House
(11 Miles)*
Burghley house is the largest and grandest of the first Elizabethan Age. Built and mostly designed by William Cecil, Lord High Treasurer of England, between 1565 and 1587, the house is a family home for his descendants to this day. |
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