Harborough Museum

Leicestershire, LE16 7LT

Free to all

The museum celebrates Market Harborough’s history as a centre of trade and industry at the crossroads between Leicestershire and Northamptonshire.

Harborough Museum

The museum reopened on the first floor of the historic Symington corset factory in spring 2014, after a period of refurbishment.

Permanent collection

The permanent collection includes films by the Market Harborough Movie Makers, an exploration of the Battle of Naseby and of life in Harborough during the wars, exhibits from Harborough's industrial past, 17th-century toys found in the local church, a boot and shoe making workshop and a display about working in the corset factory.

Art we’ve helped buy at Harborough Museum

Hallaton Treasure

Harborough Museum Acquired 2007

Art we’ve helped buy at Harborough Museum

One of the key exhibits in the collection is The Hallaton Treasure, the nationally important Iron Age and Roman find that was acquired with the help of the Art Fund.

Harborough Museum

Free to all

Art we’ve helped buy at Harborough Museum

Hallaton Treasure

Art we’ve helped buy at Harborough Museum

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