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Museum in 1977, in former Andrew Carnegie Library. Moira Furnace: Moira: Industry: 19th-century iron-making blast furnace, with short boat rides on the restored canal. National Gas Museum Leicester: Leicester: Industry: Gas industry museum, on production and supply of gas, and gas related artifacts and domestic appliances. National Space Centre ...
The Jewry Wall Museum is a museum in Leicester in the East Midlands of England. It was built in the 1960s, facing the Jewry Wall ruins in a building shared with Vaughan College . It housed artefacts from Iron Age , Roman , and medieval Leicester.
The National Space Centre is a museum and educational resource covering the fields of space science and astronomy, along with a space research programme in partnership with the University of Leicester. It is located on the north side of the city in Belgrave, Leicester, England, next to Space Park Leicester and the River Soar.
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The museum houses a large collection of items relating to life during the wars. These cover aspects of the front-line and home front. The museum holds a large collection of medals, with records regarding the involvement of people within the Leicester Regiment, which can be accessed via a computer. A model trench sits on the first floor.
The University of Leicester (/ ˈ l ɛ s t ər / ⓘ LEST-ər) is a public research university based in Leicester, England. The main campus is south of the city centre, adjacent to Victoria Park . The university's predecessor, University College, Leicester , gained university status in 1957.
The Leicester Museum & Art Gallery (until 2020, New Walk Museum and Art Gallery) is a museum on New Walk in Leicester, England, not far from the city centre. [1] It opened in 1849 as one of the first public museums in the United Kingdom. [2] Leicester Museum & Art Gallery contains displays of science, history and art, both international and local.
The Abbey Pumping Station is a museum of science and technology in Leicester, England, on Corporation Road, next to the National Space Centre.With four working steam-powered beam engines from its time as a sewage pumping station, it also houses exhibits for transport, public health, light and optics, toys and civil engineering.