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New Walk Museum and Art Gallery (Leicester)
 New Walk Museum and Art Gallery (Leicester) ... historic New Walk area of the city. In 1849 the Literary and Philosophical Society formally presented to the town its various collections, which have grown and developed over the last 150 years into one of the premier museums in the region. New Walk Museum has been the inspiration for many people including Lord Attenborough and Sir David Attenborough, who pursued their love of art and natural history as a result of spending their formative years as regular visitors to the galleries. Leicester's oldest museum has wide-ranging collections spanning the natural and cultural world. The museum has a coffee shop, and is also a venue for musical performances and weddings.Newest Review: ... minutes walk) and parking is available. Admission is free, which rather caught me by surprise. Inside there are permanent exhibitions - 'Wild Space' which explores various wild locations around the world such as open savannahs, rainforests, the Arctic and Antarctic and an underwater habitat. These spaces are designed to give you an experience of how it feels to be there, though rest assured, ... more ... the temperature was not sub-zero in the Arctic region. There were, however, real insects (though not on the loose) and spiders.
After this I checked out the dinosaur exhibition, mostly reconstructed replica fossils and some originals from the local ar...more |
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New Walk Museum and Art Gallery (Leicester): A great day out for all (522 words)
by Rogerbyname - written on 26.06.07 (Very useful, 85 readings)
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This was a surprising find that I discovered on a visit to my brothers in Leicester. Well, despite growing up in Leicestershire I have never had a huge affinity with the city itself and had visited most of what there is to see as a child. But returning as an adult and entering the museum on a whim one quiet afternoon I was pleasantly surprised by the size and content of what was on offer. First of all the museum is located in perhaps the nicest part of the city on New Walk, which runs parallel to the arterial route London Road and stretches from the edge of the city centre and main shopping area to Victoria Park (and the university). The mainline station is ...
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