Manor House Museum

Manor House Museum
Sheep Street
Kettering
Northamptonshire
NN16 0AN
England

Website

www.kettering.gov.uk/museums

E-mail

museumandgallery@kettering.gov.uk

Telephone

01536 534219

Fax

01536 534370

All information is drawn or provided by the venues themselves and every effort is made to ensure it is correct. Please remember to double check opening hours with the venue concerned before making a special visit.
The Manor House Museum from the Manor House Gardens
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Temporary exhibitions and regular activities make the Manor House Museum a lively and vibrant place to visit. Come along to explore Kettering's history and find out what makes the town unique. Covering the history of the Borough, the Museum is packed with fascinating objects including archaeology, natural history, geology, and costume.

Children's craft activities take place during the school holidays and historical themed lunchtime talks take place regularly at the neighbouring Alfred East Art Gallery.

Our education service for schools, community groups and others, delivers sessions that involve children in hands-on and active learning, covering many different areas of the curriculum.

The museum shop is well-known for its excellent range of educational and fun gift items related to the themes of the museum and more. It's the perfect place to buy a unique treat.

Venue Type:

Museum, Historic house or home, Garden, parklands or rural site

 Opening hours

Tuesday - Saturday, 10am - 4.45pm (last admission 4.30pm)

Please note the museum is closed on Sundays, Mondays and Bank Holidays

 Admission charges

Free entry

The museum collects only those items, which were made or used within the geographical area of Kettering Borough for its permanent collections. The current size of the collections is thought to total circa 20,000 artefacts.

Access to the Collections:
The Museum collections are not all on display at the same time. There are far too many items to fit in the building!

Some of the Museum’s collections can be accessed for research purposes on request. Please contact the Museum and Gallery for further details. At least one month's notice is required for this request.

Collection details

Agriculture, Archaeology, Archives, Coins and Medals, Costume and Textiles, Industry, Land Transport, Natural Sciences, Science and Technology, Social History, Sport, Toys and Hobbies, Weapons and War, World Cultures, Fine Art, Law and Order, Music, Performing Arts, Photography, Literature, Medicine, Film and Media, Decorative and Applied Art, Architecture, Design, Inland Waterways, Trade and Commerce, Religion, Personalities

Key artists and exhibits

  • Victorian costumes,'Robinson car',Samian Ware,Roman Lead Font,Numismatics,Civil War armour, Anglo-Saxon Cremation Urns
Exhibition details are listed below, you may need to scroll down to see them all.
Boot and Shoe Display

Manor House Museum Permanent Displays

  • 1 January 2000 — 31 January 2020 *on now

Find out what makes Kettering unique! Covering the history of the borough, the Museum’s permanent displays are packed with fascinating objects and information. Topics include the Boot and Shoe Industry, agriculture, geology, costume, natural history, coins and medals.

Suitable for

  • Any age

Website

http://www.kettering.gov.uk/info/1020/museum_events_and_exhibitions/1190/museum_and_art_gallery_temporary_exhibitions/2

John Hatton

'Image & Imagination' by John Roger Hatton NDD

  • 15 February — 15 March 2014 *on now

Roger's work is an interpretation of the landscape, observed in daily travel from home to the studio in East Northamptonshire, regular visits to the East Neuk, Fife, Scotland and to the Big Sur coast near Monterey, Southern California. The work is mainly water based media, newer works are tending towards Impressionism or full abstraction, experimenting with colour, light and texture sourced from sketches, reference photographs or images glimpsed on his travels and conveyed to paper or canvas directly from the mind, inviting the viewer to use their own imagination in interpreting the work.

Roger trained at Northwich College, Cheshire and Leicester College of Art, graduating in Graphic Design, Typography and Photography, and more recently at West Dean College, Sussex and is currently studying abstracting landscape with the Royal Watercolour Society in London where his work was exhibited in 2013.

Suitable for

  • Any age

Website

http://www.kettering.gov.uk/info/1020/museum_events_and_exhibitions/1190/museum_and_art_gallery_temporary_exhibitions/3

Resources listed here may include websites, bookable tours and workshops, books, loan boxes and more. You may need to scroll down or click on headers to see them all.
Community Corner

Community Corner

http://www.kettering.gov.uk/info/100009/leisure_and_culture/1519/community_corner

The Community Corner at Manor House Museum is a rotating community showcase, providing the opportunity for local community groups, societies and networks to present dedicated displays about their work, or specific events.

If you are a local group, society or network interested in compiling a display for the Community Corner, or wish to find out more, please contact the Museum Officer on: 01536 535 609 or at eleanorbaumber@kettering.gov.uk

How to obtain

Please contact the Museum Officer on: 01536 535 609 or at eleanorbaumber@kettering.gov.uk. Display dimensions are downloadable on our website.

Shop Stock

Manor House Museum Shop

http://www.kettering.gov.uk/info/839/museums_and_galleries-shops/1193/manor_house_museum_shop/2

The museum shop is well-known for its excellent range of educational and fun gift items related to the themes of the museum and much more. It's the perfect place to buy a unique treat.

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