Rutland County Museum and Visitor Centre

Catmose Street
Oakham
Rutland
LE15 6HW
England

Website

Our Website

www.rutland.gov.uk/museum

www.rutland.gov.uk/liveatthemuseum

E-mail

General Information

museum@rutland.gov.uk

Family History and Local Studies

history@rutland.gov.uk

Telephone

Museum Adminstration

01572 758440

Visitor Centre

01572 758441

Fax

01572 758445

All information is supplied by the venues or providers 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.
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Rutland County Museum is the perfect introduction to England's smallest county. The Welcome to Rutland area is a guide to the history of Rutland and leads into displays of local archaeology, history and an extensive rural life collection. The site itself is also remarkable as the Museum is set in the old riding school of the Rutland Fencible Cavalry.

Venue Type:

Museum

 Opening hours

Mon, Wed, Fri 10.00 - 16.00
Sat 10.00 - 16.00
Sun, Tues, Thurs - Closed
Bank Holidays - Closed

Closed: Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, Boxing Day, New Year's Eve, New Year's Day and Good Friday

 Admission charges

Admission free

 General services and facilities
  • Brochure or leaflet available with directions to museum
  • Information point provided
  • Pre-booking service for groups
  • Toilets
  • Auditorium
  • Gardens open to public
  • Refreshments
  • Shop
 Children and families
  • Events and resources for children and families
  • Baby changing facilities
 Disability access
  • Induction loops in lecture theatres
  • Parking for disabled available
  • Toilets for disabled
  • Wheelchair access to all public areas
  • Wheelchairs available for loan
 Schools services and facilities
  • Member of staff available with responsibility for education
  • Education facilities available
 Research and adult learning
  • Loan service
  • Library with public access
  • Study facilities
 Commercial and hire services
  • Facilities for private functions and events
  • Meeting room available

Additional info

Public pay-and-display car parks within easy walking distance.

Catmose Street
Oakham
Rutland
LE15 6HW
England

Website

Our Website

www.rutland.gov.uk/museum

www.rutland.gov.uk/liveatthemuseum

E-mail

General Information

museum@rutland.gov.uk

Family History and Local Studies

history@rutland.gov.uk

Telephone

Museum Adminstration

01572 758440

Visitor Centre

01572 758441

Fax

01572 758445

All information is supplied by the venues or providers 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 Museum has an extensive rural life collection, including tractors, farm equipment and waggons on display in the Riding School and in the adjoining Courtyard, where can be found the game larder of Lord Lonsdale, one of the famous Rutland characters whose stories can be found here.

The collections include a wide range of rural tradesmen's tools, domestic and social history material, Rutland's standard weights and measures, and local archaeology.

Collection details

Agriculture, Archaeology, Archives, Coins and Medals, Law and Order, Personalities, Social History, Toys and Hobbies

Key artists and exhibits

  • One special exhibit is the early 13th century Limoges enamel reliquary from Rutland's only priory at Brooke, found in 1805 and acquired for the museum in 1997 with grant aid from the National Art Collections Fund, the V&A/MGC Purchase Grant Fund, and the museum's Friends.
  • The jewel of our tractor collection is a 1916 Saunderson Model G, purchased with the assistance of the Friends and the Science Museum.

Collections services

  • Object identification and/or written enquiry service
  • Object study facilities available (enquire in advance)

Catmose Street
Oakham
Rutland
LE15 6HW
England

Website

Our Website

www.rutland.gov.uk/museum

www.rutland.gov.uk/liveatthemuseum

E-mail

General Information

museum@rutland.gov.uk

Family History and Local Studies

history@rutland.gov.uk

Telephone

Museum Adminstration

01572 758440

Visitor Centre

01572 758441

Fax

01572 758445

All information is supplied by the venues or providers 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.
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