Harborough Museum

The newly refurbished Harborough Museum is home to the Hallaton Treasure, discovered in 2000 and one of the most important Iron Age finds in Britain.

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

See the story of how it all began, find out about The Hallaton Treasure, which includes over 5,000 silver and gold coins and associated finds including a Roman helmet, ingots, tankard handle, jewellery, pig and dog bones and pottery. Many of the coins and finds from the excavation are also available to view online.

Displays also include a collection of 17th century toys, a reconstructed boot and shoe makers workshop, an insight into working for the corset factory, and a new temporary exhibition of Gulliver Speight's photographs of Market Harborough from the 1880s to the 1940s.

Our displays include:

• The Hallaton Treasure Gallery – a fantastic display of the nationally important Iron Age and Roman finds
• Symington Soups, Table Creams and Pea Flour
• Harboro Rubber Company
• Falkner’s Boot and Shoe Making Workshop
• 18th century long case clock made in Harborough
• 17th century toys found in the local church
• Railways in Market Harborough
• Working in the corset factory
• Harborough during the wars

Exhibition Fact Sheets are also available.

There is also a programme of temporary exhibitions and events.