Melton Carnegie Museum — Attraction in Melton

A good visit to Melton Carnegie Museum which is open on Saturdays! They have a cute little exhibition on George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham who was lover to King James VI and I, his Master of Horses, a statesman, and patron of the arts. King James's first acts in power was to cement the Church of England as the official religion of England. He also got the whole Bible translated into English. This translation is known as the King James Bible and is still read today. They also has Stilton hat & a large art work of a melton mowbray pork pie. There is a sweet stuffed two head calf too. It was space week this week...

Relatively small museum, provides a good passing by experience for children. Despite the small size there are very interesting facts and knowledge. There is an old style telephone booth and petrol pump inside which were amusing to the kids. They also spent good 10 minutes playing with the floor projector setting off fireworks which I presume is usually something different but we went on the 4th November so must be a special...

I visited Melton museum for the first time today with my 18month old and was blown away! It’s so much more child friendly (in fact it’s very child orientated) than I expected. It has little activity stations, dress up rail, reading corners and my son absolutely loved it! The atmosphere was lovely and we didn’t feel as though we had to be silent walking round. I’ve already texted my friends recommending it and will definitely...