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Castle Donington Museum - free to visit, volunteer run, accredited local history museum. Open Saturdays 10am to 3pm, Apr 4 - Aug 29 2026

27/05/2026

Got kids to entertain?…

Castle Donington Museum is a little capsule perfect to share local stories, look closer at objects from the past, and think about how things have changed or stayed the same to today.

With our family quiz sheet and four talking points, you can find out about Donington Hall and our Public Houses past and present, plus general village history, beautiful archaeology, and even shoes!

Visit us every Saturday 10am - 3pm, to August 29th

24/05/2026

We aren’t open this bank holiday Monday, but for the rest of our 2026 season you can visit us every Saturday 10am - 3pm, to August 29th.

Perhaps as one of our displays is about Castle Donington’s many local pubs throughout the years, you could support one which is still open, or relax with a game of cards?

23/05/2026

Haven’t you visited Castle Donington Museum yet? We’re open today!

Small but full of carefully curated displays, our 2026 season you can discover more about Donington Hall and our Local Public Houses through the years. Plus enjoy our permanent displays including archaeology, maps of the village and skilfully hand painted signs and honour boards.

Visit us every Saturday 10am - 3pm, April 4th to August 29th

20/05/2026

Can you imagine having a good tidy up, when you have over 10,500 things to check through?!

Our museum volunteers meet every Tuesday to work behind the scenes, and one of our current projects is auditing all of our boxes. Photographs, letters, recipe books, postcards, paper bags, accounts and documents of all kinds… we barely have space to move while working through!

We keep careful records and don’t expect may surprises, but this kind of diligence is part of our being an accredited museum, plus it may help us spot items which would benefit from additional information adding to the system (which may help them be more useful in the future) or recognise a trend of items which could form a new display.

Would you find this satisfying, or an absolute slog?

16/05/2026

Castle Donington Museum is open today!

Small but full of carefully curated displays, our 2026 season you can discover more about Donington Hall and our (many!) Local Public Houses. Plus enjoy our permanent displays including archaeology, maps of the village and skilfully hand painted signs and honour boards.

Visit us every Saturday 10am - 3pm, April 4th to August 29th

13/05/2026

Help!
At Castle Donington Museum we’re often asked if we have old maps and photos of how the village has changed. We do have some on display, including various aerial photos.

These two we don’t have dates for though. It may be you look at these and know “Those trees were cut down in X year, so it must be before then!” Or “Our extension was built in X year so it must be after then!”

If you can help us narrow it down, or can share with people who may be able to help, we’d appreciate it ❤️

09/05/2026

Castle Donington Museum is open today!

For our 2026 season you can discover more about Donington Hall and our (many!) Local Public Houses, plus our permanent displays including archaeology, maps of the village and skilfully hand painted signs and honour boards.

Visit us every Saturday 10am - 3pm, April 4th to August 29th

07/05/2026

Are you looking at your garden and thinking “That clump needs splitting?” or perhaps planning a replant of a border? 🌱

Our wonderful volunteer gardener and her hard working helpers have been bringing more order to the museum garden, but as weeds and slightly invasive plants come out, it would be good to fill the gaps to prevent weeds taking advantage again.

If you have a plant which would fit that need, it would be a great help! You can visit us Saturdays 10 to 3, or drop us a message about dropping plants off on a Tuesday when we are closed but have volunteers working.

Love Castle Donington

04/05/2026

May Market Day and Castle Donington Museum is open!

While you celebrate the ancient rights we have under our Market Charter, please do also pop into the museum, just uphill from one of the performing areas near Tyler’s Tea Rooms.

We are free to enter but your visit and donations on a day like this means we can offer school visits, educational trips for scouts and brownies, and of course continue to preserve and present local history for you to enjoy and take pride in ❤️

See you here!

02/05/2026

Castle Donington Museum is open today! Can’t make it? We’re also open for May Day Monday 🎉

For our 2026 season you can discover more about Donington Hall and our (many!) Local Public Houses, plus our permanent displays including archaeology, maps of the village and skilfully hand painted signs and honour boards.

Visit us every Saturday 10am - 3pm, April 4th to August 29th

30/04/2026

Looking for something to do with the family? Explore some Castle Donington places, people and events with our quiz sheet!

Castle Donington Museum has new displays each year, so even if you have visited before there are new stories to discover and objects to be intrigued by. Ask for a sheet and delve into all our displays, then claim your reward 📝

Open May Day 10 to 3
Saturday until the end of August 10 to 3

Address

4 Apiary Gate
Castle Donington
DE742JA

Website

http://www.castledoningtonmuseum.org/

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