Jewry Wall Museum
At Jewry Wall Museum you can discover the archaeology of Leicester’s past and find out about the people of Leicester from Prehistoric times to the Medieval period.
The museum grounds contain one of Leicester’s most famous landmarks, the Jewry Wall. Part of the Roman towns’ public baths and thought to be one of the tallest surviving pieces of Roman masonry in the country. The celebration of Leicester’s Roman history continues inside the museum, with stunning collections including detailed mosaics, intricate painted wall plaster and a beautiful Roman cavalry helmet cheek piece.
Complementing our Roman archaeology collections, there's fascinating artefacts from other eras. From ancient stone tools to striking Medieval decorated tiles from Leicester Abbey, there's something to interest the whole family.
The Jewry Wall:
In the eighteenth century, the wall was thought to be part of a temple to the god Janus, from whom we get the month name January.
However, this is now known not to have been the case. It was part of the Roman baths complex and this section of the Roman bath house wall survived all of this time because it was built into the wall of a church, which proceeded the one we see today.
Some of the stone from the Roman building is visible in the walls of the current St Nicholas’ church.
VISITORS INFORMATION:
Opening Times:
Open daily: 11.00am - 4.30pm
(February - October)
Open November - January for special events.
Free admission (small charge for certain activities on event days)
Visiting/directions to the museum:
Jewry Wall Museum is approximately ten minutes walk from Leicester City Centre.
Nearest public car parking spaces are available at St. Nicholas Circle (Holiday Inn) or on Great Central Street. The Enderby Park and Ride scheme also stops close to the museum. For more details please visit the Leicester
Access:
Disabled access is available via Holy Bones using Vaughan College car park where level access to the museum is available.
Address :
Jewry Wall Museum
St Nicholas Circle
Leicester
LE1 4LB