Appendix 1
TABLE: SIGNIFICANCE OF LEICESTERSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL MUSEUMS COLLECTIONS
Collection area
Natural Life
Collection
Botany Higher Plant Collection
Bryophyte non-flowering plant collection
Lichen non-flowering plant collection
Lepidoptera
Personalia archive of Leicestershire naturalists
Wider insect collections
Leicestershire birds and mammals
Level of Significance
Regional
National
International
Regional
Local
Regional
Local
Archaeology
Lower Palaeolithic stone tools
Leicestershire scheduled monument collections
Hallaton treasure hoards
Exploitation and bridging of River Trent in Medieval Period
Leicestershire Buildings
Coal mining before the industrial revolution
Bosworth Battlefield Collection
International
Regional/National
International
Regional/National
Regional
National
International
Home & Family Life
Toys
Palitoy collection
Ladybird Book Collection
Board and card game collection
Domestic crafts
National
National
Regional
Local
Regional
Working Life
The Leicestershire light aircraft industry (particularly Auster Aircraft)
Leicestershire coalmining industry
Leicestershire extractive industries
Clock and watch making
Coach, carriage and cart collection
Industrial locomotives
Jet engines
International
National
Regional
Regional/National
Regional
Regional
National/international
Cultural Life
Symington collection of corsetry, foundation-wear and swimwear
NEXT archive and collection
International Fashion Design
Sportswear collection
The work of John Ferneley and the sporting art collection
Leicestershire Topographical Artworks
International
National
International
Regional
National
Local
Melton Carnegie Museum
Local food production
Rural crafts and trades
Local community archives
Fox hunting
Local/National
Local
Local
Local/National/International
Charnwood Museum
Local industries and innovators
Education in Loughborough
Local/Regional
Local
Harborough Museum
Local Photographs
Local industries including Symington foods, R & WH Symington,
Harborough Rubber Co,
Local crafts and trades
Local
Regional
Battlefield Archaeology and the archaeology of the Bosworth field area
pre 1485
The Century Theatre
International
Fox-Hunting Collection
National/International
Reflecting Town and
Country Life
Local
Discrete Collections
Bosworth Battlefield
Snibston
National
Partnership Collections
The Hunting Collection