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Important notice
Northampton Museum & Art Gallery closed on Sunday 19 February 2017 to allow work to start on a major new expansion project. The museum will reopen in early 2020.
Abington Park Museum remains open.
Due to our major museum expansion project, unfortunately we have to suspend our enquiries service and loans from the collection. We will continue to accept enquiries related to the shoe collection, but these will have a longer response time. Our schools loans service will also continue as normal. We apologise for any inconvenience that this will cause.
Northampton Borough Council’s museum service cares for the largest collection of objects charting the history of shoes in the world. The collection is designated as being of national and international significance and consists of 12,000 shoes and 50,000 archival records including documentary footage and fine art.
- Browse images of the shoe collection on our Flickr stream.
Mailing list
If you would like to know about future exhibitions, events and workshops please complete the online form and we will add you to our mailing list. Please state any preferences you may have, e.g. art, history or general. All information will be kept confidential and used only by the museum.
General opening times
Northampton Museum and Art Gallery |
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| Closed for expansion until early 2020 |
Abington Park Museum |
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| April - October | |
| Thursday - Sunday and Bank Holiday Mondays Open Tuesday - Sunday during Northamptonshire school holidays |
1pm - 5pm |
| November - March | |
| Thursday - Sunday Open Tuesday - Sunday during Northamptonshire school holidays |
12pm - 4pm |
Northampton Museum
Northampton Museum and Art Gallery closed on 19 February 2017 to allow work to start on a major new expansion project.
Northampton Museum and Art Gallery,
Guildhall Road,
Northampton,
NN1 1DP
Telephone: 01604 838 111
Fax: 01604 838 720
Email: [email protected]
Abington Museum
The new Abington galleries reopened to the public on 30 June 2018.
The Museum of Leathercraft displays have moved to The National Leather Collection Floors 2&3 Grosvenor Chambers, Grosvenor Centre, Union Street, Northampton, NN1 2EW. See website for details www.nationalleathercollection.org.
Free admission
Abington Park Museum
Park Avenue South
Northampton
NN1 5LW
Telephone: 01604 838110
Fax: 01604 838720
Email: [email protected]
Parking
Two free disabled parking spaces in the park. Free on street parking available. Nearest location is Christchurch Road.
Access
- Ground floor fully accessible
- Accessible toilets
- Baby changing facilities
- Assistance dogs welcome
Refreshments
No on site cafe; however, there is a cafe in the park. Wellingborough Road is nearby, which hosts various cafes and restaurants.
For independent information on disabled access, see the DisabledGo website.
We aim to provide excellent customer service supporting NBC's aim to be one of the best councils in terms of public service.