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Virtual Museum

Welcome to the Virtual Museum.

Here you can access a huge library of images that cover the Leicester Arts and Museums collection of Ernest Gimson related objects, as well as the Dryad collection. Other resources include videos of contemporary craftsmen and a downloadable walking trail around Leicester. Click on an image to enter a section.

For may of the objects we have included a selection of detail images. To view these, click on any of the thumbnails on the object pages.

Ernest Gimson Collection

Ernest Gimson and related objects

View the Leicester Arts and Museums Service Gimson collection

Dryad Collection

Dryad collection

View a large selection of the Leicester Arts and Museums Service's Dryad collection

John Paul Cooper

John Paul Cooper

View the John Paul Cooper objects from the Leicester Arts and Museums Services collection

Ernest Gimson

Ernest Gimson related images and objects

In this section you can view images related to Ernest Gimson that aren't part of the Leicester Arts and Museum Service collection. These include images of the houses he designed, objects from other craftsmen and objects from other museums.

Contemporary Craftsmen videos

Contemporary Craftsmen videos

View craftsmen working in the traditional Arts & Crafts style

Leicester City centre walking trails

Here you can download two walking trails that take in many buildings and houses around Leicester City centre, either built by Ernest Gimson or closely accociated with him. The walks were expertly written by Rowan Roenisch.