Jonjon explores Leicester... "National Gas Museum"

Glance: National Gas Museum

Sometimes you’ll find yourself in an exhibition space not knowing the significance of its exhibits (no story, no explanation, no “this section is abouts”). If this gives you butterflies, you’re not alone.

There there, Jonjon’s here – let’s enjoy the National Gas Museum by first knowing where to start! For instead of crying on the ground floor gallery (clip), do stroll right through the space and to the end of the corridor. Here, an “all-gas home” set in the 1910-30s (clip) will give you the introduction you’re craving for. Press the start button, sit down, relax.

(You can’t imagine how many things have been powered by gas and flames. Hairdryers. And a gas fridge! It’s a gap-era when electricity has been hardly popular, but a thriving (and forgotten) show time for gas appliances.)

See yourself: National Gas Museum

Look out for a mannequin scare on the first floor. (Remember the jump scare time we had at the Whitewebbs Museum of Transport? It does seem like a recurring curating choice now that I come to think of it.)

(Factoid 1: Town gas is emitted from coal heated up to 1000C.)

(Factoid 2: Following the discovery of natural gas in the North Sea, appliances had to be replaced in the 60-70s for the switch. The new energy source offers a cleaner, cheaper alternative (being more efficient).)


Time is asset: save it for later with 25-min museum tours. Or find yourself in my novel, check out the photo of the day and finish it off with a secret prize.

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