Library


Melton Carnegie Museum holds a reference library relating to fox hunting.  The catalogue is updated twice a year and is available by following the link opposite.

The collection can be viewed by appointment at the museum. Please allow a minimum of three working days to make the titles you require available.

We are constantly adding new titles.  If you would like to donate a copy of a publication to the collection, please contact the museum on tel. 01664 569946 or email museums@leics.gov.uk.

Latest additions


In 2006, the widow of Lt. Col. John Metcalf Wood (1912-2004) bequested a collection of 13 books to Melton Carnegie Museum.  The books reflect Colonel Wood's enthusiasm for research and collecting of sporting art, including paintings by John Ferneley.
Pile of books

Collections Online button  features a selection of the County Council's Ferneley paintings.

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