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Closure 19th September 2022

13 September 2022

King Richard III Visitor Centre will be closed on Monday the 19th of September 2022.

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Make a Medieval Manuscript this May
23 May 2023
Take A 'Onesie' on the Coronation Chair
1 May 2023
Sales & Marketing Manager Vacancy
27 April 2023

His shirt say’s otherwise, and @LCFC are pretty sure he is a positive supporter https://t.co/cPeC36ai6Q https://t.co/VXPQOmC3BX 22 May 2023

And with your annual pass you will be most welcome anytime in the next 360ish days https://t.co/7z5sIgs457 22 May 2023

Matchday ✊ #NEWLEI #KingPower @LCFC https://t.co/wmkstWCOnI 22 May 2023

On this day in 2019 the ‘Coming Home’ project,

On this day in 2019 the ‘Coming Home’ project, loaned Richard III’s Portrait from the National Portrait Gallery to Leicester Museum & Art Gallery. @leicestermuseum https://www.npg.org.uk/beyond/exhibitions/partnership/2019/coming-home-king-richard-iii

Thank you to our amazing volunteers as Volunteers

Thank you to our amazing volunteers as Volunteers Week ends. They make the complex history & fascinating story of Richard III, accessible for all, which is very much appreciated by our visitors. #thankyou
#VolunteersWeek2023 If you’d like to join our team https://kriii.com/about-the-centre/jobs/volunteering-at-the-visitor-centre/

June 5th 1483 - Richard issues orders for Edward V

June 5th 1483 - Richard issues orders for Edward V’s Coronation to be arranged for the 22nd of June and sends out letters summoning 40 squires whom are to be made ‘Knights of the Bath’ at the coronation.

Image Credit: Ultraviolet Scan of NPG4980 @nationalportraitgallery

Make a Medieval Manuscript this May Half Term at t

Make a Medieval Manuscript this May Half Term at the King Richard III Visitor Centre https://kriii.com/make-a-medieval-manuscript-this-may/

In 2017, ‘The Fox & The Ghost King’ is publish

In 2017, ‘The Fox & The Ghost King’ is published. A delightful tale of victory against all odds in a Leicester garden, on the pitch and under a car park, from the master storyteller and former Children’s Laureate, Michael Morpurgo, lavishly illustrated by Michael Foreman.

Thank you to our fabulous volunteers this Voluntee

Thank you to our fabulous volunteers this Volunteer Week. They make the complex history and fascinating story of Richard III accessible for all, which is very much appreciated by our visitors. #thankyou
#volunteerweek
If you’d like to join our team https://kriii.com/about-the-centre/jobs/volunteering-at-the-visitor-centre/

May 31st 1443 - birth of Lady Margaret Beaufort, s

May 31st 1443 - birth of Lady Margaret Beaufort, she carried the train for Queen Anne at her Coronation with Richard III but just a couple of years later her only son, Henry Tudor became Henry VII at the Battle of Bosworth, she also lived to see her grandson crowned Henry VIII.

May 31st 1495 - Cecily Neville dies aged 80 at Ber

May 31st 1495 - Cecily Neville dies aged 80 at Berkhamsted Castle in Hertfordshire. She was the mother of two Kings of England, Edward IV and Richard III, and every monarch since, apart from Henry VII, is a descendant of hers.

C’mon Lestah! #LEIWHU #KingPower @LCFC @TwoTa

C’mon Lestah!

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