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Opening date set for new £16.8m Roman museum

Leicester's new multi-million pound Roman museum is to open in July.

The revamped Jewry Wall Museum will feature the remains of a Roman bath house and more than 100 Roman artefacts discovered across Leicestershire.

Work on the project began in 2021 but the council said progress had been delayed by the Covid-19 pandemic and contractors, originally carrying out the renovation, going bust.

The museum, which cost £16.8m, will officially open to visitors from 26 July, the city council said.

City Mayor Sir Peter Soulsby spoke to ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Leicester's Ady Dayman.

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