Upcoming Events
Unexpected Elegance: Female Fashion from the 1970s
The 1970s are often called ‘the decade that taste forgot’, but the dresses in this small exhibition show that this was far from true.
Find out more »Guided Walking Tours of Chester with the Guild of Chester Tour Guides
Your guide will lead you on a captivating journey through 2,000 years of history, taking in all the main sites along the way, including the Rows, Walls, River and the exterior of the Cathedral.
Find out more »Dead Normal
The ways we have thought about and interacted with death depend on many factors and have changed over time.
Find out more »CALL TO ARTISTS – THE GROSVENOR MUSEUM’S OPEN ART EXHIBITION
Chester’s Grosvenor Museum announces its 13th Open Art Exhibition. This will present the best in contemporary art from the region, giving artists in the area a chance to show their work and providing a diverse and stimulating exhibition for the public.
Find out more »David Ferry: The Invader’s Guide to the Museum (and other places)
Guide books on travel, history, gardening, cooking, knitting have provided David Ferry with material for his collages that explore our national heritage. Alongside his prints and books, this exhibition gives alternative interpretations of the Grosvenor Museum’s collections, through David’s selected interventions throughout the museum.
Find out more »Dead Normal: A Pop-Up Archive
Horrible Handwriting! Decipher a 17th-century remedy for the plague.
Find out more »Ashes into Glass: Contemporary Commemorative Jewellery
Ashes into Glass is the leading creator of ashes jewellery in the United Kingdom and worldwide. They produce fine jewellery for you to connect with your loved one by wearing it or just holding it in your hand.
Find out more »Disney Film Classic: Alice in Wonderland (1951)
Lewis Carroll’s fantasy tale is brought to life in this animated classic.
Find out more »Fantastic Fossils
Come and learn about uncovering fossils and then make your very own fossil to take home.
Find out more »Fish Houses
Inspired by David Ferry’s wonderfully quirky images, make a 3D shadow box picture of fish swimming through the rooms of a country house.
Find out more »Carry On with Cake
Join us for a Carry On film, some cake, and a short talk on the importance of farce in British culture.
Find out more »Disney Film Classic: Pinocchio (1940)
When the woodworker Geppetto sees a falling star, he wishes that Pinocchio – the puppet he has just finished making – could become a real boy.
Find out more »Flower Wreaths
As beautiful spring flowers are starting to bloom, join us in making your very own flower wreaths.
Find out more »Café Crafts
Join Tracey Todhunter, freelance knitwear designer and author of Woman’s Weekly Guide to Crochet, for an afternoon of craft and chat in our 1940s café.
Find out more »Grosvenor Museum ‘Quiet’ Afternoons
For those who enjoy a ‘quieter’ visit to the museum, including people living with autism, their families and carers.
Find out more »Disney Film Classic: Alice in Wonderland (1951)
Lewis Carroll’s fantasy tale is brought to life in this animated classic.
Find out more »Disney Film Classic: Pinocchio (1940)
When the woodworker Geppetto sees a falling star, he wishes that Pinocchio – the puppet he has just finished making – could become a real boy.
Find out more »Ghost Dogs
Take a look at our Dead Normal exhibition, then join us to make your very own spooky ghost dog.
Find out more »Disney Film Classic: Pinocchio (1940)
When the woodworker Geppetto sees a falling star, he wishes that Pinocchio – the puppet he has just finished making – could become a real boy.
Find out more »Butterfly Planters
Discover how to make your garden or school playground a flutterby-butterfly friendly zone!
Find out more »Disney Film Classic: Alice in Wonderland (1951)
Lewis Carroll’s fantasy tale is brought to life in this animated classic.
Find out more »Paper Nests
With spring upon us, come and join us in making a paper nest complete with your very own bird to sit in it.
Find out more »The Story of the Hospice of the Good Shepherd
The Hospice of the Good Shepherd, which provides palliative and end of life care to people living with a progressive life limiting illness, is celebrating its 30th anniversary this year.
Find out more »Disney Film Classic: Pinocchio (1940)
When the woodworker Geppetto sees a falling star, he wishes that Pinocchio – the puppet he has just finished making – could become a real boy.
Find out more »Disney Film Classic: Alice in Wonderland (1951)
Lewis Carroll’s fantasy tale is brought to life in this animated classic.
Find out more »Death is Not the End: Preparing for Eternity in Ancient Egypt
The modern perception of ancient Egypt is that its inhabitants were morbidly obsessed with death.
Find out more »Café Crafts
Join Tracey Todhunter, freelance knitwear designer and author of Woman’s Weekly Guide to Crochet, for an afternoon of craft and chat in our 1940s café.
Find out more »Going the Distance: 480 Years of Racing at the Roodee
Once likened to racing on ‘green velvet’ by jockey Lester Piggott, Chester’s hallowed Roodee turf is uniquely positioned at the heart of the city.
Find out more »Something to Do at the Weekend
Try an assortment of things you might not have done before, with activities coming from a 1960s book designed to spark the imagination in an age before computers.
Find out more »Daphne in the Dark
Join us for an atmospheric showing in a darkened museum of the 1973 thriller Don’t Look Now, based on Daphne du Maurier’s short story.
Find out more »Café Crafts
Join Tracey Todhunter, freelance knitwear designer and author of Woman’s Weekly Guide to Crochet, for an afternoon of craft and chat in our 1940s café.
Find out more »Grosvenor Museum ‘Quiet’ Afternoons
For those who enjoy a ‘quieter’ visit to the museum, including people living with autism, their families and carers.
Find out more »The Grosvenor Museum’s 13th Open Art Exhibition
Discover the wealth of local creative talent in this diverse and stimulating exhibition, selected from hundreds of entries in open competition.
Find out more »Museum Explorers
Especially for ages 2-4, although younger siblings are also welcome.
Find out more »Chester’s Civil War: regional capital or damp squib?
In the first of three lectures examining the English civil war of 1642-46 in this region, Professor Peter Gaunt explores Chester as a royalist stronghold and parliamentarian objective.
Find out more »Café Crafts
Join Tracey Todhunter, freelance knitwear designer and author of Woman’s Weekly Guide to Crochet, for an afternoon of craft and chat in our 1940s café.
Find out more »Cheshire’s Civil War: three months of action, three years of stalemate
In the second of three lectures examining the English civil war of 1642-46 in this region, Professor Peter Gaunt explores the civil war within Cheshire.
Find out more »Britain in the Fifties
A chance to enjoy a nostalgic look at Britain during the 1950s in the comfort of our Lecture Theatre. Film show, plus handling session with artefacts from the decade and 1950s-themed refreshements.
Find out more »Silly Storybooks
David Ferry makes surreal books by sticking pictures from one type of book onto the pages of another. Come and make your own little book filled with pictures you’ve chosen and cut out of magazines, and write a story to go with the pictures.
Find out more »King of all Balloons
Mark Davies’ talk will be full of the hot air as he describes the exciting event in 1785 when three manned balloon flights took off from the City of Chester.
Find out more »The Terrific Triassic
A strange alien creature wends its way across a barren scarlet desert … welcome to Cheshire in the Terrific Triassic era!
Find out more »North Wales’s Civil War: there’s a war on, but where’s the fighting?
In the third of three lectures examining the English civil war of 1642-46 in this region, Professor Peter Gaunt looks west, across the border, to reassess the standing and nature of royalism in northern and mid Wales.
Find out more »Cupcakes!
Inspired by the cakes in David Ferry’s book Cake Walking in Scotland, decorate – and eat! – some cupcakes.
Find out more »Café Crafts
Join Tracey Todhunter, freelance knitwear designer and author of Woman’s Weekly Guide to Crochet, for an afternoon of craft and chat in our 1940s café.
Find out more »Grosvenor Museum ‘Quiet’ Afternoons
For those who enjoy a ‘quieter’ visit to the museum, including people living with autism, their families and carers.
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