Upcoming Events
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 »Minted: Making Money and Meaning
This small exhibition looks at how money was made, how it was used by those who created it, and what it meant to the people who owned it.
Find out more »Treasure
Why do we value certain things and want to keep them, hoard them, show them off and hand them down?
Find out more »Made in Chester: Art by Nicky Thompson
The Grosvenor Museum is delighted to display the new series of 1930s-style art pieces featuring iconic Chester views.
Find out more »The Public Archaeology of Treasure: The 5th University of Chester Archaeology Student Conference
Lecture Theatre Free. Archaeologists work with and debate treasure in legal, ethical and research terms. But what is ‘treasure’ and how is it understood in contemporary society? This conference will explore how public archaeologists foster education and engagement with treasure, but also critically evaluate treasure-related misconceptions, abuses, unethical and illegal practices. Can public archaeologists create new archaeological strategies and stories that promote the ethical, responsible and culturally respectful discussion of rare and unique items from the human past? Can they…
Find out more »Café Crafts
Join us for an afternoon of craft and chat in our 1940s café. Bring along your own project or feel free to join in with one of ours. Everyone is welcome – whether you’re a master or a beginner.
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 »Museum Explorers
Especially for ages 2-4, although younger siblings are also welcome.
Find out more »Carry on Curating
Back for a fourth time by popular demand, comedians will once again become curators and give fake academic talks on some of the objects in the Grosvenor Museum.
Find out more »Café Crafts
Join us for an afternoon of craft and chat in our 1940s café. Bring along your own project or feel free to join in with one of ours. Everyone is welcome – whether you’re a master or a beginner.
Find out more »Social Butterflies
Crochet, knit, collage or craft a butterfly to add to our big Social Butterflies installation!
Find out more »Say what?
From the earliest times, humans have needed to communicate. It’s been a long journey from simple cave paintings to complex satellites out in space. The Museum’s Learning Team have been working with Dorin Park Special School to create a fun exhibiton about communication in all of its diverse forms, such as Makaton and Braille.
Find out more »The hidden history of plants in the Stone Age
With Dr Barry Taylor- We associate the early human past with the use of stone tools but it was plants that provided many of the materials of daily life. From nettle cord fishing lines or birch bark containers to elm bows and lime canoes, early prehistoric communities made use of a wide range of plants, often using certain species for specific tasks.
Find out more »Café Crafts
Join us for an afternoon of craft and chat in our 1940s café. Bring along your own project or feel free to join in with one of ours. Everyone is welcome – whether you’re a master or a beginner.
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 »Museum Explorers
Especially for ages 2-4, although younger siblings are also welcome.
Find out more »Forgotten in Britain? Remembering the German Dead of the two World Wars
With Professor Tim Grady- Almost 7,000 Germans – military and civilians – were laid to rest in Britain during the two World Wars. The British initially buried these dead in cemeteries scattered throughout the country, including in Chester.
Find out more »Museum Explorers
Especially for ages 2-4, although younger siblings are also welcome.
Find out more »Change in a Historic Landscape: The Lost Buildings of Port Sunlight
With Dr Rebecca Andrew- Founded in the 19th century by William Hesketh Lever, to house ‘Sunlight Soap’ factory workers, Port Sunlight is a thriving tourist destination, containing 900 Grade II listed buildings.
Find out more »Café Crafts
Join us for an afternoon of craft and chat in our 1940s café. Bring along your own project or feel free to join in with one of ours. Everyone is welcome – whether you’re a master or a beginner.
Find out more »Café Crafts
Join us for an afternoon of craft and chat in our 1940s café. Bring along your own project or feel free to join in with one of ours. Everyone is welcome – whether you’re a master or a beginner.
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 »Vibrant City: Multicultural Chester
For nearly two thousand years, Chester has been enriched by people and ideas from Britain, Europe, Asia and beyond. Early Cestrians included Roman soldiers from Ukraine, Vikings from Norway who ran a mint on Lower Bridge Street, and Medieval traders from all over the Mediterranean.
Find out more »Café Crafts
Join us for an afternoon of craft and chat in our 1940s café. Bring along your own project or feel free to join in with one of ours. Everyone is welcome – whether you’re a master or a beginner.
Find out more »Children’s Ghost Tour
Children’s Ghost Tour guided walk with Tour Guide Ann Coward Meet at the Visitor Information Centre, Town Hall Square 5.30-7.00pm. Adult ticket £8, pay guide on day, but booking essential on 01244 972115. Walk for children under twelve years old, accompanied by an adult. Not a scary tour. This tour includes steps. Up to two children go free with a responsible adult.
Find out more »Grosvenor Park Archaeological Excavation
Visit Grosvenor park annual archaeology students training dig!
Find out more »Café Crafts
Join us for an afternoon of craft and chat in our 1940s café. Bring along your own project or feel free to join in with one of ours. Everyone is welcome – whether you’re a master or a beginner.
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 »Museum Explorers
Especially for ages 2-4, although younger siblings are also welcome.
Find out more »Café Crafts
Join us for an afternoon of craft and chat in our 1940s café. Bring along your own project or feel free to join in with one of ours. Everyone is welcome – whether you’re a master or a beginner.
Find out more »May Half-term activities
Be a spy, make your own mini garden, helmet or headdress!
Find out more »Café Crafts
Join us for an afternoon of craft and chat in our 1940s café. Bring along your own project or feel free to join in with one of ours. Everyone is welcome – whether you’re a master or a beginner.
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