Upcoming Events
Archaeology at Ollershaw Lane
Take a look at some of the artefacts they have unearthed and discover stories about the excavation and their findings.
Find out more »Little Lions Explorer Club
Come and join our Early Years Explorer Club, aimed at ages 2-4 (younger siblings welcome).
Find out more »End to End by The Gramophones
Three women made a daring and unusual journey from one end of Great Britain to the other. Trusting only to their resourcefulness and the kindness of strangers they made an 18-day, 874-mile journey from Land’s End to John O’Groats.
Find out more »Little Lions Explorer Club
Come and join our Early Years Explorer Club, aimed at ages 2-4 (younger siblings welcome).
Find out more »Little Lions Explorer Club
Come and join our Early Years Explorer Club, aimed at ages 2-4 (younger siblings welcome).
Find out more »The Danny: A Steamship with a Unique History
The Danny is a 1903 steam ship restored with the help of £3.8 million from the Heritage Lottery Fund and the enthusiasm of volunteers who worked on the project for thirteen years.
Find out more »Little Lions Explorer Club
Come and join our Early Years Explorer Club, aimed at ages 2-4 (younger siblings welcome).
Find out more »Antiques and Curiosities
Following on from our appearance on Celebrity Antiques Road Trip, Lion Salt Works has teamed up with Wright Marshall for our Antiques and Curiosities day!
Find out more »Museums at Night: Trick or Treat Experience
Join us for a night of frights at the museum as we lock the doors and meet the ghostly characters who come out to play at night.
Find out more »Halloween Hysteria
Get into the Halloween spirit by making some ghostly and downright scary decorations to frighten away any trick or treaters!
Find out more »A Series of Unscrupulous Events Part III: Halloween Special
Join us for the third instalment of Unscrupulous Events and discover the unfortunate and downright dastardly deeds that have been going on.
Find out more »Hedgehog Hibernation
come and do some arts and crafts inspired by the hedgehog and its habitat.
Find out more »Art Cart
Experience the Big Imaginations Festival in full! Art Cart activities, inspired by Fairy Tales Gone Bad, will take place one hour before the performance.
Find out more »Fairy Tales Gone Bad: Grannylocks & The Monstrous Duckling
Join our poetic storyteller Joseph Coelho as he unwinds the true stories and discover that they’re not as charming as you remember!
Find out more »Plastic Fantastic?
Polythene was discovered in 1933 by Reginald Gibson and Eric Fawcett at the ICI Winnington laboratories.
Find out more »Imbalance by Joli Vyann
Joli Vyann’s new show explores our obsessive dependence on technology, using superb acrobatic skills and athletic dance to ask whether our lives are ‘in’ or ‘out’ of balance.
Find out more »Christmas at the Works
Fun for all the family, including music, crafts and Father Christmas!
Find out more »Christmas at the Works
Fun for all the family, including music, crafts and Father Christmas!
Find out more »Brass Band and the Making of Music
Wake up the year with traditional nostalgia and contemporary arrangements performed by the City of Chester Band.
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