After almost six months closure due to the Covid-19 pandemic Nantwich Museum will re-open to the public at 10.30 am Friday 18 September. It will be open on Saturday 19 September and thereafter on Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays with a view to returning to full opening hours as soon as […]
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The first of a series of Webinar Talks for Nantwich Museum got off to an excellent start, with Bill Pearson giving an illustrated talk about Nantwich Workhouse. The talk covered different workhouses in the area and the six buildings on The Barony (that are still there today) which were part […]
Nantwich Museum has announced the resumption of its “Aspects of Nantwich” series of talks originally scheduled for the Spring but interrupted by the pandemic. Due to continuing restrictions the talks will be given online with the following schedule. Wednesday 2 September 2020 Nantwich Workhouse(s) by Bill Pearson recounting tales of the […]
After 40 years of serving the community by recording the rich history of the town and its locality, Nantwich Museum is laying ambitious plans to update its Main Gallery. The Cheese and Dairy Room was updated in 2017 and the Cheshire Civil War Centre Gallery opened in 2019. The four […]
The Museum is now providing family friendly activities through the “Resources” section of its website: www.nantwichmuseum.org.uk/learning/things-to-do. Events that have shaped the town includes the downloadable comics: The Battle of Nantwich 1644 and The Great Fire of Nantwich. There are Four Trails:. The Nantwich Town Trail guides participants around some of […]
Nantwich Museum has announced the re-scheduling of the Museums@Home 2020 online festival organised by Cheshire’s Heritage Learning Network, which will now take place 11.00 am – 3.00 pm Sunday 23 August. The event, a collaboration between the Grosvenor Museum in Chester, The Silk Museum in Macclesfield and Nantwich Museum, involves […]
Plans are afoot for the re-opening of Nantwich Museum in Pillory Street, which has been closed to the public since the March lockdown, although staff and volunteers continue to work offsite. A number of projects have received attention, in particular, development of the Digital Museum through which the Museum has […]
With the continuing enforced closure of Nantwich Museum due to the Covid-19 pandemic it has not been possible to install its scheduled temporary exhibition: ‘Reincarnated Rubbish – Endangered and Extinct’, an inspired exhibition by creative recycling artist Val Hunt. Elements of the exhibition have, however, are now available on our […]
Nantwich Museum is seeking local people’s experiences of the Covid-19 pandemic to provide a lasting record of this significant event. Letters, short statements and photographs are sought. The aim is to gain an insight into how everyday life, as well as how much Nantwich’s public have changed during the pandemic. […]