Opening Times
The Museum will be closing slightly earlier at 3pm on Friday 13th December.
- Tuesday 10am-4pm
- Wednesday 10am-4pm
- Thursday 10am-4pm
- Friday 10am-4pm
- Saturday 10am-4pm
The Museum is closed to the public on Mondays and Bank Holidays.
Christmas 2024 Opening Times
- Saturday 21 December – open
- Monday 23 December – Wednesday 1 January – closed
- Thursday 2 January 2025 – open
School Visits
Sometimes school groups visit the Museum. These visits are usually between 10am and 2.30pm on a Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. At these times the Museum will be louder and busier. Please feel free to contact us ahead of your visit to find out if a school visit is also planned for that day
School visits can be arranged by contacting learning@nantwichmuseum.org.uk.
Admission
Admission to the Museum is free.
Donations are appreciated as they enable us to offer a wide range of services for the public to access, including a Dementia Friendship Group.
Getting Here
Bus
Nantwich bus station is a six minute walk away (0.3 miles). For times and routes please click here.
Car
The nearest long stay car park is on Love Lane (about a minute away. For more parking information please click Car Parks in Nantwich.
Rail
Nantwich Railway station is a four minute walk away (0.2 miles). There are direct services to Manchester, North and South Wales, and Birmingham. It’s only one stop to Crewe Station, for fast connections across the country.
Directions
Nantwich Museum, Pillory Street, Nantwich, Cheshire, CW5 5BQ
Access
The Museum’s main entrance is accessible via steps which has a handrail. There is however, a side entrance, avoiding steps to the left of the main door. Please ring the buzzer next to it to alert staff.
Most of the exhibits are on the ground floor with only the office and staff kitchen located on the first floor.
There are two toilets situated in the ground floor including an accessible toilet.
View a plan of the Museum here.
Facilities
Food and Drink
Food and drink is not available at the Museum itself but there are numerous places to get refreshments just a few seconds away in Nantwich.
Toilets and Baby Changing
We have two toilets. including an accessible toilet with baby changing facilities.
Accreditation
Nantwich Museum has achieved full accreditation under the Arts Council England scheme.
About Nantwich
Nantwich is a charming market town. Nowhere, apart from Chester, has more historic listed buildings in Cheshire. St Mary’s Church is referred to as “The Cathedral of South Cheshire”. We still have lots of independent traders, offering a very different shopping experience. Where else could you have coffee in an Elizabethan Bookshop, lunch in one of several historic pubs, afternoon tea in a deli that also has a display of bygone items from old shops and stay in a historic hotel where previous guests include members of the Royal Family, Franz Liszt (the composer), and celebrities – including Jon Pertwee (Dr Who) who brought one of the Daleks, and three different Formula One Champions?
Alternatively you can go for a walk along the River Weaver and Nantwich lake, and the Shropshire Union Canal.
For more information about Nantwich, click here:
www.nantwichtowncouncil.gov.uk/about-nantwich
Our staff will be happy to suggest different places for you to visit, or why not follow one of our trails?
https://nantwichmuseum.org.uk/learning/things-to-do/
Other Museums to Visit
The Museums of Cheshire are 21 museums and galleries, presenting everything from art and archaeology to chemistry and canals, from schools and salt to mills and mansions.