List of museums in Cheshire

This list of museums in Cheshire, England contains museums which are defined for this context as institutions (including nonprofit organizations, government entities, and private businesses) that collect and care for objects of cultural, artistic, scientific, or historical interest and make their collections or related exhibits available for public viewing. Also included are non-profit art galleries and university art galleries. Museums that exist only in cyberspace (i.e., virtual museums) are not included.

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Name Image Town/City Type Summary
Adlington Hall Adlington Historic house Country home dating back to 1040, gardens
Anderton Boat Lift Anderton Transportation Boat lift and visitor center for the meeting of the River Weaver and Trent and Mersey Canal
Anson Engine Museum Poynton Technology Stationary engines
Arley Hall Arley Historic house Early Victorian Jacobean-style mansion (1833-41) with formal gardens
Axis Arts Centre Crewe Art website, previously the Alsager Arts Centre, performing and visual arts centre
Bollington Discovery Centre Bollington Industry website, local cotton industry, located in a former mill, also local history and art
Bramall Hall Bramhall Historic house Also listed under Greater Manchester, black and white timber-framed Tudor Manor House and parkland
Bunbury Mill Bunbury Mill Restore mid-19th-century water-powered mill
Capesthorne Hall Siddington Historic house Jacobean style house, Georgian Chapel, gardens, parkland
Catalyst Widnes Science Focus is the chemical industry
Cheshire Military Museum Chester Military History of Cheshire's regiments, located in the barracks at Chester Castle
Congleton Museum Congleton Local Local history, culture
Crewe Heritage Centre Crewe Railway
Cuckooland Museum Knutsford Horology Cuckoo clocks
Cycle Museum Warrington Transport information, cycles from all over the world
Dewa Roman Experience Chester History website, Roman British artifacts, reconstructed Roman street
Dorfold Hall Acton Historic house Jacobean house, woodland gardens
Dunham Massey Altrincham Historic house Operated by the National Trust, Georgian estate house and deer park
Englesea Brook Chapel and Museum Englesea-Brook Religious website, history of the 19th century working-class religious movement of Primitive Methodism
Gawsworth Old Hall Gawsworth Historic house Black and white timber-framed manor house
Grosvenor Museum Chester Multiple Roman heritage, art, natural history, silver, period house, local history
Hack Green Secret Nuclear Bunker Hack Green Military Former government-owned nuclear bunker with Cold War and military exhibits
Lion Salt Works Marston Industry Working open salt works and museum
Little Moreton Hall Congleton Historic house Operated by the National Trust, moated 15th-century half-timbered manor house
Lyme Park Disley Historic house Operated by the National Trust, estate mansion house with formal gardens, tapestries, clocks and furnished rooms
Macclesfield Silk Museums Macclesfield Industry website, four museums about the local silk industry, including the Silk Museum on Park Lane, Paradise Mill, Heritage Centre, and the West Park Museum
Museum of Amusements Tattenhall Amusement website, restored vintage mechanical amusement machines and games
Museum of Policing in Cheshire Warrington Law enforcement website, includes murder weapons, forgeries, pigeon carriers, photographs and records
Nantwich Museum Nantwich Local Local history, culture, art, salt and cheese-making
National Waterways Museum Ellesmere Port Transport Features canal boats, history of the canals
Nether Alderley Mill Nether Alderley Mill Operated by the National Trust, Victorian corn mill powered by water
Norton Priory Museum Runcorn Religious Ruins and archaeological artifacts of a medieval priory
Peover Hall Peover Superior Historic house Elizabethan brick house dating from 1585, 18th century landscaped park
Rode Hall and Gardens Congleton Historic house Country house and gardens
Quarry Bank Mill Styal Industry Operated by the National Trust, former cotton mill and textile museum
Stretton Watermill Stretton Mill Working water mill
'Sick to Death' Chester Medicine History-of-medicine museum housed in two towers on Chester city walls[1]
Tabley House Knutsford Historic house 18th-century house with fine art and furniture collection
Tatton Hall Knutsford Historic house Operated by the National Trust, part of Tatton Park, early 19th-century house with collections of pictures, books, china, glass, silver and Gillows furniture
Warrington Museum & Art Gallery Warrington Multiple Natural history, local history, archaeology, fine art, decorative arts
Weaver Hall Museum Northwich Multiple History of salt making, local history, archaeology
West Park Museum Macclesfield Multiple website, fine and decorative arts, local history, ancient Egyptian antiquities

Defunct museums

See also

References

  1. ↑ Can you stomach it?! Gruesome new visitor attraction ‘Sick to Death’ opens its doors to the public, Cheshire West and Chester Council, 3 August 2016, retrieved 6 August 2016
  2. ↑ BBC News: Motoring museum is set to close (accessed 16 January 2013)
  3. ↑ http://www.vintageradio.co.uk/htm/museum.htm virtual tour
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