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 HallAdlingtonHistoric houseCountry home dating back to 1040, gardens
Anderton Boat LiftAndertonTransportationBoat lift and visitor center for the meeting of the River Weaver and Trent and Mersey Canal
Anson Engine MuseumPoyntonTechnologyStationary engines
Arley HallArleyHistoric houseEarly Victorian Jacobean-style mansion (1833-41) with formal gardens
Axis Arts CentreCreweArtwebsite, previously the Alsager Arts Centre, performing and visual arts centre
Bollington Discovery CentreBollingtonIndustrywebsite, local cotton industry, located in Clarence Mill, also local history and art
Bramall HallBramhallHistoric houseAlso listed under Greater Manchester, black and white timber-framed Tudor Manor House and parkland
Bunbury MillBunburyMillRestore mid-19th-century water-powered mill
Capesthorne HallSiddingtonHistoric houseJacobean style house, Georgian Chapel, gardens, parkland
CatalystWidnesScienceFocus is the chemical industry
Cheshire Military MuseumChesterMilitaryHistory of Cheshire's regiments, located in the barracks at Chester Castle
Congleton MuseumCongletonLocalLocal history, culture
Crewe Heritage CentreCreweRailway
Cuckooland MuseumKnutsfordHorologyCuckoo clocks
Cycle MuseumWarringtonTransportinformation, cycles from all over the world, in Walton Hall[1]
Dewa Roman ExperienceChesterHistorywebsite, Roman British artifacts, reconstructed Roman street
Dorfold HallActonHistoric houseJacobean house, woodland gardens
Dunham MasseyAltrinchamHistoric houseOperated by the National Trust, Georgian estate house and deer park
Englesea Brook Chapel and MuseumEnglesea-BrookReligiouswebsite, history of the 19th century working-class religious movement of Primitive Methodism
Gawsworth Old HallGawsworthHistoric houseBlack and white timber-framed manor house
Grosvenor MuseumChesterMultipleRoman heritage, art, natural history, silver, period house, local history
Hack Green Secret Nuclear BunkerHack GreenMilitaryFormer government-owned nuclear bunker with Cold War and military exhibits
Lion Salt WorksMarstonIndustryWorking open salt works and museum
Little Moreton HallCongletonHistoric houseOperated by the National Trust, moated 15th-century half-timbered manor house
Lyme ParkDisleyHistoric houseOperated by the National Trust, estate mansion house with formal gardens, tapestries, clocks and furnished rooms
Macclesfield MuseumsMacclesfieldIndustrywebsite, 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 AmusementsTattenhallAmusementwebsite, restored vintage mechanical amusement machines and games
Museum of Policing in CheshireWarringtonLaw enforcementwebsite, includes murder weapons, forgeries, pigeon carriers, photographs and records
Nantwich MuseumNantwichLocalLocal history, culture, art, salt and cheese-making
National Waterways MuseumEllesmere PortTransportFeatures canal boats, history of the canals
Nether Alderley MillNether AlderleyMillOperated by the National Trust, Victorian corn mill powered by water
Norton Priory MuseumRuncornReligiousRuins and archaeological artifacts of a medieval priory
Peover HallPeover SuperiorHistoric houseElizabethan brick house dating from 1585, 18th century landscaped park
Rode Hall and GardensCongletonHistoric houseCountry house and gardens
Quarry Bank MillStyalIndustryOperated by the National Trust, former cotton mill and textile museum
Stretton WatermillStrettonMillWorking water mill
'Sick to Death'ChesterMedicineHistory-of-medicine museum housed in two towers on Chester city walls[2]
Tabley HouseKnutsfordHistoric house18th-century house with fine art and furniture collection
Tatton HallKnutsfordHistoric houseOperated 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 GalleryWarringtonMultipleNatural history, local history, archaeology, fine art, decorative arts
Weaver Hall MuseumNorthwichMultipleHistory of salt making, local history, archaeology
West Park MuseumMacclesfieldMultiplewebsite, fine and decorative arts, local history, ancient Egyptian antiquities

Defunct museums

See also

  • Category:Tourist attractions in Cheshire

References

  1. ↑ "The Cycle Museum Walton Hall & Gardens". Glory Days. Retrieved 2 January 2018.
  2. ↑ 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
  3. ↑ BBC News: Motoring museum is set to close (accessed 16 January 2013)
  4. ↑ http://www.vintageradio.co.uk/htm/museum.htm virtual tour
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