The Museum is open from Monday to Saturday, from 10.30am to 4.30pm

between April 1 and September 30.

We are closed on Mondays during the winter months 

New Curator for Nantwich Museum

Our new curator will be Anne Wheeler who has previously been a temporary

Museums Officer at Englesea Brook Museum.

Her past experience includes working at St Alban's museum as Keeper

of Social History.

Anne, who lives in Nantwich, will take up her post with us in October.

Read more about Anne on this page.
 

ONE section of the salt ship found in Nantwich is on display in one of our main galleries, complete with graphics and other ways to help you to enjoy seeing it.

   Call in to see it - and to SMELL the Nantwich mud in which the ship lay buried!

   Mirrors help you to see the salt ship from all angles, and there are photographs and other displays which tell the story of the rescue and preservation mission. There is also a  display of artefacts found with the salt ship.

 A report, with pictures, of the return of the salt ship and its "launch" can be found on this page. The story of the recovery of the salt ship can be found here.

SALT SHIP VIDEO    On sale in the Museum Shop is a video called "Ship Ahoy - The Raising of the Nantwich Salt Ship" which tells the story of our top exhibit. See this page for more details of the video.

WE MOURN DOROTHY

Sadly, Dorothy Bradford - the artist whose work is currently on show in the Millennium Gallery - has died. We learned the sad news within hours of her seeing the hanging of her paintings completed in the Gallery. And she had just approved the leaflet which accompanies the exhibition.

   Her son and daughters agreed that the exhibition should go ahead.

Still for sale: Contrary to a rumour circulating in town, it is not true that all but one painting in the exhibition has been sold. There are still paintings for sale.

lYou can read more about Dorothy and her work - plus her book - on this page.  lNotes on the exhibition appear on this page.  l A Photo Gallery at the launch of the exhibition appears on this page. l A second Photo Gallery, about a Service of Thanksgiving for Dorothy's life, appears here.

HARRY IS OUR DUTTON MEDAL RECIPIENT. Harry Corry (right) has received the Walter and Ada Dutton Medal for service to the community. It was presented at the Annual General Meeting of the Museum Trust (see this page).

MUSEUM ACCREDITED

WE have been accredited by the Museums, Libraries and Archives Council - the only Museum in South Cheshire to be awarded the status. More about the award, and what it means to us - and you - can be found on this page.  

DID YOU MAKE A FIGURE AT THE CLAY WORKSHOP? Then you should know that it is now on show in the touring exhibition in the county. See Allison Horrobin's page for more details.

A NEW project to study finds in the town, Nantwich Waterlogged Deposits Project, has been set up by Cheshire County Council and English Heritage. For more details, visit our Photo Gallery on the Roman trackway and Medieval causeway which were found under Welsh Row during road works to replace gas pipes in August 2007. There is also a sketch map showing the likely route or the trackway. The latest edition of Cheshire Archaeology News is also featured.

THE BRINE BATHS HOTEL features on the Postcard Collection page.

GRANT for Museum. We have received a grant of £88,000 from the Heritage Lottery Fund. For more details, click here.

Museum security . . . and you

To protect the exhibits at the museum, and so that visitors can enjoy their tour of the museum without disturbance, we have installed 24-hour security video recording. Cameras watch all areas of the building at all times. The museum gratefully acknowledges a donation of £4,500 from Nantwich Town Council to help us with security cover after we were plagued by some unwelcome visitors. 

Patrons of the Museum

We acknowledge, with thanks, the financial help given by our Patrons:

Banks Sheridan     v     Barn Antiques     v     Clive Christian

Foundations of Nantwich     v     Inglenook Tea Shoppe

Hibbert Durrad Moxon, solicitors     v    Morning Foods Ltd

Peter Wilson Fine Arts Auctioneers Ltd

The Museum also acknowledges the many anonymous friends who support

the Museum in many ways.

To become a Patron of the Museum, see this page

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