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New Cheshire Wildlife Trust education centre opens near Nantwich

New Cheshire Wildlife Trust education centre opens near Nantwich

Dozens of guests joined the Lord Lieutenant of Cheshire David Briggs for the opening of a new wildlife trust education centre near Nantwich.

The £120,000 new Bickley Barn education centre, between Wrenbury and Malpas, is based in a converted 100-year-old diary milking barn.

September 9, 2014
First World War food talk to be held at Nantwich Museum

First World War food talk to be held at Nantwich Museum

A second talk in a series accompanying the “Nantwich and the First World War” exhibition will be staged today (September 3) at 3pm.

Bill Pearson, of Reaseheath College, will speak at Nantwich Museum on Food Production around the time of World War 1.

September 3, 2014
Nantwich Museum creates buzz over Food and Drink Festival event

Nantwich Museum creates buzz over Food and Drink Festival event

A Nantwich Museum exhibition during the town’s Food and Drink Festival is sure to create a buzz – with the focus on bees!

The Pillory Street venue, which will be open 10.30-4.30pm during the three-day festival, has a First World War exhibition on show.

August 29, 2014
Nantwich Museum hosts new First World War exhibition

Nantwich Museum hosts new First World War exhibition

A fascinating insight into Nantwich life during the First World War has been unveiled at Nantwich Museum.

“Nantwich and the First World War – the impact of war on a market town” is a new exhibition at the museum on Pillory Street.

July 23, 2014
Nantwich Museum to stage First World War “drop-in” event

Nantwich Museum to stage First World War “drop-in” event

Nantwich Museum will host a “drop-in day” for visitors to help promote the forthcoming First World War exhibition. The Pillory Street venue is keen to get more members of the public involved in helping put the exhibition together.

March 14, 2014

Nantwich Museum awarded lottery money for Great War exhibition

Nantwich Museum has won a Heritage Lottery Fund grant to fund an exhibition recalling the early years of the Great War. The exhibition, called “Nantwich and the Great War”, looks at the impact of war on a market town.

March 5, 2014
Nantwich Museum to stage “Elizabethan Food” event

Nantwich Museum to stage “Elizabethan Food” event

Nantwich Museum will stage a costumed event on “Elizabethan Food” this weekend. The demonstrations are part of the Pillory Street venue’s “Nantwich under the two Elizabeths” exhibition.

August 20, 2012
Nantwich Museum issues plea for volunteers to man exhibition

Nantwich Museum issues plea for volunteers to man exhibition

Nantwich Museum is seeking volunteers to help with the popular “Nantwich under the two Elizabeths” exhibition. The Pillory Street venue hosts the exhibition in the Millennium and Community galleries of the museum until Saturday September 1.

July 17, 2012
Museum sets date for final “Nantwich under the two Elizabeths” talk

Museum sets date for final “Nantwich under the two Elizabeths” talk

“Tudor Inventories” is the final one of four themed talks of the “Nantwich under the two Elizabeths” exhibition running at Nantwich Museum. The talk, by Andrew Lamberton, considers some 18 inventories of Nantwich people from the reign of Elizabeth I.

July 16, 2012
Second “Nantwich under two Elizabeths” talk at town’s museum

Second “Nantwich under two Elizabeths” talk at town’s museum

“Are we better off than the Tudors?” is the second in a series of four themed talks at Nantwich Museum. The series forms part of the “Nantwich under the two Elizabeths” exhibition at the Pillory Street venue.

July 10, 2012
Nantwich Players to stage Elizabethan event for Jubilee

Nantwich Players to stage Elizabethan event for Jubilee

Nantwich Players are to stage an evening of readings from both Elizabethan eras as part of the Jubilee celebrations. “Elizabethan Words & Wine” will take place at Nantwich Museum at 7.30pm this Friday June 22.

June 19, 2012
Nantwich Museum ready for lottery-funded Queen’s Jubilee exhibition

Nantwich Museum ready for lottery-funded Queen’s Jubilee exhibition

The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee is being celebrated at Nantwich Museum with an exhibition “Nantwich under the two Elizabeths” opening tomorrow (June 2). It’s one of the most ambitious exhibitions to be staged at the Pillory Street venue, occupying both galleries.

June 1, 2012
Nantwich Museum scoops £19,000 lottery grant for summer events

Nantwich Museum scoops £19,000 lottery grant for summer events

Nantwich Museum has secured £19,000 from the Heritage Lottery Fund to stage an exhibition and events programme this summer. The volunteer-developed exhibition is called “Nantwich under the two Elizabeths”.

May 4, 2012