Nantwich Museum has appointed Dr Trevor Evans, a former chemical engineer, as the new chair of the Board of Trustees responsible for running the facility in Pillory Street.
During his career, Dr Evans has managed professional bodies in both the UK and Australia.
“Connected Threads” South Cheshire branch of the Embroiderers’ Guild has created an online exhibition for Nantwich Museum.
During the current pandemic restrictions, the group wanted to keep connected by all working on the same project.
Nantwich Museum is bidding to buy a late Bronze Age collection of items known as “Wrenbury Hoard”.
The collection of seven objects are believed to around 3,000 years old and was discovered in the Wrenbury area of Nantwich.
A photographic exhibition at Nantwich Museum featuring work of Nantwich Camera Club has been delayed by Covid-19 restrictions. But now a selection of the work can be found online on the popular venue’s website. Visitors to the site can enjoy a variety of images including portraits, a train, a boat, a plane, wildlife and stunning landscapes. The club’s regular exhibitions[Read More…]
A newly published downloadable booklet “Visiting the Nantwich English Civil War Battlefields” is now available from the Nantwich Museum.
The booklet by Keith Lawrence, Director of the Cheshire Civil War Centre at the museum, considers the four battles which took place in the area in 1643 and 1644, and details routes by which the sites can be visited.
Nantwich Museum has unveiled a new “The Battle of Nantwich, 25 January 1644” video to commemorate the event.
Despite this year’s Holly Holy Day being cancelled by Covid, this video will help bring home the significance of the annual event.
Nantwich’s Digital Museum continues to flourish in the second lockdown.
The “Nantwich at Play” temporary exhibition staged in the Millennium Gallery in 2015, is now available on the website.
Nantwich Museum is to host its first live exhibition following its closure due to the Covid 19 epidemic.
A small exhibition echoing the annual Rotary Art and Handwriting competition will run in the Museum up until Christmas.
Nantwich Museum has announced a series of online talks for the Autumn called “Historical Nantwich Online”.
They will start on Wednesday November 18 with a “A Celebration of Salt, the story of Nantwich Brine” talk hosted by Graham Dodd.
Town councillors have backed a Nantwich Civic Hall extension project, despite costs rising by up to £50,000.
And it emerged future plans for the venue could include a first floor extension to house the town’s library and museum.
Nantwich Museum has been picked as one of the 60 diverse organisations participating in The Lab project.
It is part of the Digital Heritage Lab which is providing digital mentoring support helping organisations develop their digital capabilities.
Nantwich Museum will reopen to the public on September 18 after a six-month closure due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
It will be open on Saturday (September 19) and thereafter on Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays.
Nantwich Museum is to resume its “Aspects of Nantwich” series of talks originally scheduled for spring but interrupted by the Covid-19 pandemic.
Due to continuing restrictions, the talks will be given online with the following schedule.
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