Activities for Kids:
Make A Doll’s House
@ Newstead Gallery

Georgian Dolls’ Houses

Craft activity for children.

Be inspired by the Grosvenor Museum’s Georgian Chester exhibition.

Create a miniature buidling in a Georgian style.

Time:
2.00pm – 4.00pm
Date:
Thursday 26th August 2010

This is a FREE drop-in event.

Opening Hours:
Monday 10.30am – 5.00pm
Tuesday 10.30am – 5.00pm
Wednesday 10.30am – 5.00pm
Thursday 10.30am – 5.00pm
Friday 10.30am – 5.00pm
Saturday 10.30am – 5.00pm
Sunday 1.00pm – 4.00pm

Admission is FREE.

Address:

Grosvenor Museum

27 Grosvenor Street

Chester

cheshire

CH1 2DD

Tel: 01244 402033

Grosvenor Museum on Directory of Chester
Grosvenor Museum Website

Antiques Fair:
Amulet Fairs

Chester’s Antiques & Collectors Fair

Antiques and collectables fair.

Tickets £1.50, Concessions £1, Accompanied Children FREE

Time:
9.00pm – 4.00pm
Date:
Monday 30th August 2010

Opening Hours:
Monday 6.30am – 10.30pm
Tuesday 6.30am – 10.30pm
Wednesday 6.30am – 10.30pm
Thursday 6.30am – 10.30pm
Friday 6.30am – 10.30pm
Saturday 6.30am – 10.30pm
Sunday 6.30am – 10.30pm

For admission prices please visit the website.

Address:

Northgate Arena

Northgate Arena Leisure Centre

Victoria Road

Chester

Cheshire

CH2 2AU

Tel: 01244 372 333

Northgate Arena on Directory of Chester
Northgate Arena Website

Activities for Kids:
Bugs!
@ Newstead Gallery

Bugs

Nature activity for the whole family.

Come down to the Grosvenor Museum and see a selection of creepy crawlies…

Join in with a short walk to go and discover what can be found hiding in the bushes.

Children must be accompanied by an adult, please wear suitable clothes.

Time:
Walks at 11.00am and 2,00pm
See examples @ Newstead Gallery from 1.00pm
Date:
Wednesday 25th August 2010

This is a FREE drop-in event, just contact the Museum Shop at the number below.

Opening Hours:
Monday 10.30am – 5.00pm
Tuesday 10.30am – 5.00pm
Wednesday 10.30am – 5.00pm
Thursday 10.30am – 5.00pm
Friday 10.30am – 5.00pm
Saturday 10.30am – 5.00pm
Sunday 1.00pm – 4.00pm

Admission is FREE.

Address:

Grosvenor Museum

27 Grosvenor Street

Chester

cheshire

CH1 2DD

Tel: 01244 402033

Grosvenor Museum on Directory of Chester
Grosvenor Museum Website

Activities for Kids:
Visit The South Pole
@ Weaver Hall Museum

Perky Penguins

Activities for children of all ages.

Chill out this summer…

Come down and visit the South Pole displays in the museum, and make your own penguin model to take home.

Time:
10.00am – 4.00pm
Date:
Wednesday 25th August 2010
Thursday 26th August 2010

Opening Hours:

January – October
Tuesday 10.00am – 5.00pm
Wednesday 10.00am – 5.00pm
Thursday 10.00am – 5.00pm
Friday 10.00am – 5.00pm
Saturday 2.00pm – 5.00pm
Sunday 2.00pm – 5.00pm

November – December
Tuesday 10.00am – 4.00pm
Wednesday 10.00am – 4.00pm
Thursday 10.00am – 4.00pm
Friday 10.00am – 4.00pm
Saturday 1.00pm – 4.00pm
Sunday 1.00pm – 4.00pm

Weaver Hall Museum is only open on Mondays during the School Holidays and Bank Holidays, excluding December, from 10.00am – 5.00pm.

For Admission Prices, please visit the museum Website.

Until May 2010, the Weaver Hall Museum and Workhouse was known as the Salt Museum.
The museum is housed within the old Northwich Union Workhouse building and has displays about the building’s history as a home for Victorian Paupers.

Address:

Weaver Hall Museum and Workhouse

162 London Road

Northwich

Cheshire

CW9 8AB

Tel: 01606 271640

Weaver Hall Museum (ex Salt Museum) on Directory of Chester
Weaver Hall Museum Website

Activities for Kids:
Flying Insects
@ Newstead Gallery

Flying Insects

Craft activities for children.

Be inspired by the Mountains and Molehills exhibition.

Create your own dragonfly, butterfly or moth!

Time:
2.00pm – 4.00pm
Date:
Tuesday 24th August 2010

This is a FREE drop-in event.

Opening Hours:
Monday 10.30am – 5.00pm
Tuesday 10.30am – 5.00pm
Wednesday 10.30am – 5.00pm
Thursday 10.30am – 5.00pm
Friday 10.30am – 5.00pm
Saturday 10.30am – 5.00pm
Sunday 1.00pm – 4.00pm

Admission is FREE.

Address:

Grosvenor Museum

27 Grosvenor Street

Chester

cheshire

CH1 2DD

Tel: 01244 402033

Grosvenor Museum on Directory of Chester
Grosvenor Museum Website

Chester History:
The Way We Were
with Len Morgan

The Way We Were

Join local historian Len Morgan for another of his nostalgic slideshows.

Take a look back at how we lived, worked and played.

Time:
1.30pm – 3.00pm
Date:
Friday 20th August 2010

Tickets: £3, concessions £2.50
Booking with Chester History and Heritage 01244 402110

Chester History & Heritage

St Michael’s Church

Bridge Street Row East

Chester

Cheshire

CH1 1RD

Tel: 01244 402110

Admission FREE.

Opening Times:
Monday – Friday, 10.00am – 12noon and 1.00pm – 4.00pm

Activities for Kids:
Georgian Fans
@ Newstead Gallery

Georgian Fans

Craft activities for children.

Create a lace-trimmed fan to keep you cool this summer!

Time:
2.00pm – 4.00pm
Date:
Thursday 19th August 2010

This is a FREE drop-in event.

Opening Hours:
Monday 10.30am – 5.00pm
Tuesday 10.30am – 5.00pm
Wednesday 10.30am – 5.00pm
Thursday 10.30am – 5.00pm
Friday 10.30am – 5.00pm
Saturday 10.30am – 5.00pm
Sunday 1.00pm – 4.00pm

Admission is FREE.

Address:

Grosvenor Museum

27 Grosvenor Street

Chester

cheshire

CH1 2DD

Tel: 01244 402033

Grosvenor Museum on Directory of Chester
Grosvenor Museum Website

An Evening of Entertainment:
The Miller’s Tale

The Miller’s Tale
An Evening of Entertainment

Event suitable for Adults and Children over 14 years.

Storyteller Tom Hughes explores the role of millers in folk tales, from Chaucer to the Brothers Grimm.

Gathering in the atmospheric setting of the ancient mill, he will take you on a journey through the stories contrasting the images of cheats and misers to the idea of ‘the jolly miller’.

The real millers, who are jolly of course, will then lead an informal trip around the working watermill.

The evening includes storytelling, mill tour, drink and nibbles.

Time:
7.30pm start
Date:
Thursday 19th August 2010

Tickets:
£6.50 per person

Booking is essential for this event, contact details below.

Opening Hours:

April
Weekends only 1.00pm – 5.00pm

May to August
Tuesday to Sunday, Bank Holiday Mondays 1.00pm – 5.00pm

September
Weekends only 1.00pm – 5.00pm

For Admission Prices, please visit the Stretton Watermill Website.

Address:

Stretton Watermill

Mill Lane

Stretton

near Farndon

Cheshire

SY14 7JA

Tel: 01606 271640
This is The Cheshire Museums Service

Stretton Watermill is only 10 miles from the city of Chester

Activities for Kids:
Storyteller – The Journeyman
@ Ground Floor Galleries

The Journeyman: Storyteller in Residence

Story sessions for children.

Johnny Gillett (The Journeyman) comes to Grosvenor Museum.

He will lead fun sessions, telling ‘watery’ stories in the galleries – with your ideas being woven into the tales as well..

Time:
11.00am, 12noon, 1.30pm, 2.30pm
Date:
Wednesday 18th August 2010

This is a FREE drop-in event.

Opening Hours:
Monday 10.30am – 5.00pm
Tuesday 10.30am – 5.00pm
Wednesday 10.30am – 5.00pm
Thursday 10.30am – 5.00pm
Friday 10.30am – 5.00pm
Saturday 10.30am – 5.00pm
Sunday 1.00pm – 4.00pm

Admission is FREE.

Address:

Grosvenor Museum

27 Grosvenor Street

Chester

cheshire

CH1 2DD

Tel: 01244 402033

Grosvenor Museum on Directory of Chester
Grosvenor Museum Website

Activities for Kids:
Professor Newstead Puppet Show
@ Newstead Gallery

Professor Newstead Puppet Show

Craft activity and show for children.

Join in with Puppet Professor Newstead as he tells the adventure of the missing Delamere Horn.

Make your own horn to take away.

Time:
2.00pm, 3.00pm
Date:
Tuesday 17th August 2010

This is a FREE drop-in event.

Opening Hours:
Monday 10.30am – 5.00pm
Tuesday 10.30am – 5.00pm
Wednesday 10.30am – 5.00pm
Thursday 10.30am – 5.00pm
Friday 10.30am – 5.00pm
Saturday 10.30am – 5.00pm
Sunday 1.00pm – 4.00pm

Admission is FREE.

Address:

Grosvenor Museum

27 Grosvenor Street

Chester

cheshire

CH1 2DD

Tel: 01244 402033

Grosvenor Museum on Directory of Chester
Grosvenor Museum Website