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Catalyst is an interactive science centre whose aim is to make science exciting and accessible to people of all ages...
Making Chester come to life!...
Beautiful woodland gardens are the setting for the 12th century monastic ruins....
Inspiring visual art exhibitions and displays of craftworks from artists and designers based locally and further afield....
A stunning new, independent gallery specialising in contemporary art.
The gallery is ideally located for art lovers from across the...
Founded in 1898 by the Brocklehurst family. A small, but significant collection of Egyptian antiquities and a range of fine...
Largest collection of antique cuckoo clocks. Five fairground organs, 12 trumpeter clocks and tools all from the Black Forest....
A historical haven stores a century or more of motoring memorabilia, motors and memories....
Explore your social and industrial heritage! - Cheshire has many working museums, with carefully preserved and restored original machinery and buildings that bring alive the stories of the people whose lives were shaped by industry.
The museums also give us an in site into religious and social development through the ages.
There are over 20 museums in the Cheshire, covering everything from historic houses, ecclesiastical history, ancient market towns to salt, silk and canals.
Discover science at Catalyst - Science Discovery Centre, come and find out how the products of chemistry are used in everyday life - from medicines to meccano and learn about the 'chemistry' industry and its role in our
lives, past, present and future.
Visit Anderton Boat Lift - one of Britain's greatest monuments to Britain's latest canal age, where you can watch this massive structure first hand. Or the award wining Anson Engine Museum, which houses a collection of over 180 combustion engines!
Discover the secret underground world of Hack Green Secret Nuclear Bunker - where real nuclear weapons were stored in this 35000 square foot underground bunker.
Visit the massive telescope at Jodrell Bank which can be seen from miles around, or the world's largest collection of floating craft, housed in original dock buildings and cottages at The Boat Museum.
Explore the East Cheshire Textile Triangle; learn about the Leek embroiderers, the Silk Weavers of Macclesfield, the pauper children at Quarry Bank Mill, or the Congleton Ribbon Makers. Or enjoy the varied collection of 18th century painting and furniture at the Lady Lever Art Gallery.