List of museums in Cheshire

This list of museums in Cheshire, England contains museums which are defined for this context as institutions (including nonprofit organizations, government entities, and private businesses) that collect and care for objects of cultural, artistic, scientific, or historical interest and make their collections or related exhibits available for public viewing. Also included are non-profit art galleries and university art galleries. Museums that exist only in cyberspace (i.e., virtual museums) are not included.

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Name	Image	Town/City	Type	Summary
Adlington Hall		Adlington	Historic house	Country home dating back to 1040, gardens
Anderton Boat Lift		Anderton	Transportation	Boat lift and visitor center for the meeting of the River Weaver and Trent and Mersey Canal
Anson Engine Museum		Poynton	Technology	Stationary engines
Arley Hall		Arley	Historic house	Early Victorian Jacobean-style mansion (1833-41) with formal gardens
Axis Arts Centre		Crewe	Art	website, previously the Alsager Arts Centre, performing and visual arts centre
Bollington Discovery Centre		Bollington	Industry	website, local cotton industry, located in a former mill, also local history and art
Bramall Hall		Bramhall	Historic house	Also listed under Greater Manchester, black and white timber-framed Tudor Manor House and parkland
Bunbury Mill		Bunbury	Mill	Restore mid-19th-century water-powered mill
Capesthorne Hall		Siddington	Historic house	Jacobean style house, Georgian Chapel, gardens, parkland
Catalyst		Widnes	Science	Focus is the chemical industry
Cheshire Military Museum		Chester	Military	History of Cheshire's regiments, located in the barracks at Chester Castle
Chester Toy and Doll Museum		Chester	Toy	Dolls, teddy bears, toys
Congleton Museum		Congleton	Local	Local history, culture
Crewe Heritage Centre		Crewe	Railway
Cuckooland Museum		Knutsford	Horology	Cuckoo clocks
Cycle Museum		Warrington	Transport	information, cycles from all over the world
Dewa Roman Experience		Chester	History	website, Roman British artifacts, reconstructed Roman street
Dorfold Hall		Acton	Historic house	Jacobean house, woodland gardens
Dunham Massey		Altrincham	Historic house	Operated by the National Trust, Georgian estate house and deer park
Englesea Brook Chapel and Museum		Englesea-Brook	Religious	website, history of the 19th century working-class religious movement of Primitive Methodism
Gawsworth Old Hall		Gawsworth	Historic house	Black and white timber-framed manor house
Grosvenor Museum		Chester	Multiple	Roman heritage, art, natural history, silver, period house, local history
Hack Green Secret Nuclear Bunker		Hack Green	Military	Former government-owned nuclear bunker with Cold War and military exhibits
Lion Salt Works	125px	Marston	Industry	Working open salt works and museum
Little Moreton Hall		Congleton	Historic house	Operated by the National Trust, moated 15th-century half-timbered manor house
Lyme Park		Disley	Historic house	Operated by the National Trust, estate mansion house with formal gardens, tapestries, clocks and furnished rooms
Macclesfield Silk Museums		Macclesfield	Industry	website, four museums about the local silk industry, including the Silk Museum on Park Lane, Paradise Mill, Heritage Centre, and the West Park Museum
Museum of Amusements		Tattenhall	Amusement	website, restored vintage mechanical amusement machines and games
Museum of Policing in Cheshire		Warrington	Law enforcement	website, includes murder weapons, forgeries, pigeon carriers, photographs and records
Nantwich Museum		Nantwich	Local	Local history, culture, art, salt and cheese-making
National Waterways Museum		Ellesmere Port	Transport	Features canal boats, history of the canals
Nether Alderley Mill		Nether Alderley	Mill	Operated by the National Trust, Victorian corn mill powered by water
Norton Priory Museum		Runcorn	Religious	Ruins and archaeological artifacts of a medieval priory
Peover Hall		Peover Superior	Historic house	Elizabethan brick house dating from 1585, 18th century landscaped park
Rode Hall and Gardens		Congleton	Historic house	Country house and gardens
Quarry Bank Mill		Styal	Industry	Operated by the National Trust, former cotton mill and textile museum
Stretton Watermill		Stretton	Mill	Working water mill
Tabley House		Knutsford	Historic house	18th-century house with fine art and furniture collection
Tatton Hall		Knutsford	Historic house	Operated by the National Trust, part of Tatton Park, early 19th-century house with collections of pictures, books, china, glass, silver and Gillows furniture
Warrington Museum & Art Gallery		Warrington	Multiple	Natural history, local history, archaeology, fine art, decorative arts
Weaver Hall Museum		Northwich	Multiple	History of salt making, local history, archaeology
West Park Museum		Macclesfield	Multiple	website, fine and decorative arts, local history, ancient Egyptian antiquities

Defunct museums

• Mouldsworth Motor Museum, Mouldsworth, website, closed in 2013
• On The Air: Broadcasting Museum, Chester, closed in 2000

See also

• Category:Visitor attractions in Cheshire

References

• Visit Britain: Museums and Galleries in Cheshire