Join the Grosvenor Museum Society and help to provide vital
support for Chester's Grosvenor Museum. Members of the
Society enjoy a full and varied programme of events, including
lectures and visits
The Society has given more than £68,000 in grant-aid since its
establishment in 1981. It has helped the Museum to purchase
more than 170 objects, including paintings, watercolours, drawings,
silver, ceramics, furniture, clocks, tokens, fossils and geological
specimens. The Society has also supported other projects such
as a public address system, wrought iron gates, the publication of
a catalogue, restoration and picture framing. The Society's
support benefits every one of the Museum's visitors.
The Grosvenor Museum houses internationally important Roman
collections, a pre-eminent collection of silver, a beautiful art
gallery, a popular natural history gallery and charming period
rooms. The Museum also runs a lively and diverse programme of
exhibitions and events and a very successful education service.
The Museum opened in 1886, co-founded by the Architectural,
Archaeological and Historic Society of Chester, and the Chester
Society of Natural Science, Literature and Art, supported by the
1st Duke of Westminster and a major public appeal. Chester
City Council assumed full responsibility for the building and
collections in 1938, but the personal support of local people
remains essential for the future of the Museum.
Your Museum needs your support- please join the Grosvenor Museum
Society today.
2009 Programme
All meetings at the Grosvenor Museum, Chester, at 7.30pm.
New members welcome: subscription £10.
Entrance: members free, suggested donation for
non-members £4, students £2.
September
Thursday 10th
Michael Murphy
The big shop: the history of Browns of Chester,
Kendal Milne, Fortnum & Mason and others
Sponsor: Hill Dickinson Solicitors, 34 Cuppin Street,
Chester
October
Monday 5th
Andrew Davies
The sublime and the ridiculous: a look at Victorian
painting
Sponsor: Sandra Harris Interiors &
Antiques, 61 Watergate Row, Chester
November
Christmas concert (details to be
confirmed)
Sponsor: Chez Jules Restaurant, 71 Northgate Street,
Chester
December
Tuesday 8th
Lizzie Jones
Jane Lane, the guardian of the crown: Charles II’s
dramatic escape (dramalogue)
Sponsors: Betty
Jones & Gwenda Williams
2010
January
Tuesday 12th
David Cummings
2000 years in the life of Bridge Street,
Chester
Sponsor: Graham Carter & Company,
Independent Financial Advisers
President: His Grace The Duke of
Westminster KG OBE TD DL
Registered Charity No: 513234