Talks
Cheshire Museums Service – Talks for Local Groups
In addition to the lecture programmes at Cheshire West Museums, staff are happy to give talks to local groups and societies on request. These can be tailored to suit the occasion and audience.
To make a booking please contact the relevant member of staff. We would prefer at least three months notice. We normally charge for this service - currently £40 per talk, plus expenses, within the Cheshire West and Chester area. Rates outside this area are negotiable.
The regular talks given by staff are listed below:
Peter Boughton FSA - Keeper of Art (01244)
402024
E-mail: grosvenormuseum@cheshirewestandchester.gov.uk
- Picturesque Chester: The City in Art
- The Artist in the Streets of Chester
- Chester's Glorious Churches: A Celebration in Art
- Fortifications in North Wales and Cheshire: A Record in Art
- The Story of Chester Silver
- Behind the Lace Curtain: Recreating Historic Interiors at the Grosvenor Museum
- The Art of Display: Framing and Hanging Pictures at the Grosvenor Museum
- Randolph Caldecott 1846-1886: A Great Victorian Illustrator
- Heavenly Glory: The Life of Christ in Italian Art
- The Sparkle of Silver and the Gleam of Gold: An
Introduction to the Grosvenor Museum’s Silver Gallery
Dr Kathryn Riddington - Keeper of Natural History
(01244) 402015
E-mail: grosvenormuseum@cheshirewestandchester.gov.uk
- Mass Extinctions: How catastrophic are they?
- The hidden beauty of Microfossils
- A 600 million year history of Cheshire and the United Kingdom
- Birds of Cheshire
- British Bats
- British Mammals
- Charles Darwin
- The Evolution of Fish
- The River Dee
- Why the soils of Chehsire are how they are
- Robert Newstead FRS and the Grosvenor Museum
Liz Royles – Keeper of Early History (01244)
402015
E-mail: grosvenormuseum@cheshirewestandchester.gov.uk
- Pigs, Pots, Swords and Stones: The Early History Collections of the Grosvenor Museum
- Cheshire Before the Romans
- The People of Cheshire
- Ancient Meaols: Evidence from the Grosvenor Museum’s Potter Collection
- Professor Newstead and the Quest for Roman Chester
Matt Wheeler – Curator (Weaver Hall Workhouse and
Museum and Stretton Watermill) (01606)
271640
E-mail: cheshiremuseums@cheshirewestandchester.gov.uk
- Mallory and Irvine and the Quest for Everest
- Northwich at Wat, the Home Front
- Farming in Cheshire, Past and Present
- Postcards from the Collection
- The Floods of Northwich
Tom Hughes – Community and Education Officer (01606)
271640
E-mail: cheshiremuseums@cheshirewestandchester.gov.uk
- Pilgrimage in Medieval England
- Cheshire Myths and Legends
- A Cabinet of Curiosities from the Museum’s Collection
- Cheshire Writers
- Open The Door and Let Us In – Cheshire Soul Caking
- Saints, Spears and Silver – Saxon Cheshire
- A Tudor Christmas