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 £70,000 in grant-aid to the
Museum since its establishment in 1981. It has helped purchase more
than 170 objects, including paintings, watercolours, drawings,
silver, ceramics, furniture, clocks, tokens, fossils and geological
specimens.
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 and it is now managed by Cheshire West and
Chester Council, 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.