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There is an exciting programme of events at the Salt Museum, throughout the year. There are lots of holiday craft activities to keep you busy this year. Many are connected with our temporary exhibitions so you can get inspirations for your crafts from the displays. Workshops cost £1.15 per child and this includes a free look around the main museum displays. (Adults wanting to look around afterwards cost £2.25) You can drop into any workshop between 10am and 4pm unless stated otherwise.

Holiday events

Looking for something to do with your children or grandchildren during the holidays? Look no further - we have a variety of special activities taking place and they are included in your museum admission price. You may wish to buy a season ticket and take advantage of all of them or just pop in one day. The workshops run from 10am to 4pm on Wednesdays and Thursdays and usually take 45 minutes to an hour to complete. Drop in any time you like between those times. Children must be accompanied by an adult.

February half-term activities

Saturday 9th February 10am-5pm
10th century Cheshire
See a hoard of Viking silver recently discovered in Cheshire, meet a real archaeologist, strike a Saxon penny, try on helmets and much more.

Wed 13 & Thurs 14 February
Viking Treasure
Witness a Viking chief being buried with a hoard of treasure, then make your own pieces of treasure to take away based upon the Huxley hoard on special display in the museum this month.

Easter Holiday activities

Wed 26 & Thurs 27 March
Crash, Bang, Wallop – What a Picture!
Get yourself dressed in some period costume, take a photo and make a frame to display it in.

Wed 2 & Thurs 3 April
Handsome Hats
Hunt the headwear in the museum’s displays and make your own fantastic crown to take away.

May Half Term activities

24 -25 May
Open weekend
To celebrate ‘Museums & Galleries Month’, we are throwing open all the doors of the museum. This will be a good opportunity to learn more about the Salt Museum as visitors will be able to go behind-the-scenes. You’ll be able to have a nose around some of the stores, admire the Board of Guardian’s meeting room and chat to some of the staff. There will also be outdoor activities relating to our farming exhibition. Free admission to the museum on both days! Open 10am-5pm on Saturday and 1-5pm on Sunday

Tue 27, Wed 28 & Thurs 29 May
Moving Pictures
Join in with the museum’s Regalette cinema mini film festival and make an old fashioned flicker book, any time between 10am -4pm and watch classic children’s films showing at 10.30 and 2pm.

Don’t forget our workhouse display in the Board of Guardians meeting room is open at weekends and during school holidays.

All the above events are included as part of the usual admission prices. Free to season ticket holders and members of the Friends.

For events for schools, connected with the exhibitions, click here

Wednesday 7 November - 7 for 7.30pm - Mrs Gaskell's Cheshire
An illustrated talk about renowned Victorian novelist Elizabeth Gaskell's connections with the county. Presented by Joan Leach MBE, historian and Hon. Secretary of the Gaskell Society. Tickets £2, including tea/coffee. Free to Friends of the Salt Museum

Wednesday 9 January 2008, 2.30pm - Exhibition Tour
A free and informal tour of the Cheshire Writers exhibition before it finally closes its run at the Salt Museum. Led by Community & Education Officer - Tom Hughes.

Don’t forget our workhouse display in the Board of Guardians meeting room is open at weekends and during school holidays.

The special events are included in the admission price and you can drop into the workshop / event at any point between the times stated.

All the above events are included as part of the usual admission prices. Free to season ticket holders and members of the Friends.

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Tea and a talk
Join us for afternoon tea on the last Wednesday of every month for an informal talk on a range of local topics. Talks begin at 3pm. £1.00 admission.

• Wednesday 28 November 2007 – ‘ The Northwich Floods’ by Curator Matt Wheeler
• 30 January 2008 – Looking at Old Postcards – Matt Wheeler
• 27 February – Dashing away with the Smoothing Iron – Helen Green
• 26 March – Saxon Cheshire – Tom Hughes & Colin Mann
• 30 April – Farming in Cheshire 2007-08 – Matt Wheeler
• 28 May – Legends of Cheshire – Tom Hughes
• 25 June – The Cheshire Archers – presented by Tom Hughes & Colin Mann

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Visits and talks organised by The Friends of the Salt Museum

Evening events organised in partnership with the Friends of the Salt Museum

Thursday 15 November
Evening talk - ‘Life is a Cabaret’
The life and work of Cheshire born writer, Christopher Isherwood, whose stories inspired the film, ‘Cabaret’.

Ticket only in advance from the museum.

Tuesday 11 December 7 for 7.30pm
Christmas Social Evening - "The Mystery of the Stolen Salt Samples"
Can you work out whodunnit in this unsolved crime from the Victorian Salt Museum? Check alibis, undertake forensics tests and see who looks shifty to deduce just who was the fiendish criminal mastermind!

Wed 13 February
Evening talk - ‘The History of Amateur Photography in the North West’
by David Marsh, President of the Lancashire and Cheshire Photographic Union.

Tuesday 11 March
Evening talk - ‘The Quality of the Mersey’
by Hugh Beggs.

Tuesday 29 April
Evening talk – ‘One Hundred Years of Farming in Cheshire’
by Michael Mulliner

Tuesday 13 May
Evening talk – ‘The Changing Face of Farming in Cheshire‘
by Keith Siddorn of Meadow Bank Farm, Broxton

Thus 19 June
Medieval music with Richard York.
Experience the sounds of bagpipes, shawm, harp, hurdy-gurdy and many more in a lively presentation and recital. Starts at 7pm

Tuesday 1 July
Evening talk - ‘The Cheshire Show Then & Now’
by John Platt OBE, Chairman of the Cheshire Agricultural Society and Stephen Wharfe of Whitehouse Farm, Plumley

All friends’ events are ticket only which must be booked in advance from the museum. The events take place at 7 for 7.30pm unless otherwise stated. £2 for non-members.

Due to capacity, all friends’ events are ticket only and must be booked in advance from the museum. Priority will be given to members. Admission is £2 for non-members unless otherwise stated.

To join the Friends:-
Annual membership is £5 individual, £8 family (2 adults and any number of children under 18 at same address), junior £2.50, corporate £25. Application forms are available from the museum or simply send it cheque payable to the “Friends of the Salt Museum” to:- The Secretary, The Friends of the Salt Museum, Salt Museum, 162 London Road, Northwich, CW9 8AB

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Film shows in ‘The Regalette’ mini cinema:
Why not come along to one of our film nights? Our mini cinema, which has a capacity of 43, has been nicknamed ‘The Regalette’ as it was refurbished with seats from the recently closed Regal Cinema. We have modern projection and sound equipment so if you fancy seeing films in unique surroundings then give us call. We hope to put together a diverse programme of recently released films, old classics and films relating to the local area. Book now to avoid disappointment!

2008 film nights in ‘The Regalette’
Join us for special film nights in our mini cinema, ‘The Regalette’.

Thursday 24 January
‘ The Painted Veil’
(cert 12a), a period drama set in China based on the book by Somerset Maugham.

Thursday 21 February
‘ La Vie en Rose’
(cert 12a), the life of French singer Edith Piaf with an extraordinary performance by actress Marion Cotillard.

Thursday 27 March
‘Golden Door’
(cert PG) - a wonderfully shot film about a Sicilian family who embark on a journey to a new life to the States during the early 20th century.

Thursday 24 April
Film night in The Regalette – to be confirmed.

Tuesday 27 May - Thursday 29 May
‘ Regalette Mini Film Festival’
We celebrate the first birthday of our mini cinema with a mini film festival! Daily performances at 10.30am, 2pm and an evening show at 7 for 7.30pm. Programme to be confirmed

Thursday 12 June
Film night in The Regalette - to be confirmed.

Due to capacity, all evening film shows are ticket only and must be booked in advance from the museum. Priority will be given to members. Tel 01606 41331 for more details. The shows take place at 7 for 7.30pm.

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