Current Museum
Weaver Hall Museum houses a large collection covering the archaeology, architecture, industries and social history of Cheshire from prehistory to the present. Permanent displays include a Victorian workhouse schoolroom and the 'Board of Guardians' boardroom.
It also holds an image library of over 8,000 items recording the history of west Cheshire, particularly in relation to the salt and chemical industries and associated canal transport.
In addition to regular displays of items from its own collections the Museum also hosts visiting exhibitions, art exhibitions, special events, holiday activities, talks and regular film shows in its own mini-cinema the ‘Regalette’ (named in honour of the town's last surviving cinema, the Regal, which closed in 2007.)
In 2009 over 21,000 people visited Weaver Hall.
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