Boat Museum, Ellesmere Port

The Boat Museum
South Pier Road
Ellesmere Port
Cheshire
CH65 4FW
England

Website

www.boatmuseum.org.uk

E-mail

bookings@thewaterwaystrust.org

Telephone

0151 355 5017

Fax

0151 355 4079

All information is supplied by the venues or providers themselves and every effort is made to ensure it is correct. Please remember to double check opening hours with the venue concerned before making a special visit.
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At The Boat Museum in Ellesmere Port we bring Britain's canal history back to life. Come and explore the exhibitions in the historic dock complex and experience life aboard our collection of canal and river craft.

Venue type

Museum

 Opening hours

April - November
Daily 1000 - 1700
November - March
Sat - Wed 1100 - 1600

 General services and facilities
  • Brochure or leaflet available with directions to museum
  • Foreign language leaflet or brochure available
  • Pre-booking service for groups
  • Restaurant
  • Shop
 Children and families
  • Activities for pre-school children
  • Events and resources for children and families
  • Baby changing facilities
 Disability access
  • Audio guides specifically for blind and partially sighted people
  • Braille information and/or interpretation
  • Large print information and/or interpretation
  • Touch exhibits
  • Toilets for disabled
  • Wheelchair access to some public areas
  • Wheelchairs available for loan
 Schools services and facilities
  • Direct teaching services for schools
  • Member of staff available with responsibility for education
  • Primary school education service available
  • Printed/audio-visual information available for schools
  • Secondary school education service available
  • Education facilities available
  • Reception and lunch facilities for educational groups
 Research and adult learning
  • Academic publications and resources available
  • Adult lectures and courses held
  • Loan service
  • Teaching/resources available for HE/FE students
  • Library with public access
  • Research facilities for academics
  • Study facilities
 Commercial and hire services
  • Facilities for private functions and events
  • Meeting room available

The Boat Museum
South Pier Road
Ellesmere Port
Cheshire
CH65 4FW
England

Website

www.boatmuseum.org.uk

E-mail

bookings@thewaterwaystrust.org

Telephone

0151 355 5017

Fax

0151 355 4079

All information is supplied by the venues or providers themselves and every effort is made to ensure it is correct. Please remember to double check opening hours with the venue concerned before making a special visit.

We have a Designated Collection of National Importance which includes over 5,000 objects ranging from large boats to canal company buttons. They all help us to tell the story of canals and the people who worked on them. Many of the objects are on display at the museum whilst the rest are kept in store in our reserve collection.

Collection details

Archives, Decorative and Applied Art, Inland Waterways, Land Transport, Maritime, Science and Technology

Collections services

  • General guide to collections available
  • Object identification and/or written enquiry service
  • Public access available to collections information
  • Object study facilities available (enquire in advance)

The Boat Museum
South Pier Road
Ellesmere Port
Cheshire
CH65 4FW
England

Website

www.boatmuseum.org.uk

E-mail

bookings@thewaterwaystrust.org

Telephone

0151 355 5017

Fax

0151 355 4079

All information is supplied by the venues or providers themselves and every effort is made to ensure it is correct. Please remember to double check opening hours with the venue concerned before making a special visit.
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