Weaver Hall Museum & Workhouse

Weaver Hall Museum & Workhouse (formerly the Salt Museum)
162 London Road
Northwich
Cheshire
CW9 8AB
England

Website

www.fowhm.org.uk/

E-mail

cheshiremuseums@cheshire.gov.uk

Telephone

01606 271640

Fax

01606 350420

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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The Salt Museum works to conserve and promote the history of the Cheshire salt industry and the communities of the Cheshire salt towns. Roughly 200 million years ago, in the Triassic era vast, salt deposits were laid down under what is now the county of Cheshire in England. Since before Roman times people have been extracting and trading this salt - an activity which has had an incalculable effect on the region's history and development. Even today Cheshire is the only place in Britain where salt is produced on a large scale.

Venue Type:

Museum

 Opening hours

Tues-Fri & bank holiday Mondays & Mondays in school hols, 1000-1700 (1000-1600 in Nov & Dec)
Sat & Sun 1400-1700 (1300-1600 in Nov & Dec).

Closed: 24 - 26 December, 1 January

 Admission charges

Adults: £2.50
Child: £1.30
Family (2+2): £6.00
Concessions: £2.00

Discounts

  • Museums Association
  • English Heritage
 General services and facilities
  • Brochure or leaflet available with directions to museum
  • Cafeteria
  • Refreshments
  • Shop
 Children and families
  • Events and resources for children and families
  • Baby changing facilities
 Disability access
  • Events/teaching/resources for people with disabilities
  • Induction loops in lecture theatres
  • Touch exhibits
  • Parking for disabled available
  • Toilets for disabled
  • Wheelchair access to all public areas
 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
  • Adult lectures and courses held
  • Loan service
  • Library with public access
  • Research facilities for academics
  • Study facilities
 Commercial and hire services
  • Facilities for private functions and events
  • Meeting room available

Additional info

There is a free car park adjacent to the museum and parking space for two coaches.

The museum has an adjoining garden area with seating, and the River Weaver is just a few minutes walk away. Tourist information on the locality (including the Anderton Boat Lift and the Lion SaltWorks) is available at the museum.

Weaver Hall Museum & Workhouse (formerly the Salt Museum)
162 London Road
Northwich
Cheshire
CW9 8AB
England

Website

www.fowhm.org.uk/

E-mail

cheshiremuseums@cheshire.gov.uk

Telephone

01606 271640

Fax

01606 350420

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.

Through original artefacts, models, re-constructions, old photographs, paintings and interactive exhibits Weaver Hall Museum, housed in the old Northwich Workhouse, tells the story of the mid Cheshire area. Students and local history researchers are welcome to make use of a range of resource material by appointment. The museum library has an extensive range of publications on the history of the salt industry in Cheshire, elsewhere in the UK and overseas. Large scale 19th century Ordnance Survey maps of central Cheshire can be consulted as well as a photographic archive of over 4,000 images. Other available material includes a collection of oral history recordings.

Collection details

Social History, Science and Technology, Natural Sciences, Fine Art, Archives, Archaeology

Collections services

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

Weaver Hall Museum & Workhouse (formerly the Salt Museum)
162 London Road
Northwich
Cheshire
CW9 8AB
England

Website

www.fowhm.org.uk/

E-mail

cheshiremuseums@cheshire.gov.uk

Telephone

01606 271640

Fax

01606 350420

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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