Grosvenor Museum Memory Boxes

Drop in to the Grosvenor Museum on Tuesday 15th September from 11am-4pm and join artist Nichola Burton to create a memory box that celebrates someone’s life or a life event!

Memory boxes are a tangible and heartfelt way to preserve, celebrate and cherish your memories.

General materials will be provided but please bring along your own memories to add to the boxes. You could include:

- Photographs from over the decades

- Key documents / photocopies of birth certificates etc

- Three-dimensional memorabilia such as earrings, sports medals, etc

- Newspaper cuttings

- Personal items from holidays / anniversaries

- Stamps from letters

- Letters / communications

- Threads and fabrics from a loved one’s clothes

Please note this activity is drop-in but you may wish to spend a couple of hours creating and

reminiscing.

Please note the Grosvenor Museum is free and is open on Tuesday to Saturday 10.30am-5pm & Sundays 1pm-4pm. Closed on Mondays.

This activity is also running at Weaver Hall Museum on 19th September between 11am-4pm.

FAQs

• Where can we park?

  
  

The closest car parks to the Grosvenor Museum are the Little Roodee Car Park, Grosvenor Road, Chester, CH11SL or Pepper Street APCOA Car Park, Pepper Street, Chester, CH1 1DF.

• Is the venue fully accessible (without steps, rough ground, steep gradients)?

  
  

The museum is partially accessible. The space where the event is taking place is fully accessible. There is wheelchair access (via platform lifts) to the ground floor, which includes Exhibition Gallery One, the Lecture Theatre, the Roman Galleries, the ground floor of the Period House, the Shop and the accessible toilet.

There is no lift to the first floor. On the first floor is the Art Gallery, Silver Gallery, Natural Cheshire Gallery and Exhibition Gallery Two.

There is a disabled parking bay outside the museum.

• Is this event suitable for children?

  
  

No. This event is aimed at adults.

• Is this event dog friendly?

  
  

Unfortunately, we are not able to welcome dogs on this event.