We are currently closed due to the national lockdown.
If you have booked to visit us, we’ll be in touch with other arrangements.
We would like to thank everyone who has visited us in the past few months and hope to see you again soon!
Visit us
The Grosvenor Museum
27 Grosvenor Street
Chester
Cheshire
CH1 2DD
01244 972197
Opening hours
Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday: 10.30am – 1pm and 2.00 – 5.00pm
Last admission at 4.15pm
Museum shop and café
Our shop stocks a range of books, greetings cards and historical gifts. Our cafe is currently closed but there are lots of places to eat within ten minutes walk of the museum in the centre of Chester.
How to get here
By bus
The Museum is a 10-15 minute walk from Chester Bus Interchange. From the Cross, walk down Bridge Street and at the traffic lights turn right onto Grosvenor Street. The museum is on the left hand side.
By train
20 minutes journey from Chester Railway Station. Take the shuttle bus from directly outside the station entrance to the city centre (ticket £1). The museum is a 15 minute walk from the bus stop.
By car
The nearest public car park is The Little Roodee Coach and Car Park on Castle Drive, a 5 minute walk away from the museum. There is a disabled parking bay outside the museum.
Accessibility
The Grosvenor Museum has wheelchair access to the ground floor, including Exhibition Gallery One, the Lecture Theatre, the ground floor of the Period House, the Roman Galleries and accessible toilet.
The Art Gallery, Silver Gallery, Natural Cheshire gallery and Exhibition Gallery Two are on the first floor, the Education Workroom is on the second floor. There is no lift.
Talks by societies
Several societies use our Lecture Theatre to hold talks on various subjects. Please contact individual societies for more information.
Grosvenor Museum Society info@grosvenormuseumsociety.co.uk
Chester Society of Natural Science, Literature and Art Lec. Sec. Tony Ord 01829 782262
Chester Archaeological Society Lec. Sec. Alan Williams 01244 310563
Chester Photographic Society Lec. Sec. John Dernie 01244 300166
Chester Civic Trust Lec. Sec. 01244 318415
Chester Society for Landscape History Lec. Sec. Diane Jackson 01352 741422
Society of Thirteen Lec. Sec. Mike Nichol 0151 3261017
Chester Globetrotters Lec. Sec. Angela Blundell 01244 629930
The Arts Society Chester Lec. Sec. studysec@chesterdfas.org.uk
Chester Film Society Lec. Sec. Tony Slater
Chester RSPB Lec. Sec. Norman Sadler 01244 335670
Adrian Sumner 01606 782516 AdrianSu3913842@aol.com