Visit us

The Grosvenor Museum
27 Grosvenor Street
Chester
Cheshire
CH1 2DD

01244 972197

Please Note:
*We are improving our museum! We are having new lifts installed during September and October. There may be a little disruption during this time, however we will be open and accessible throughout our ground floor and look forward to welcoming you to our new, improved building.*

Opening hours

Tuesday to Saturday, 10.30am – 5pm (last admission at 4.15pm)

Sunday, 1pm – 4pm (last admission at 3.15pm)

Closed on Monday
But we are open Bank Holiday Mondays

We continue to follow many of our Covid precautions for the safety of our visitors and staff and we strongly encourage visitors to do the same.

Museum shop and café

Our shop stocks a range of books, greetings cards and historical gifts. Our cafe is open but with limited capacity.

How to get here

By bus

The Museum is a 10-15 minute walk from Chester Bus Station. 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.