MUSEUMS - MUSEUM ATTRACTIONS

Northwich Cheshire. Tel 01606 271640 Full of displays and tales of the history and industry of Cheshire. The stories are told through films, reconstructions, models and displays of intriguing artefacts relating to market towns, transport, archaeology, the famous Cheshire salt industry and the museum building's former history.

Nantwich Cheshire. Tel 01270 629219 Welcome to one of the nations most secret defence sites. Green has played a central role in the defence of Britain for almost sixty years. In 1941 Hack Green was chosen to become RAF Hack Green, to protect the land between Birmingham and Liverpool from hostile attack.

Chester Cheshire. Tel 01244 343407 The actual Dewa Roman fortress is now buried under modern day Chester, but it lives on through the Dewa Roman Experience. Visit the Roman gallery to see exhibits of Roman Chester where you can handle pottery, try on suits of Roman armour, fire the catapult and design mosaics.

Ellesmere Port Cheshire. Tel 0151 355 5017 We bring Britain's canal history back to life with exhibitions where you can experience life aboard our collection of canal and river craft boats over 7 acres of historic canal port. The archive displays documents as well as our extensive photographic collection.

Keswick Cumbria. Tel 01768 773626 At the Cumberland Pencil Museum Journey through the history of pencils and pencil making, with indepth information on graphite mining in Borrowdal, machinery displays, brass rubbings, artists workshops, video shows and the story of our world famous Derwent pencils.

Doncaster South Yorkshire. Tel 01302 761616 A treasure trove of aviation history most of which most is under cover, exhibitions from commercial light aircraft, Royal Observer corps, piston engine collection, jet engine collection, Sheffield blitz exhibition and the WWII home front exhibition. A great day out for all.

Macclesfield Cheshire. Tel 01625 613210 The three museums explore the wonders of a working silk mill as it was in the 1930's. The Silk Museum houses exhibitions exploring the properties of silk, Paradise Mill demonstrates the intricate processes of weaving, The Heritage Centre tells the story of the silk industry.

Leeds West Yorkshire. Tel 01132 444343 One of the UK's leading medical museums, telling the story of medicine and explaining how advances in medicine are changing our lives. Step back in time and explore how medicine has changed with our hands-on exhibitions plus fun activities, fantastic games and resources for teachers.

Spinningfields Manchester. Tel 01618 389190 The museum collection is the largest collection of political material in Britain, spanning working people’s demand for a better world to organisations that represented them. The objects are hugely varied from from trade union and political banners, political cartoons to badges and tokens.

Rochdale Lancashire. Tel 07789 802632 In the late 1880's the company was formed to respond to the boom in the cotton trade and the engine house was built in a separate building. Today we have the only fully working cotton mill engines with their original steam plant. Come and see a range of industrial engines and the pump room.