Museum staff present unique items in #MuseumsFromHome collections As the doors to our wonderful Museum & Art Gallery remain closed, staff are hunting around their homes to make their very own #MuseumsFromHome. From...
A Potted History of Warrington Pottery Warrington has long been known as the "town of many industries". Many people know about the wire industry, the tool manufacturers and the breweries ......
Culture Warrington announces temporary closure of venues In light of recent government advice regarding social distancing and in conjunction with Warrington Borough Council, Culture Warrington has taken the decision to extend the...
The Strange Tale of Greening’s Frog What connects Warrington, the wire industry and a venomous frog from Brazil? The answer is a Warrington man with the unlikely name of Linnaeus Greening...
Angels of the 168th Station In another of our series of articles for Black History month we examine the story of the 63 African American nurses stationed at the 168th...
Herbert Greaves and the Casino Club In another in our short series of blogs to mark Black History Month we tell the story of how a 23 year old Jamaican man's...
Anti-Slavery in Warrington The antislavery movement developed early in Warrington and despite the town's proximity to Manchester it forged its own connections with antislavery activists in America who...
Warrington and Peterloo On the 200th anniversary of the Peterloo Massacre Collections Officer Craig Sherwood looks at the links between Peterloo and the town of Warrington. On Monday...
Thomas Glazebrook Rylands and Astronomy Collections Officer Craig Sherwood delves into the story of a prominent Warrington industrialist who rarely took his eyes off the sky. Thomas Glazebrook Rylands was...
The Moon Landing – Warrington Reacts! Collections Officer Craig Sherwood looks into how Warrington reacted to people walking on the moon in July 1969... This past weekend marked the 50th anniversary of...
