Jingle into
Christmas
at Congleton
Museum!
Meet Santa, receive a special present and make a Christingle
Congleton Museum is a local museum in Congleton, Cheshire, covering the history of the town and surrounding areas, from the pre-historic period to the present day.
What’s on
View what’s onMeet Santa
For only £6 per child; meet Santa, receive a special present, have a go at our festive museum trail and make a Christingle!
Threads of Remembrance
The exhibition, created by our local community and featuring nearly 2,000 forget-me-not flowers, is open to all who wish to visit and participate until February 9th 2025.
Volunteer Meeting for the project Our Disappearing Nature
Join us to collect plant data for Congleton Museum and contribute to building the first extensive local flora database! Come to our first meeting on 19 November at 2 p.m. to learn more about how you can get involved.
Our Disappearing Nature!
The Our Disappearing Nature project is based on Rev G Cartlidge’s book ‘History of Newbold Astbury’, which records flora growing locally in 1915. This project will survey the plants growing in Congleton from 2024-26 to see what has changed in the last century!
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Meet Santa
For only £6 per child; meet Santa, receive a special present, have a go at our festive museum trail and make a Christingle!
Find Out MoreVolunteer Meeting for the project Our Disappearing Nature
Join us to collect plant data for Congleton Museum and contribute to building the first extensive local flora database! Come to our first meeting on 19 November at 2 p.m. to learn more about how you can get involved.
Find Out MoreClockmaking: A lost industry of Congleton
Congleton’s clockmakers were the town’s precision engineers of the 18th and early 19th centuries…
Find Out MoreElectrifying Congleton: Igniting a New Era of Light and Power
Why did electricity come to Congleton so late?
Find Out MoreFrom Vision to Reality: The inspiring story of Congleton Museum’s inception
How a determined band of volunteers created and now runs an accredited museum to illustrate the story of Congleton.
Find Out MoreHarvesting Hope: Congleton’s Women Land Army in the Great War
The story of a Congleton-born Land Army girl.
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