Talks for Local Groups

As well as the pre-arranged lectures advertised in 'Exhibitions and Events', staff are happy to give talks to local groups and societies on request. These can be tailored to suit the occasion and audience.

To make a booking please contact the relevant member of staff. We would prefer at least three months notice. We normally charge for this service - currently £30 per talk for groups and societies (15 people or less) and £40 for groups over 16 people within Chester district. Rates outside of Chester district are negotiable. Email: grosvenormuseum@chester.gov.uk

The regular talks given by staff are listed below:

Peter Boughton FSA - Keeper of Art and Architecture

• Picturesque Chester: The City in Art 
• The Artist in the Streets of Chester
• Chester's Glorious Churches: A Celebration in Art
• Fortifications in North Wales & Cheshire: A Record in Art 
• The Story of Chester Silver
• The Sparkle of Silver & The Gleam of Gold: An Introduction to the Grosvenor Museum's Silver Gallery
• Behind the Lace Curtain: Recreating Historic Interiors at the Grosvenor Museum
• The Art of Display: Framing & Hanging Pictures at the Grosvenor Museum
• Randolph Caldecott 1846-1886: A Great Victorian Illustrator 
• Heavenly Glory: The Life of Christ in Italian Art

 

Steve Woolfall - Heritage Services Manager 

• Charles Kingsley - A Victorian Naturalist 
• The 13th Earl of Derby - History of the Knowsley Menagerie 
• Siberian Summer 
• Birds of a Brisbane Garden 
• British Bats 
• Waders & Wildfowl 
• Cheshire Wildlife 
• History of the Grosvenor Museum  

 

Dr Kathryn Riddington - Keeper of Natural History

• Mass Extinctions: How catastrophic are they?
• The hidden beauty of Microfossils
• A 600 million year history of Cheshire & the United Kingdom
• Birds of the Northwest
• British Bats
• British Mammals