More photos of Gifford in the Photo Gallery
We have added more pictures of Gifford to the Photo Galleries. These were taken while she was in dry dock in Northwich. We have also taken the opportunity to split […]
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Living Waterways Awards 2019
One of our members, Nigel Carpenter, was part of the team that were commended for their contribution to Skills for Young Curators project undertaken at the National Waterways Museum Ellesmere […]
» Read moreNational Waterways Museum Seeks New Homes for Boats
The National Waterways Museum (NWM) is seeking new homes for twelve vessels following a review of the historic importance of all boats currently in its collection. For more details please […]
» Read moreRecent photos of ‘George’ and ‘Bantam’
Here are a couple of photos of George arriving in Liverpool. And here are two more of Bantam leaving Ellesmere Port to join George at Lydiate.
» Read moreFlying boats!!
An eventful day at the museum with work starting to clear the historic slipway for an exciting new exhibition. Part of the Window on the World project.
» Read moreGeorge is flying!!!
As part of the Window on the World project, George was craned out of the canal this morning. She will shortly be winging her way (on the back of a […]
» Read moreNew Friendship crochet panel now on display
NWM’s Coffee & Crochet Group have created a stunning crochet panel inspired by the traditional paintwork on the narrowboat Friendship. This is now on display in the Island Warehouse at […]
» Read moreHeritage Lottery Fund grant for National Waterways Museum
We’re celebrating the confirmation of a grant of £790,300 from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) as well as invaluable match funding of over £50,000 from the Wolfson Foundation. The HLF […]
» Read moreUpdate on Mossdale from Margaret Harrison
We had to do a lot of thinking about Mossdale over the summer. Here’s an update on the future plans for her and what we’re doing immediately to stabilise her. […]
» Read moreNWM features on the BBC
Jeff Fairweather, our very own Chairman, makes his acting debut in the BBC’s ‘Peaky Blinders’. Starting tonight, this second series features some scenes filmed at the Museum, including Jeff expertly […]
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