Chester’s historic City Walls celebrated in new exhibition opening this weekend

Jul 14 2011 Chester Chronicle

A NEW exhibition celebrating Chester’s famous City Walls will open at the Grosvenor Museum this weekend.

They form the most complete circuit of walls in Britain, so Chester is renowned as The Walled City.

The Views from the Walls exhibition takes the visitor on a tour around the walls and all the sites along the route, exploring their Roman origins, Saxon and Medieval additions, Civil War conflict and Georgian elegance with objects and art from the museum collections.

Executive member for culture and recreation, Cllr Stuart Parker, said: “More than three million people visit Chester’s city walls each and every year.

“The walls have many stories to share and this exhibition will give viewers fascinating insight into the history of a structure that dates back to the Roman times.”

The exhibition will open with a morning of special events.

Visitors to the exhibition between 10.30am and 12.30pm will be able to get hands on with the history of the walls with our handling table in the exhibition gallery, and can have a go at making their own tower to take home.

A tour around the walls, run by Chester’s Blue Badge Guides, will be taking place at 2pm, leaving from the Visitor Information Centre in the Town Hall Square. To book a place on the tour please call 0845 647 7868.

An programme including talks, tours and fun craft activities, will be running throughout the exhibition, open until October 2.