Fossil fun and Victorian nature boxes at Lion Salt Works this Easter

There will be two creative ‘drop-in’ craft activities – one to celebrate fossil fun, the other nature and the arrival of spring.

Tuesday and Wednesday, April 7 and 8 – Fossil Fun

Fossils hold exciting clues to the past and a world that was really different from today.

Two days of exciting craft activities will give everyone the chance to marvel at and explore these preserved remains that give an insight into this lost world.

No booking is required and the drop in craft activities take from 10.30am to 12.30pm and 2pm to 4pm, costing £2 per person.

Tuesday and Wednesday, April 14 and 15 – Victorian Nature Boxes and butterflies

To celebrate the arrival of Spring, the Lion Salt Works Museum will be holding nature-based craft activities as part of ‘Social Butterflies’, a spectacular art project that celebrate Cheshire West becoming an age-friendly borough.

Everyone is invited to take part in creating Victorian Nature boxes.

The drop in craft activities take place from 10.30am to 12.30pm and 2pm to 4pm, costing £2 per person.

Cllr Louise Gittins, leader of Cheshire West and Chester Council and cabinet member for wellbeing, said: “Easter is a lovely time of year and these craft activities, suitable for people of all ages, are a great way for families and friends to have fun together."

There is no need to enter the museum to take part in the activities and there is free parking, a child-friendly café, butterfly garden and play area.

The Lion Salt Works Museum features fun and interactive displays about the story of salt and its impact on the landscape, people and industries of Cheshire.

The nine-times award-winning £10m museum, owned by Cheshire West and Chester Council, is one of the last open-pan, salt-making sites in the world and is a Scheduled Ancient Monument with the same protection status as Stonehenge and Hadrian’s Wall.