THE NATIONAL WATERWAYS MUSEUM at Ellesmere Port is to celebrate its 50th Anniversary.
This will be on the weekend of the 13th and 14 of June when a flotilla of historic boats will join those already at the museum at the end of the Shropshire Union Canal.
Opened in 1976
The event, organised by Canal & River Trust will celebrate the 50 years the museum was first opened in 1976.
Events over the weekend include boat trips, horse‑boating, lock and harnessing demonstrations, live music, family workshops, craft stalls and food and drink.
There will be tours of the museum, which has been used as a location for television series Peaky Blinders and the new Netflix House of Guinness series, with Jon Horsfall of the trust telling that the museum was vital in preserving the boats and telling the key role canals played in the industrial revolution:
Immense debt of gratitude
"We owe an immense debt of gratitude to those early volunteers in the 1970s, whose inspired determination to preserve the past resulted in the restoration of some of the wonderful port buildings and canal features we enjoy today.
"The National Waterways Museum at Ellesmere Port plays an important role in preserving some of our nation's key historic boats and explaining the important story of how our canals made a vital contribution to Britain's Industrial Revolution.