North Staffordshire &
The Staffordshire Moorlands

Museums & Galleries

Art Galleries & Museums

THE POTTERIES MUSEUM & ART GALLERY

Bethesda Street, City Centre, Stoke-on-Trent, ST1 3DW
Tel: 01782 232323       Fax: 01782 232500
E-mail: museums@stoke.gov.uk
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Opening Times: March to October, Mon-Sat 10am-5pm, Sun 2pm-5pm. November to February, Mon-Sat 10am-4pm, Sun 1pm-4pm.
Free admission

This award winning museum contains the world's finest collection of Staffordshire ceramics. Impressive displays of local geology, wildlife, archaeology and social history.

Spitfire Mk XVI. Rich collections of fine and decorative art. Lively programme of temporary exhibitions and events. For further details on The Potteries Museum & Art Gallery in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire see our website.

ETRURIA INDUSTRIAL MUSEUM

Lower Bedford Street, Etruria, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffs, ST4 7AF
Tel: 01782 233144
E-mail: museums@stoke.gov.uk
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Opening Times: Wed - Sun, 10.00am - 4.00pm.
Closed: 8 December 2008 to 8 April 2009
Admission charge: Adults £2.50, Concessions £1.50, Family ticket £5.95, Under 5's and Wheelchair users FREE. Free parking.

A scheduled ancient monument, Jesse Shirley's Etruscan bone and flint mill contains the only surviving steam powered potter's mill with working 1820s beam engine.

Frequent 'steamings' and annual canal festival, call for details. Working forge. For further details on Etruria Industrial Museum in Etruria, Stoke-on-Trent see our website.

GLADSTONE POTTERY MUSEUM

Uttoxeter Road, Longton, Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire, ST3 1PQ
Tel: 01782 237777       Fax: 01782 598640
E-mail: gladstone@stoke.gov.uk
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Opening Times: daily 10.00am-5.00pm
Admission charge: Adults £5.95, Children £4.50, Concessions £4.95, Family 2+2 £18.00, small extra charge for craft activities. Free coach and car park. Prices are subject to change. Special discounts are available for pre-booked groups.

Go back in time at Gladstone Pottery Museum, the only complete Victorian Pottery, with its cobbled yard, original workshops and large bottle ovens.

Have a go at throwing a pot or making a china flower. Great fun for children of all ages. For further details on Gladstone Working Potteries Museum in Longton, Stoke-on-Trent see our website.

FORD GREEN HALL

Ford Green Road, Smallthorne, Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire, ST6 1NG
Tel: 01782 233195       Fax: 01782 233194
E-mail: ford.green.hall@stoke.gov.uk
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Admission charge: Adults £2.50, Concessions £1.50, Family ticket £5.95, Under 5's and wheelchair users FREE. Free car park.

Home to the ford family for nearly 200 years, Ford Green Hall is a 17th Century, timber framed farmhouse complete with period garden, award winning museum, the hall offers visitors a fascinating insight into the life of the 17th Century.

The rooms are furnished with a outstanding collection of textiles, ceramics and furniture. Family friendly displays, Childrens parties, Licensed for Civil weddings and baby naming ceremonies. For further details on Ford Green Hall in Smallthorne, Stoke-on-Trent see our website.

SILK MUSEUMS IN MACCLESFIELD

Park Lane, Macclesfield, Cheshire, SK11 6TJ
Tel: 01625 612045       Fax: 01625 612048
E-mail: info@macclesfield.silk.museum
Web: www.macclesfield.silk.museum

The Silk Museums in Macclesfield tell the definitive story of silk. Compelling exhibits on three sites show a working Victorian Silk Mill, costume and silk manufacturing displays. Demonstrations of jacquard handloom weaving, exhibitions of textiles and costume, models, audio visual programme and graphics.

This ‘hands on’ experience allows children and grown ups to understand the story of silk from cocoon to catwalk! Featured in the Museum of the Year awards and on TV. Tea-room and large shop specialising in local silk goods. See website for opening times, prices and location.

Assistance is required to access the 3rd gallery

BRINDLEY WATER MILL

Mill Street, Leek, Staffordshire, ST13 8HA
Tel: 01538 381446
E-mail: enquiries@brindleymill.net
Web: www.brindleymill.net

Please contact for Opening Times.

The Mill contains a small Museum which is designed to enhance the interest of your visit. While preserving the atmosphere of a working corn mill, it illustrates the life and work of James Brindley and the history of milling.

Traditional tools associated with milling and the work of the millwright are to be seen, and of James Brindley's own possessions, we have one of his notebooks and a surveyor's level, which was his principal tool in planning the canals which were basic to the industrialisation of the country.

 
The Reginald Mitchell gallery at the Potteries Museum & Art Gallery is dedicated to the achievements of this locally born aircraft designer and features an example of his most famous designs - the impressive Spitfire.

Sadly, Reginald Mitchell died in 1937 at the age of 42 having seen only one example of the fighter completed but knowing that 300 more were on order for the RAF.