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Museum Details
Gladstone Pottery Museum
Uttoxeter Road
Longton
Stoke on Trent
ST3 1PQ
Staffordshire
England
Collection details
Archives
Decorative and Applied Art
Industry
Science and Technology
Social History
Facilities
Parking: yes
Food: yes
Shop: yes
Baby changing facilities: yes
Library: yes
Study area: yes
Wheelchair access: yes
Visual disability facilities: yes
Hearing disability facilities: yes
Contact details
General information (Tel)
:
01782 319232
General information (Fax)
:
01782 598640
Website
:
www.stoke.gov.uk/museums
Open
Daily 1000-1700 Last entry 1600. Open Sundays and Bank holidays.
Closed
25 December- 2 January
Admission charges
Adults £4.95, Children £3.95, Family Ticket (2 adults, 2 children) £14. Children under 16 must be accompanied by an adult.
Museum Passport - the passport provides free entry to Gladstone Pottery Museum, Etruria Industrial Museum, and Ford Green Hall for a year, as well as a 10% discount at the Potteries Museum & Art Gallery Foyer Shop and many local attractions. Passports charges: adults £7.50, concessions £6.50, family £16.50, additional child £2.
Description
As if frozen in time, Gladstone remains the only complete Victorian pottery factory from the days when coal-burning ovens made the world's first bone china. Traditional skills, original workshops, the cobbled yard and huge bottle kilns create an atmospheric time warp which has no equal. See live pottery demonstrations and have a go yourself. Refresh yourself in our delightful tearoom. Find some treasures to take home in our large gift shop. Designated an outstanding museum.
Collections description
'Flushed with Pride': our sanitaryware gallery tells the story of the toilet from the 1840s slum to the toilets of the future.
Tile Gallery: Gladstone is home to one of the finest collections of decorative tiles in Britain. Trace the development of tiles from medieval monasteries to the space shuttle.
The Doctor's House: Hear some gruesome details of the illnesses and disease that plagued the Potteries.
Key artists and exhibits
Gladstone
;
Minton
;
Pottery
;
Toilets
;
Tiles
Articles
Heritage Open Days 2004!
Available resources
Art Deco Plate Painting
; Workshop (Resource)
Assemblies
Service
Christmas at the Gladstone
; Workshop (Resource)
Clay Mask Making
Workshop (Resource)
Coil Pot Making
Workshop (Resource)
Dish Making
Workshop (Resource)
Domestic Bliss
Workshop (Resource)
Gladstone Pottery Museum Tour
Guided walk; Visit
Handling the Victorians
; Workshop (Resource)
Heritage Hunt
; Workshop (Resource)
Know your place
; Workshop (Resource)
Meet Mrs Peake
Service
Microbes and Diseases
Workshop (Resource)
Outreach - Gods and Monsters
Service
Outreach - Toys and Games
; Service
Outreach - Victorian Christmas
Service
Outreach - Victorian schoolroom
Service
Paper Potbanks
Workshop (Resource)
Physical and Chemical Processes
Workshop (Resource)
Slab Pot Making
Workshop (Resource)
Tessellating Tiles
Workshop (Resource)
Time is Money!
Workshop (Resource)
Toilet Times
; Workshop (Resource)
Toilet Times
; Workshop (Resource)
Traditional Toys
Workshop (Resource)
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