Gladstone Pottery Museum

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Between mid-August and end of October 2024 Gladstone Pottery Museum will be closed to the general public on additional days to facilitate an external project taking place at the site.

A range of events will run over the Summer and Autumn at both Gladstone Pottery Museum and The Potteries Museum & Art Gallery that local residents and visitors to the city can enjoy.

The programme at Gladstone will include a special Halloween event, Ceramic Makers’ Market in November and a Christmas Animal Nativity with the ‘Farm on Wheels’.

On Saturday 7 September the museum will have free entry to celebrate Heritage Open Days.

For more information visit www.stokemuseums.org.uk or visit our museum Facebook accounts for regular updates on the days we are closed and events we are running.

VisitEngland's Small Visitor Attraction of the Year 2020!

Visit the only complete Victorian pottery factory from the days when coal burning ovens made the world's finest bone china. Gladstone Pottery Museum offers a fascinating insight into the history of Stoke-on-Trent, famously known the world over as The Potteries.

Gladstone was not a famous pottery, however, it was typical of hundreds of similar factories in the area making everyday ceramic items for the mass market. Gladstone Pottery Museum enables visitors to experience what conditions were like for the men, women and children who worked at the centre of the world’s pottery industry. Watch demonstrations and see traditional skills, original workshops and try your hand at throwing a pot, making a bone china flower or decorating a piece a pottery to create a unique souvenir of your visit for a small extra charge. 

Please call the museum on 01782 237777 ahead of your visit to check which demonstrations will be taking place on the day you plan to visit.

Follow children's trails and enjoy drop-in activities and special events. Visit www.stokemuseums.org.uk for further information.

The Tile Gallery features one of the best decorative tile collections in the country and celebrates the ways in which ceramic tiles have given beauty and colour to floors and walls over the centuries.

Flushed with Pride is a remarkable gallery dedicated to the history of the toilet and lifts the lid on the role that potters played in it's development. A fun noisy, touchy feely display, kids will love it!

The Gladstone Shop sells a wide range of gifts including studio ceramics, local paintings, children's novelties, unusual items for the home you won’t find on the high street, as well as local history books and DVDs and pottery made and decorated at the museum.

The Gladstone Café serves hot and cold food, drinks and cakes which you can enjoy with a view of Gladstone’s cobbled courtyard.

Assistance dogs admitted.

Group Visits

Guided tours should be booked in advance. Please allow 2-3 hours for your visit.