Etruria Industrial Museum

Industrial museum, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire; bone & flint mill; home of the world's only operational steam-driven potters' mill; unique event hire spaces.

[Etruria Industrial Museum @EtruriaMuseum]

Our 1903 Cornish boiler was lit a couple of days ago in preparation for our 'in steam' weekend during the Etruria Canals Festival! Sat & Sun, lots of activities for all ages. Photo by Christine R.

[Etruria Industrial Museum @EtruriaMuseum]

Etruria Canals Festival, 1st/2nd June: a great weekend for visitors of all ages. Our museum will be open throughout and also IN STEAM! Not to be missed if you haven't seen it yet - local industrial heritage in action. £10 pp, free for under 16s.

[Etruria Industrial Museum @EtruriaMuseum]

A big thank you to @stirling_julian and to all our visitors who post such nice things about us afterwards! We really appreciate it🙏. Our next 'in steam' weekends will be 1/2 June, 27/28 July, 7/8 Sept and 19/20 Oct.

[Julian Stirling @stirling_julian]

We had a fantastic visit to @EtruriaMuseum yesterday. Such an incredibly preserved canal-side steam-powered mill. The only flint and bone mill we have ever visited.
Would recommend to anyone passing by Stoke on Trent. We will return when it is in steam!

[Etruria Industrial Museum @EtruriaMuseum]

@stirling_julian Thank you so much! Looking forward to welcoming you back on a steaming weekend!

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Oops, typo in 'obviously'!

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Best-ever coffee cups at a @WomensInstitute meeting? Wedgwood, obviusly! We thoroughly enjoyed delivering our talk about the museum today at #Barlaston W.I., #Staffordshire. Great questions and lots of interesting reminiscences too. #InspiringWomen #Potteries

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Putting the 'bone' into bone china: this Wednesday our very own Bernard will be speaking about the lesser-known milling part of the pottery industry at #Barlaston W.I. - Barlaston Village Hall, #Staffordshire, 12:30 for 1pm.

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And a bonus photo for #StaffordshireDay ...

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Happy #StaffordshireDay! We're proud to maintain our very atmospheric site - and the world's ONLY operational steam-powered potters' mill - for visitors to enjoy. Come and visit if you haven't already! Fridays, 11am to 3:30pm. [Pan room photo by Chris Reader]

[Etruria Industrial Museum @EtruriaMuseum]

"It was such a delight to tour the museum. I can see that it's a real labour of love for all of you" - kind words from a Canadian visitor to our museum last week. We're open every Friday, 11am to 3:30pm, free parking plus cycle storage, ST1 4RB.

[Etruria Industrial Museum @EtruriaMuseum]

There's so much to see around Etruria by foot, bike, paddle or narrowboat! A short walk from our site, for example, Wedgwood's original roundhouse. We have such fantastic industrial heritage in #StokeonTrent.

[Etruria Industrial Museum @EtruriaMuseum]

We're OPEN on Fridays, 11am till 3:30pm! Alongside our fantastic canal-side museum and heritage centre we also have a team room and shop full of locally made gifts and souvenirs. Find us at ST1 4RB, free parking and bike racks on site.

[Etruria Industrial Museum @EtruriaMuseum]

Upcoming steaming dates for our 1820s beam engine 'Princess': 1-2 June, 27-28 July, 7-8 Sept, 19-20 Oct. See, hear and feel industrial heritage in action - the last remaining operational steam-powered potters' mill, & hand-stoked boiler dating from 1903.

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A sunset over the chimneys and the bike racks ... Cyclists can park their wheels safely while they visit our lovely canal-side heritage centre and tea room, open every Friday 11am till 3:30pm. #StokeOnTrent #Potteries #Staffordshire

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Bravo to @GladstoneMuseum, host of the #greatpotterythrowdown! Anyone interested in the raw materials end of the pottery industry can visit our historic canalside bone and flint mill - we're open on Fridays, all very welcome. Shares appreciated! #StokeOnTrent

[Etruria Industrial Museum @EtruriaMuseum]

At our site: a ball mill made in #Katzhutte Germany, installed at Goodwin's Westwood Mill (Hanley) in 1904, for grinding raw materials for the pottery industry. Kindly donated to the museum by John Goodwin in 2000. #Potteries #StokeOnTrent #Staffordshire

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Rope marks on a towpath wall, a reminder of the horse-drawn days ... one of many features pointed out during a recent tour of our historic site's environs for @StaffsChambers members, expertly led by Andy from @PotteriesHSoc. #canals #horses

[Potteries Heritage Society @PotteriesHSoc]

Looking forward to #EtruriaCanalsFestival this weekend - Sat 3rd and Sun 4th June - at and around @EtruriaMuseum. Shirley’s Mill in steam and lots to see and do. 11am to 5pm each day.

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Just 1 month to go till the Etruria Canals Festival on Saturday 3rd and Sunday 4th June!

Keep updated at: https://t.co/NLRRCNIC91

#StokeOnTrent #Staffordshire

[Potteries Bottle Oven Owners Club @BottleOvenClub]

Many thanks to PotBOOC members who assembled at Moorcroft for yesterday’s meeting. A great opportunity to reflect on our recent Concert in a Bottle Oven and review the Club’s progress over the past three years.