Gladstone Pottery Museum Entrance

Such a great place! Informative boards and films with friendly staff. Lovely to see the big kilns and imagine what it was like with so many of the big chimneys spilling black smoke out. Tea room had great cake at a great price. Go and spend a couple of hours here!

A fantastic slice of history! It was brilliant to see a working museum in action and to really get a sense of what it must have been like to work there. Lots to look at and read, even my two children enjoyed it. Gladstone Pottery is where they now film the Great Pottery Throwdown, which is what inspired my love of creating ceramics myself. The staff were so informative and friendly...I got chatting to one of them and mentioned that I wanted a plate mould...they happened to have one in their car boot and sold it to me for a great price!!! It's a shame they were all sold out of the little hanging bottle kiln models though.

Visited here whilst in the area, was pleasantly surprised with how much we enjoyed it! Interesting to see how the place was when in its full working ways. Fascinating to see what was done here and how the ppl worked. We did the flower making which we enjoyed, the lady who was doing it was very helpful and friendly. You get to take the flower home with you plus it was only £5. We had a drink and a scone with jam and cream in the cafe. Definitely Recommend going if you are thinking of going!! You won’t be disappointed

The Gladstone Pottery Museum provides a window into a lost world - the production of bottle kiln fired ceramics with its arcane industrial processes, demarcated jobs with strange titles ('jiggers', 'saggers'), hard, dangerous, disease ridden working lives and lack of clean air.My tour today took time to start, as I was made to wait ('the Great Pottery Slow Down'?) to see a rather old fashioned introductory 4 minute video before making my way round. The museum itself has a non interactive 'feel' to it. The explanatory information is nearly all provided via signage (no headphone sets or modern tech available). The Tile Gallery, which is well worth a visit, is an illustration of what a more modern Gladstone Museum could look like.This is not a museum that anyone who is not able bodied would feel comfortable visiting. Uneven floors abound, there are steep stairs to climb, and the walkways inside the bottle kilns are narrow and poorly lit.Overall, I enjoyed my visit. If I take nothing else from the experience, I will remember that Armitage introduced the avocado bathroom suite in 1969!

I attended the craft fair at the pottery museum and what a marvellous day it was. I really enjoyed being fully submerged in my hobby. There was lots of lovely chatty staff to help with any issues and I throughly enjoyed meeting past great pottery thrown down contestants. I would say that this place is Very much worth a visit.

Incredibly atmospheric location. Staff were very welcoming and friendly; one lady provided a demonstration with clay and another was hand-painting vases. I was the only visitor at the time so it was great to have the place to myself! I was surprised that the period machinery was in action; the noise was intense and gives a clear impression of what the working environment was like.

Great museum. We had a home Ed day here with a lot making class Included. Staff are very in formative and helpful. There is a small cafe on site offering hot drinks and basic foods

A really interesting experience. Went with my family and were there for several hours exploring all the things and could have probably stayed even longer if we'd wanted to explore in more depth.The toilet museum was a peculiar surprise and was honestly better than I feel it really should have been.The cafe was quaint and served lovely Staffordshire oatcakes.Would recommend this if you're in the area.

Fantastic working museum. See the history of pottery in Stoke. The exhibits were detailed and really helped me imagine what it would have been like working in a pottery. What I couldn't envisage is how bad the air quality must have been when there were over 2000 bottle kilns in Stoke! Entry was cheap and an extra £5 to have a go at pot throwing was well worth it. My 4 year old son also had a go and the instructor did really well letting him do it and also giving sufficient help so that he ended up with a pot. The toilet history exhibit was also really good!Also, if you like the Great British Throwdown then this is where it is filmed!

What a fantastic museum. There's is such to learn and see. Very well laid out thoroughly informative. Also got a throw your own pot (certain days).Great little canteen. Well priced.