List of museums in Staffordshire facts for kids

This page lists museums in Staffordshire, England. Museums are special places where interesting objects are collected and cared for. These objects can be about history, art, science, or culture. Museums let people see these collections and learn new things. Art galleries that are open to the public are also included here.

Museums to Explore

Here are some of the cool museums you can visit in Staffordshire:

Art Galleries

• AirSpace Gallery
  • Location: Stoke-on-Trent
  • What it is: A modern art gallery that shows exciting new artworks.
• Keele University Art Gallery
  • Location: Keele
  • What it is: An art gallery located at Keele University.
• Nicholson Museum & Art Gallery
  • Location: Leek
  • What it is: An art gallery in Leek.
• Raven Mason Collection
  • Location: Newcastle-under-Lyme
  • What it is: This collection, run by Keele University, features beautiful Mason ironstone and porcelain items. You can find it in Keele Hall.
• Shire Hall Gallery
  • Location: Stafford
  • What it is: This gallery shows visual art, crafts, and photography. It also has a restored 19th-century court room you can see!
• Wedgwood Museum
  • Location: Barlaston
  • What it is: Learn about the history of Wedgwood ceramics, see beautiful pottery, and discover how founder Josiah Wedgwood made these famous items.
• Weston Park
  • Location: Weston-under-Lizard
  • What it is: A grand 17th-century house with amazing gardens. The estate was designed by Capability Brown. There's also an art gallery inside a restored 17th-century granary.

Historic Houses

• Ancient High House

The Ancient High House in Stafford.

• • Location: Stafford
  • What it is: This is an Elizabethan timber-framed house. It has rooms set up to show how people lived in different times, like the English Civil War, Edwardian, and Victorian eras.
• Chillington Hall

Chillington Hall.

• • Location: Brewood
  • What it is: An 18th-century Georgian country house. It shows 800 years of one family's history. The beautiful landscape was designed by Capability Brown.
• Erasmus Darwin House

Erasmus Darwin House.

• • Location: Lichfield
  • What it is: The 18th-century home of poet and doctor Erasmus Darwin. He was the grandfather of famous naturalist Charles Darwin. You can see exhibits about his life, science, and poetry.
• Ford Green Hall

Ford Green Hall.

• • Location: Smallthorne
  • What it is: A 17th-century timber-framed house that belonged to a yeoman farmer. It's filled with furniture, textiles, and ceramics from the 1600s, plus a period garden.
• Izaak Walton's Cottage

Izaak Walton's Cottage.

• • Location: Stafford
  • What it is: A 16th-century half-timbered cottage that was home to author Izaak Walton. You can learn about his life and the history of fishing.
• Kinver Edge and the Rock Houses

The Holy Austin Rock Houses.

• • Location: Kinver
  • What it is: Run by the National Trust, these houses are carved into a high sandstone ridge. They were once home to some of Britain's last cave dwellers. The Holy Austin Rock Houses have been restored to look like they did in Victorian times.
• Moseley Old Hall

Moseley Old Hall.

• • Location: Fordhouses
  • What it is: Also run by the National Trust, this 17th-century house and garden is famous because King Charles II hid here after losing the Battle of Worcester in 1651.
• Samuel Johnson Birthplace Museum

Samuel Johnson's Birthplace.

• • Location: Lichfield
  • What it is: See reconstructed rooms and learn about the life and work of the famous author Samuel Johnson.
• Shugborough Hall

Shugborough Hall.

• • Location: Milford
  • What it is: Owned by the National Trust and run by Staffordshire County Council, this is an 18th-century country house. It has a walled kitchen garden and a working farm with a water mill and museum. It's known as "The Complete Working Historic Estate."
• Tamworth Castle

Tamworth Castle.

• • Location: Tamworth
  • What it is: An 11th-century Norman castle with a medieval Great Hall, Tudor rooms, and Victorian reception rooms.
• Whitmore Hall

Whitmore Hall.

• • Location: Whitmore
  • What it is: A 17th-century house that is open to visitors on certain days.

Industry and Technology Museums

• Apedale Heritage Centre

Apedale Heritage Centre.

• • Location: Chesterton
  • What it is: Learn about coal mining history, see old tools, and even take mine tours! It also has the Moseley Railway Trust's collection of narrow gauge industrial trains.
• Bratch Pumping Station

Bratch Pumping Station.

• • Location: Bratch
  • What it is: A Victorian pumping station with a steam engine. It is not currently open to the public.
• Brindley's Mill and the James Brindley Museum

Brindley's Mill.

• • Location: Leek
  • What it is: An 18th-century water-powered corn mill. It also has exhibits about James Brindley, who was a famous canal builder in the 1700s.
• Cheddleton Flint Mill

Cheddleton Flint Mill.

• • Location: Cheddleton
  • What it is: A water mill built to grind flint, which was used in the pottery industry. You can see the miller's cottage, flint kilns, and other old buildings.
• Claymills Pumping Station

Claymills Pumping Station.

• • Location: Burton upon Trent
  • What it is: A restored Victorian sewage pumping station with huge beam engines.
• Dudson Museum

Dudson Pottery, Hanley.

• • Location: Stoke-on-Trent
  • What it is: Learn about the history of the Dudson company, which made ceramic tableware, and see their collection of ceramic items.
• Etruria Industrial Museum

Etruria Industrial Museum.

• • Location: Etruria
  • What it is: A 19th-century mill that ground bone and flint for the pottery industry. It still has a working steam engine!
• Gladstone Pottery Museum

Gladstone Pottery Museum.

• • Location: Longton
  • What it is: A Victorian pottery factory where they made bone china tableware. You can see original equipment, kilns, a period doctor's house, and even a collection of Victorian decorative toilets!
• Mill Meece Pumping Station

Mill Meece Pumping Station.

• • Location: Millmeece
  • What it is: An early 20th-century pumping station with steam engines.
• Moorcroft Heritage Visitor Centre

Moorcroft Pottery.

• • Location: Burslem
  • What it is: Take a guided factory tour and visit the museum to see beautiful Moorcroft pottery.
• National Brewery Centre
  • Location: Burton upon Trent
  • What it is: Discover the history of brewing, see old brewing tools, a collection of vintage vehicles, and a working steam engine.
• Spode Works Visitor Centre
  • Location: Stoke-on-Trent
  • What it is: Learn about the history and see examples of Spode pottery and porcelain.

Local History and Other Museums

• Lichfield Museum

St Mary's Lichfield, home of the Lichfield Museum.

• • Location: Lichfield
  • What it is: This museum tells the local history of Lichfield. It features the Staffordshire Millennium Embroideries, which show 1000 years of the city's past.
• Museum of Cannock Chase
  • Location: Hednesford
  • What it is: Learn about local history, coal mining, and see a miner's cottage from the turn of the century, a 1940s room, and old toys.
• Newcastle Museum & Art Gallery

Newcastle-under-Lyme Museum & Art Gallery.

• • Location: Newcastle-under-Lyme
  • What it is: Also known as the Borough Museum & Art Gallery, it has a Victorian street scene with old shops, a doctor's office, toys, and a 1930s-1940s house. It also shows modern design and crafts.
• Potteries Museum & Art Gallery

Potteries Museum & Art Gallery.

• • Location: Hanley
  • What it is: This museum has fine art, decorative arts (including a big collection of Staffordshire ceramics), local history, and natural history exhibits.
• Redfern’s Cottage: Museum of Uttoxeter Life

Redfern's Cottage.

• • Location: Uttoxeter
  • What it is: This museum tells the local history of Uttoxeter.
• Stafford Castle

Stafford Castle.

• • Location: Stafford
  • What it is: See the ruined remains of a 19th-century castle that was built to look like a medieval one. The visitor centre has exhibits about both the old and new castles, and what medieval life was like.
• Staffordshire County Museum
  • Location: Milford
  • What it is: This museum is located in the Servants' Quarters of Shugborough Hall.
• Staffordshire Regiment Museum

The Staffordshire Regiment Museum.

• • Location: Whittington
  • What it is: Learn about the history of the Staffordshire Regiment, see uniforms, weapons, medals, and even a replica World War I trench and armoured vehicles.
• Staffordshire Yeomanry Museum

The Ancient High House, where the Staffordshire Yeomanry Museum is located.

• • Location: Stafford
  • What it is: This museum is on the top floor of the Ancient High House. It shows the history and items of the Staffordshire Yeomanry.
• Letocetum / Wall Roman Site

Letocetum Roman Baths and Museum.

• • Location: Wall
  • What it is: Run by English Heritage and owned by the National Trust, this site has the remains of a Roman settlement. There's also a museum with ancient Roman items found there.

Museums That Are No Longer Open

• Ceramica, in Burslem, closed in 2011.
• Coors Visitor Centre, its collections are now part of the National Brewery Centre in Burton upon Trent.

See also

• Category:Tourist attractions in Staffordshire