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The Potteries Museum and Art Gallery, Hanley 

  • Built on the site of the Bell Pottery works.

  • The City Museum & Art Gallery was officially opened by Alderman Horace Barks on the 13th October 1956. 

  • The enlarged museum and art gallery was opened by Prince Charles in 1981.

  


Detail of window surrounds
at The Potteries
Museum

 

 

the display windows on the side of The Potteries Museum
the display windows on the side of The Potteries Museum
to the left can be seen the statue of Reginald Mitchell (designer of the Spitfire aeroplane) 
behind is the Regent Theatre and the corner of the former Potteries Water Board

 

 

the side of the museum on Broad Street, Hanley
the side of the museum on Broad Street, Hanley
as an acknowledgement to the many brick works of Stoke-on-Trent extensive use of brick was used in the build  

the statues are Reginald Mitchell and the 'Steel Man' which was produced as part of the fight to
prevent the closure of the nearby Shelton Steel Works  

 

 

the frontage and entrance to the museum on Bethesda Street, Hanley
the frontage and entrance to the museum on Bethesda Street, Hanley
the relief depicts the Industries of the Potteries

Made from over 6,000 shaped bricks, this long relief depicts images of the history and industries of the Stoke-on-Trent area.

The images include a working mine with miners and pithead, and a pottery with kilns and potters at work. Transport is also included with a horse and cart carrying coal, and several canal boats in dock. The centre of the relief has a large motif that is formed by half a cartwheel, and a semi-circle of radiating circle of hands.

 

 

also see..

The original Museum in Pall Mall, Hanley

The Bell Pottery Works (the site of the current museum)

Industries of the Potteries

 

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