Cafe Museum

I do enjoy it here, but the natural history part and some other sections could definitely do with some modernisation, I guess this is due to funding; that said other parts have recently been improved and are definitely worth a visit. A lot of the museum I can remember from when I was a child. The lift is very small, and the toilets look very dated although clean. Despite this there is a lot to keep you entertained for a cheap day out with cheap parking across the road to the right of the museum and the new library to the rear.

Brilliant It was really nice to walk around it was very clean and the staff were very friendly and helpful the funny thing is that when I was younger and at school some of the exhibits on show now we're on show then not in this Museum but the old one ( we are talking the 60s) one thing I couldn't see was the huge wooden wheel driven by steam I would think, can't remember what it was used for but going by the size of it it was for more than one thing probably a shaft, I remember other things such as the large pot in the entrance close to the Museum shop then there was the coffin plus it's lid made from stone along with some other things, there are few things from the Coal Miners strike back in the 80s at the time I was a coal miner working underground at Hem Heath Colliery in Trentham. And a special mention to the Spitfire standing in its own room Designed by R G. Mitchell never actually saw it fly in the second World War as he passed away just before it started so he never knew how well his Spitfire performed during the war. Can I suggest during this summer holiday you go and have a look around YOUR museum and see it all for yourself.

This place is free for everyone interested in the stories about potteries made in the area and also about the life in Stoke on Trent. From Romans to the present it is amazingly showed in plenty of interesting exhibitions. I typically liked the Nature one with sounds and visual effects, showing the different habitats in the area and the animals and insects. Great idea to bring in the children to this place. There is cafe and small souvenirs shop. I highly recommend this place.