Huge thanks to Chatterley Whitfield Friends - CIO for hosting our Young Archaeologists'Club this morning. An amazingly important site and very knowledgeable, passionate volunteers ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ #Archaeology #History #StokeOnTrent

We've been shortlisted for the Kids in Museums #FamilyFriendlyMuseum Award 2022 in the Best Medium Museums for families category!! Thank you to all those who nominated us! 🤞🤞 The Potteries Museum & Art Gallery Potteries Museum Collections @PMAGfriends Stoke-on-Trent CC Visit Stoke @StokeCEP Stoke Learning

Curator Joe Perry announcing two very exciting Staffordshire Hoard events coming soon – the opening of the new gallery ‘Staffordshire Hoard – Treasure of Mercia’ on 9 July and the Festival of Archaeology on 16 July… #HoardReimagined Stoke-on-Trent CC Visit Stoke #SeeTheDifference

Potteries Museum Collections Art UK Our late - Renaissance Maiolica Angel is one of our favourites #CelebrateSculpture, her arm is raised in a gesture of blessing.

tiktok.com/@potteries.mus… #HoardReimagined The Potteries Museum & Art Gallery #StokeIsOnTheUp #PoweringUpStoke Stoke-on-Trent CC Visit Stoke #SeeTheDifference #BackToMuseums ArchaeologyUK #festivalofarchaeology

Potteries Museum Collections Art UK Constructed with recycled materials including pedal bin lids, pens, light fittings, this theropod dinosaur based on Tyrannosaurus Rex is one of our more unusual sculptures ! #CelebrateSculpture

Potteries Museum Collections Art UK We're #CelebrateSculpture with our impressive 8ft Anglo Saxon warrior guarding our entrance !

Today you can find the Curator of our Natural Science Collections in the museum. Say hi, find out what a curator does and ask any natural history questions you might have! #AskaScientist #AskaCurator PMAG Learning Kids in Museums Fantastic for Families Stoke-on-Trent CC

Make your own Anglo-Saxon Helmet decorated with designs inspired by the Hoard on Sat 16 July. £3 Children must be accompanied by an adult. 10.30- 12noon & 1 – 3pm #HoardReimagined Stoke-on-Trent CC Visit Stoke #SeeTheDifference #BackToMuseums ArchaeologyUK #festivalofarchaeology

PMAG’s #DesignlabNation project with local schools, the VAM VirtualArtMusem and artist @RebeccaMarieDavies. The film will be part of a display during the summer holidays. Well done to all involved. @haywoodacademy_ @haywoodartphotograph Madeley School @theormeacademyset Stoke-on-Trent CC

This early medieval strap-end is among 12 items we've recently received after passing through the treasure process. I love the tiny silver face (whole thing is just over 40mm long!) You can even see a 3D model thanks to @StaffsWMFLO skfb.ly/ow6T6 #Archaeology #Museums

Any questions about our archaeology collections? Tag us and/or Joseph Perry with your questions and we'll do our best to answer!

Thinking about a #career as an Archaeologist? You can #AskAnArchaeologist today as part of the #FestivalofArchaeology! Info online at archaeologyuk.org/festival/festi… #AskAnArchaeologist Day ArchaeologyUK

One of our work experience high school pupils has written about his placement The Potteries Museum & Art Gallery Check out Kian's tour of some of his highlights then come and see them for yourself. stokemuseums.org.uk/pmag/kians-tou… Kids in Museums Fantastic for Families #TakeOverDay #SOTculture Stoke-on-Trent CC

Today we said a fond farewell to this 1833 Tilley & Co. fire engine. It was originally used in Shropshire and is returning home to be cared for by Shrewsbury Museum #museums #StokeOnTrent #Shropshire

We returned to @NT_SuttonHoo at the start of this week to return loaned Staffordshire Hoard objects to Stoke-on-Trent. It sounds like Swords of Warriors has been very successful and has brought the Staffordshire Hoard to thousands of people. #museums #staffordshire

Break in the storm (1917) by Algernon Talmage #BornOnThisDay 1871 from the Fine Art Collection The Potteries Museum & Art Gallery Talmage ran an art school in St Ives before moving to Chelsea. During WW1 he was an official war artist for Canada on the western front in France Potteries Museum Collections

Staffordshire Archaeology Day 2023 - Sat 18 March, from 10am Join us this weekend for Staffordshire Archaeology Day. This is a free event to showcase the Archaeology of Staffordshire. For booking and more details... eventbrite.co.uk/e/staffordshir… Visit Stoke Stoke-on-Trent CC

Tours – Staffordshire Archaeology Day - Sat 18 March, from 1.15pm We are holding three family-friendly tours of the archaeology galleries. Tours last for around 45 minutes. Booking and details at the link below... eventbrite.co.uk/e/archaeology-… Visit Stoke Stoke-on-Trent CC

Potteries Museum Collections This week’s #OnlineArtExchange theme is celebrating the British coast and countryside for Museums Worcestershire’s British Impressionism exhibition. Our offering is this beautifully moody Peak District landscape, “The Mermaid Pool” by Dorothy M. Nierinck Art UK