As you wander through the original gas-lit trade show room, galleries and period room setting you will be able to see, touch and even walk on magnificent British tiles.
Galleries show exquisite examples of individual tiles and period room settings depict various locations that would have been decorated with tiles. You can walk through an Edwardian Tube Station, the bar of an Hotel, a children's hospital ward and a 1930s 'front room'.
Huge panels depicting mediaeval stories and nursery rhyme scenes have been rescued from buildings and now grace the walls of the galleries
Find out how the different varieties were made; encaustic, embossed, dust press and tube-lined. On certain days you can see the Craven Dunnill factory in operation. Craven Dunnill - Jackfield site
Special workshop days are often held during school holidays, when you can have a go at decorating your own tile using the tube-lining technique.
Also to be found at Jackfield Tile Museum is Fusion, a new home for the creative industries, housing a number of designers and makers. For more information about Fusion click here.
At Jackfield Tile Museum visitors can learn the tile decorating technique known as ‘tube lining’ or ‘slip-trailing’
30/10/10 Ghostly Gaslight
Anyone with a penchant for creepy crawlies, ghosts and ghouls and a spooky atmosphere should head for Blists Hill Victorian Town on the evening of Saturday 30 October where you'll be sure to experience an exciting night out.
*Activities and demonstrations vary from day to day and some activities carry an additional cost. Call 01952 884391 to check what is happening.
The IRONBRIDGE GORGE MUSEUM TRUST, Coach Road, Coalbrookdale, Telford, TF8 7DQ is a limited company registered in England under the Companies Act 1948 Reg No. 918560 and the Charities Act 1960 Ref No. 503717-R.
The Ironbridge Gorge is a World Heritage Site.
