Museums
The Council's Arts and Museum Collection holds over 25,000 social history objects, 38,000 photographs and 1,800 items of fine and decorative art.
Housed in the Servants' Quarters at the Shugborough Estate, the County Museum features a restored Victorian kitchen, laundry and brewhouse, as well as galleries and temporary exhibitions illustrating Staffordshire life over the past 200 years. The reserve collections can be seen by appointment.
Museum Opening Times
18th March - 28th October, 11am - 5pm daily
Find out more about visiting the Shugborough Historic Working Estate|.
Find out more about the private apartments of the Earls of Lichfield|, due to open to the public for the first time in 2011.
Use the navigation bar on the left to find out more about our collections, exhibitions and projects, or scroll down for quick links to some of our online resources and our contact details.
Museum on the Move
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Museum on the Move is a fully equipped vehicle, about the same size as a mobile library, which can come to your school, community centre or event, whilst our community touring exhibitions visit venues across Staffordshire.
Museum on the Move|
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Online Resources
Gateway to the Past
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'Gateway to the Past' is the online catalogue of the Staffordshire County arts and museum collections. The site now contains our entire collection and also provides access to the collections of Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent archive service and the William Salt Library.
Gateway to the Past|
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Past Track
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The hugely popular Staffordshire Past Track website now features over 24,000 resources relating to the history and heritage of Staffordshire. You can explore photographs, paintings, film clips, audio clips, documents and objects using a range of easy-to-use search tools. The site now has a 'recent additions' function, so you can easily find out what's new.
Staffordshire Past Track|
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Support & Advice
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Staffordshire Arts and Museum Service co-ordinate a Network of the County's museums and run a variety of projects, meetings and training events to keep the museum community up to date and informed of current news and developments.
The Museum Development Officer is able to offer help and support to museums and their staff, paid and voluntary. Find out more...|
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Museum Service Contacts
Chris Copp, Senior Museum Officer, Tel 01889 881 388
chris.copp@staffordshire.gov.uk|
Helen Johnson, Museum Development Officer, Tel 01889 881 388
helen.johnson@staffordshire.gov.uk|
Gemma Oakley, Collections Assistant, Tel 01889 881 388
gemma.roberts1@staffordshire.gov.uk|
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