Home of Shirley’s 1857 Bone and Flint Mill: The Only Operational Steam Powered Potters’ Mill in the World

Please note that the museum is ONLY open without booking during the five steaming weekends  due to limited volunteer availability. For admission at other times please contact 07900 267711 OR info@etruriamuseum.org.uk to book, subject to availability.

It is managed, maintained and operated by Shirley's Bone and Flint Mill Volunteers CIO, a registered charity that owns the mill. 

Step into the history of Stoke-on-Trent at the Etruria Industrial Museum

There are various ways of getting involved with the Etruria Industrial Museum

Take a look around our virtual 3D tour and see the mill for yourself./span>

 

The planned steamings (Covid restrictions dependent) for 2022 are

See Engine and Mill in Steam

 

See 1857 mill in operation driven by the 1820s beam engine with steam generated with a 1903 locally built Cornish boiler