Jackfield Tile Museum - Jackfield, Shropshire
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At the Jackfield Tile Museum there are tiles everywhere! The Victorians were on a mission to not only make them, but also to use them.
Jackfield Tile Museum is a former world centre of the decorative tile industry.
Waymark Code: WM10R44
Location: West Midlands, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 06/15/2019
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Part of the Ironbridge Gorge Museum Trust Group, the museum presents the history of the British decorative tile industry between 1840 & 1960. Galleries include a recreated pub and tube station. There are stunning friezes, epic story-telling panels and a world-class gallery dedicated to British tiles.
"Jackfield Tile Museum is a former world centre of the decorative tile industry. Visitors can see a unique collection of the companys superb wall and floor tiles as well as watch them being made. The charming Victorian gas-lit galleries and period room settings give you a superb view of how these highly decorative tiles were made and sold to the Victorian gentry here in Jackfield. You'll walk through a country church, shop and tube station and see where some of these tiles ended up. Following a multi-million-pound restoration project, visitors can see new galleries, demonstrations by skilled craftspeople and attend tile-decoration classes."
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