The Coalport China Museum is one of the ten Ironbridge Gorge Museums administered by the

Ironbridge Gorge Museum Trust The Ironbridge Gorge Museum Trust is an industrial heritage organisation which runs ten museums and manages multiple historic sites within the Ironbridge Gorge World Heritage Site in Shropshire, England, widely considered as the birthplace of ...

. The museum is based in the village of

Coalport Coalport is a village in Shropshire, England. It is located on the River Severn in the Ironbridge Gorge, a mile downstream of Ironbridge. It lies predominantly on the north bank of the river; on the other side is Jackfield. The settlement wa ...

within the Ironbridge Gorge on the northern bank of the

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Shropshire Shropshire (; alternatively Salop; abbreviated in print only as Shrops; demonym Salopian ) is a landlocked historic county in the West Midlands region of England. It is bordered by Wales to the west and the English counties of Cheshire to th ...

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. It is located in a

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, the birthplace of the

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. The museum presents the history of Coalport China, a manufacturer of fine English chinaware which was based on the site between 1795 and 1926. As well as original examples of historic china, there are also demonstrations of traditional ceramic techniques and original industrial buildings including

kiln A kiln is a thermally insulated chamber, a type of oven, that produces temperatures sufficient to complete some process, such as hardening, drying, or chemical changes. Kilns have been used for millennia to turn objects made from clay int ...

s to fire the pottery. The collections include the official National Collections of Caughley and Coalport china. There is a hands-on workshop area where painting activities are provided and ceramic activities in the school holidays. The 1985 ''

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'' serial ''

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'' used the museum as a filming location.

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Coalport China Museum website
Museums in Shropshire Industry museums in England Open-air museums in England Archaeological museums in England Industrial archaeological sites in Shropshire History of Shropshire Ironbridge Gorge Ceramics museums in the United Kingdom Ironbridge Gorge Museum Trust {{UK-museum-stub

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