Moving Minton: Virtual Store Tours

Back in November 2022 the Minton Archive pointed towards the City Archives’ new microsite, Stoke-on-Trent City Archives is Moving, which has been built to provide information and status updates related to the service’s upcoming move to a dedicated space within The Potteries Museum & Art Gallery. As part of that remit the Moving Blog was set up to help the team show some of the ongoing work behind the scenes… and now it’s spawned a blog!

These video blog posts revolve around a series of virtual Store Tours designed to show off some of the strongrooms and secure spaces not usually accessible to the public, and we thought we’d highlight the first two vlogs here as they both include references to the Minton Archive. In the first, a walk round the basement strongrooms of “B” and “C”, our cameo appearance occurs near the middle at the 2:10 mark when some of the Minton Archive’s shelved items, including the Art & Design folio boxes, get a mention. If, during the almost seven years of Folio Friday instalments, you’ve ever wondered where these beautiful items have been resting when out of the limelight, here’s your answer!