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Visit the MuseumTEMPORARY CLOSURE The museum will be closed from Tuesday 20th April 2021 and will reopen Saturday 24th April 2021 If you’re travelling some distance to visit the museum please contact us on (02) 6036 3464 or info@australianpottery.net.au to ensure we are open. Admission Prices Adults $5 per head, Children under 16 years of age $4 per head. (We are closed on Wednesday, but will open for groups, by prior arrangement) The Directors, Geoff and Kerrie Ford welcome visitors, groups and coaches to the museum and can be contacted by Ph (02) 6036 3464 internet info@australianpottery.net.au or click on ttp://www.australianpottery.net.au/index.php?page=contact us We look forward to seeing you soon at the Museum. BOOKS ON AUSTRALIAN POTTERY We have a number of authoritative reference books on Australian pottery, a must for historians and collectors. To obtain your copy direct from the author Geoff Ford, click on http://www.australianpottery.net.au/index.php?page=books IDENTIFYING AUSTRALIAN POTTERY If you would like to know who made that piece of pottery you have, click on http://www.australianpottery.net.au/index.php?page=appraisal Introduction The National Museum of Australian Pottery is the only Museum dedicated to 19th and early 20th century Australian pottery and is the culmination of many years of collecting and research throughout Australia. THE MUSEUM If you’d like to see more information about the Museum and the Collection, click on http://www.australianpottery.net.au/index.php?page=about Recently AcquiredThis 9.5cm high Bristol glazed lidded jam jar was made at the Bendigo Pottery in 1870 for, and impressed: ‘GEORGE PEACOCK′s CELEBRATED JAMS.’ Shortly after their marriage in 1856, George and Margaret began making jam in a shed in the backyard of their home in Warwick street, Hobart Town. In 1870 George set up a jam manufacturing business in Hunter Street, on the Old Wharf, the buildings of which are still in use today. Their jam is still produced now as IXL. Friends of NMAP Inc.
The Friends of NMAP Inc. get together at the Museum four times a year. If you would like to become a member of NMAP Friends, click on http://www.australianpottery.net.au/index.php?page=friends
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