Thanks to our visitors, WMODA has received the Tripadvisor Travelers’ Choice Award for 6 years in a row! The award celebrates businesses that have received great traveler reviews on Tripadvisor over the last 12 months. As challenging as the past year was, our museum stood out by consistently delivering positive

By Louise Irvine We are indebted to our WMODA volunteers who give so generously of their time and energy to support the museum in so many ways. Julio Difilippo, known to his friends as Flipper, has been a great asset since he joined the team in 2021.  Flipper was born

By Philip Gibson The project was originally commissioned as a tile tableau to grace the Cobridge Stoneware factory shop and foyer. My idea had deep-rooted connections to the Potteries and would go back to my childhood years with early experiences of images and noises with the grime and the smells of

By Louise Irvine International Owl Awareness Day on August 4 draws attention annually to these amazing nocturnal raptors. More than half of the 19 species in North America are endangered or in decline. Owls are solitary hunters and fly silently at night so it is hard to spot them in

By Louise Irvine Afternoon Tea Week takes place every second week in August and is the perfect time to celebrate the great British tea tradition. This year, the event runs from August 8 to 14 so take some time to relax with a cup of tea and read about some

By Louise Irvine While in London in July, I was invited to give a lecture to the Women’s Institute about the Chihuly collection at WMODA and so I continued in the glass master’s footsteps to explore his work across the Atlantic. A prestigious Fulbright Scholarship enabled Dale Chihuly to study

By Louise Irvine Congratulations to Lloyd Goradesky whose project Let LOVE Guide Your Way has been accepted into the national database of the Public Art Archive and has put Dania Beach on the map for art in public places. Lloyd’s monumental kinetic sculpture was unveiled outside City Hall in time