The plans for the Heritage Lottery Funded Staffordshire History Centre are now moving at pace, with the architectural team (Pringle Richards Sharratt) incorporating comments and feedback from stakeholders and the public to shape them.

Read more below to see how we are engaging with members of the public on the Staffordshire History Centre designs, and the four year activity plan in the pipeline for when the centre opens. 

(Pictured: artist's impression of the archway entrance to Staffordshire History Centre).

The Staffordshire History Centre project team and members of the Archives & Heritage Service have been holding a number of outreach events across Staffordshire.

The team have been visiting fetes and fairs across the county, armed with a fascinating selection of museum objects and family arts and crafts activities.

We want to reach out to talk about what the service has to offer, get to know the audiences who might visit in future, and discuss plans for the Staffordshire History Centre!

(Pictured, interested parties view the museum objects at Mayfield Village Fete, including an antique children's till and a handmade rocking horse!)

We are pleased to let you know that Architectural History Practice and Kevin Bolton, consultants working on the Conservation Management Plan, have completed their work.

The Conservation Management Plan focuses on the heritage of the buildings and collection, its significance and how it should be preserved, managed and made available in the future. The project team and consultants would like to thank everyone who provided invaluable feedback and comments. The documents relating to the plan should be available to view online shortly, watch out for more news!