The Ironbridge Gorge Museum Trust cares for more than 400,000 objects, some of which are part of specific named collections. Find out more about these collections here.
The Labouchère Collection comprises a wide variety of documents, letters, personal belongings, photographs, transcripts, and notes relating to the Darby family of Coalbrookdale
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This collection covers the production period 1852 to 1969 in the working life of Maw and Co. Ltd. which was founded by George and Arthur Maw at Benthall, Broseley in Shropshire. By the late 19th Century, Maw and Co. had become one of the world's largest decorative tile manufacturers.
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This collection consists of business and property documents emanating from the Lilleshall Company, spanning over 200 years. The Company's business over this period involved the mining of coal, limestone, and ironstone, as well as the manufacture of heavy clay products, heavy and light engineering, iron and steelmaking and finishing.
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This collection contains the manuscripts and working papers accumulated by LTC Rolt over a lifetime as a writer and researcher, and those of his wife, Sonia Rolt.
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The Patricia Bracegirdle Collection of Maps of Shropshire consists of 74 maps dating from the late 17th century to the late 19th century and shows the development of the county, its transport systems, and its towns during the Industrial Revolution.
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In a project made possible through a Headley Fellowship with Art Fund, a collection containing some 730 orders undertaken by the Coalbrookdale Company ironworks in the late 19th - early 20th century has been brought to light.
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