Pottery Museum of Red Wing — Attraction in Red Wing

Loved this place. Part of a warehouse used for making "pottery" is now used as a simple museum. But it tells the history of what they made, when and for whom they made their wares. A long row of glassed cases displays their styles of tableware dishes, many hand painted. I found a plate which we had at our house when I was a teen. Crocks, from shot glass size to huge multi-gallon behemoths in another area. Look for the ceramic sculptures made by some employees on their lunch time. You can't keep a creative soul down. Eva Zeisel, famous Hungarian-born designer, made 1 line of tableware for/with them. Check out the display in the gift shop with her "schmoos". A good place to visit...

Pottery thrown before your eyes, the history of a ubiquitious brand, a visual trip through pottery styles in America and a chance to own your own historic Red Wing design all are available at this fascinating, well-documented museum.

The Red Wing pottery started producing stoneware jugs and crocks in 1877 and evolved with the times into popular dinnerware in the 1950s and 60s. The free museum takes visitors through the evolution. When we visited there were several excellent tour guides who were knowledgeable about the changes. There is even a wall that shows the layers of broken pottery found in the company's dump...

This was so stinking cool! The Pottery Museum of Red Wing presents a large collection (massive, really) of pottery and other items and their history and effect on the area.

Side note - they had root beer barrels (candy) for your enjoyment and I ate quite a few. They were a delicious and fun add on.

The pottery here has some rare pieces and was very beautiful. We spoke to some of the volunteers there and were able to learn even more about the collection. We spent just over an hour here or so and it was one of our favorite aspects of Red Wing.

The price of admission, $0.00, was definitely...