Museum of Royal Worcester | Sponsor a Showstopper Pot

Welcome to our newly launched Showstopper Trail at the Museum and to our Showstopper Gallery online, sharing the stories of Worcester porcelain through 25 glorious and significant objects.

Sponsor a showstopper pot

Our new Showstopper Trail throws a spotlight on 25 of the Museum’s most exceptional, exquisite and important objects. It brings the stories of these fascinating items to life through rarely-seen archive material and the people behind the porcelain. Through both a physical trail in the Museum’s stunning galleries and Showstopper Gallery online, we aim to generate pride in our porcelain heritage.

We’re excited to launch this opportunity for businesses, organisations and individuals to share in and support the Museum’s work through sponsoring an object on the Showstopper Trail or a favourite object of your choice.

HOW YOU CAN GET INVOLVED

You can sponsor a Showstopper Pot for a whole year for just £500+VAT. Individuals and companies are invited to get involved and combine your brand with our city’s flagship heritage collection.

TV celebrity antiques experts and trustees of the Museum John Sandon and Philip Serrell, Museum Director Sophie Heath introduce the Showstopper Trail in a series of video shorts. Sponsoring a Showstopper Pot will help you reach over 12,000 annual visitors, 76,000 online visitors and 1,000 monthly e-newsletter recipients via our website, social media and community engagement programme.

As a Showstopper Sponsor you’ll enjoy:

Your name and/or company logo in The Museum display and on the trail map
Certificate with object photograph and details, signed by Museum Patron Henry Sandon MBE
Digital photography of the object to use in your communications
Online recognition via our website
Inclusion in media relations and social media campaigns
Two ‘Friends of Museum’ 12 month memberships giving free Museum entry and invitations to special events
A complimentary Paint-Your-Own-Pottery session in our new Ceramic Studio for up to 6 people

Worcester porcelain is a byword for quality and excellence in art and design across the globe. Our world-class collections celebrate Worcester’s heritage of innovation, skill and ambition, as a pioneering centre of porcelain manufacture and international giant of the ceramic industry.

The Porcelain’ is held in affection by many Worcester residents. Generations of families worked at the factory and its success, over three centuries, was built on ambition, creativity and innovation. The Museum holds a powerful appeal to national and international audiences through the quality and heritage of its unique collections. It offers unparalleled insight into Worcester’s rich entrepreneurial and skilled heritage and its social history. Through a lively programme, with local creativity at its heart, we engage audiences with this fascinating and prized part of Worcester’s history and work together with businesses and partners to draw visitors to our heritage city and add to residents’ quality of life as we all recover from the impact of the COVID19 pandemic.

It costs £568 each day to look after and open the Museum. Visitors and the Museum shop help with half of our costs. The remainder we seek from the generosity of trusts and foundations, gifts in wills, individual donations and corporate support.

Funds raised by the Showstopper Trail will help the Museum look after, celebrate and engage people with a magnificent heritage – of local, regional and national importance – so that we are here for future generations to enjoy.

If you would like to get involved, please