About

Over a thousand years of Staffordshire’s history has come together in an exciting new visitor attraction and heritage project thanks to National Lottery Heritage Fund funding. The centre is located on Eastgate Street in Stafford and houses the archive and heritage team in Stafford.

Bringing together three incredible collections, from the Staffordshire Record Office, the County Museum and the William Salt Library, the project includes creating the centre in Stafford and a county wide programme of outreach activities for schools, families, community groups and the public.

Staffordshire Archives and Heritage collections are nationally important stretching back over 1000 years and the Staffordshire History Centre will allow us to make these fascinating items accessible to a wide audience. The centre consists of exhibition spaces, a research room for consulting archival material, an activity room for events and two restored rooms of the historic William Salt Library.

We opened to visitors 6 November 2024.