William Cookworthy : A Man of No Common Clay

When: 23 March 2026 to 30 October 2026
Where: Crispin Room
Time: 10.30 - 15.30
Cost: Included in entry fee to Museum (£5.00 adults, £4.00 concessions, FREE to under-16s)
Suitable for: Family friendly

Our new permanent exhibition on the life and times of Kingsbridge’s William Cookworthy (1705-1780). Best known for being a pharmacist, a scientist, an innovator, an English Quaker as well as a manufacturer of hard paste porcelain, he was in truth much more – and today would be described as a ‘polymath’. He was interested in everything and everybody and was fluent in Latin, Greek and French. His lively, creative mind embraced science, religion, politics, current affairs, art, literature and philosophy.