The Museum

Geoff and Kerrie Ford

Geoff Ford OAM, FAIHA, and Kerrie Ford FAIHA, are the Owner Directors of the National Museum of Australian Pottery which they established in 1995 in Wodonga, Victoria. Geoff and Kerrie have spent many years researching, lecturing and curating travelling exhibitions on nineteenth and early twentieth century Australian pottery and have written thirteen books on the subject.

On Australia Day 2001, Geoff was awarded the ‘Order of Australia Medal’ for his service to the arts, particularly the study of early Australian pottery. In August 2004, Geoff and Kerrie were made Fellows of the 'Australian Institute of History and Art', for their work in preserving and researching early Australian Pottery.

Geoff is an approved valuer of Australian Pottery for the Australian Government’s Cultural Gift Program and an approved expert examiner for the Australian Government’s Office for the Art’s, for the protection of Movable Cultural Heritage.

In September 2006 after a move from Wodonga, they opened the new and permanent home of the National Museum of Australian Pottery in Holbrook, NSW.


The Museum is always interested in acquiring early Australian pottery pieces from any of the potters listed below, to add to the collection either by gift, bequest or purchase. If you, or someone you know, has a piece and are willing to part with it we would be happy to hear from you. Please bring them to the Museum at 76 Albury Street Holbrook, NSW or contact us by phone (02) 6036 3464 or by e-mail info@australianpottery.net.au