Stoneware Museum of Monmouth — fifth annual Stoneware Fest this Saturday

LaDonna Green and Cindy Brinkmann of the Stoneware Museum of Monmouth join Galesburg's Morning News to preview the fifth annual Stoneware Fest and Swap Meet — Saturday, June 27, at 507 S. Sunny Lane in Monmouth. Free admission. Free parking. Free appraisals. Topics covered in this interview: How the event grew from 23 vendors in year one to more than 70 this year, representing eight states Why vendors come from across the country — including the free booth model and Friday night meal Free appraisals from four experts with up to 45 years of experience — and the $5 yard sale find appraised at $2,000 Pottery throwing demonstrations on electric and kick wheels — and how to try it yourself Butter churning at 11 a.m. using an authentic Monmouth Pottery butter churn circa 1902 The free "get your purchases home safely" packaging and wrapping booth Monmouth's history as a pottery hub — five potteries from 1870 to 2012 What the museum's 1,700-piece collection includes — and what makes stoneware valuable Door prizes including a Red Wing Christmas tree stand, an 1800s salt-glaze crock, and a late 19th-century West Virginia canning jar Free golf cart shuttles, free ice cream starting at 10 a.m., and food from Phat Belly's BBQ of Monmouth   🎧 Subscribe to Galesburg's Morning News on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. Read the full story: Stoneware Fest brings 70 vendors from 8 states to Monmouth this Saturday — admission, appraisals, and ice cream all free For more information, contact Ray Brinkmann at (309) 255-1939.