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Dryden Pottery, Hot Springs, AR
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Dryden Pottery

Dryden Pottery is a shop in Hot Springs, AR, part of the Diamond Lakes guide. Cost: free.

341 Whittington Ave, Hot Springs, AR 71901 · Hot Springs, AR

Why you should go…

Dryden Pottery has produced handmade ceramics since it was founded in Kansas and relocated to Hot Springs in 1956, and remains the only pottery of the postwar studio pottery movement still owned and operated by its original family. The studio uses locally mined quartz silica in its clay and glazes, and its work has been listed for years in Schroeder's Antique Guide. Visitors can watch free potter's wheel demonstrations on weekday mornings and all day Saturday, then browse a showroom of finished ceramics for purchase.

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What's around here?

The closest stops to Dryden Pottery, ordered by straight-line distance. A few more like it, plus some different kinds of fun so you can build a full day.

  • Shopping
    Local Gem

    It's About Rocks

    Free

    A downtown Hot Springs shop selling crystals, minerals, gemstones and handmade jewelry.

    0.4 mi awayMore like this

  • Tours
    Family Favorite

    National Park Duck Tours

    $25–$50

    A 75-minute amphibious DUKW ride that rolls past Bathhouse Row in downtown Hot Springs, then splashes into Lake Hamilton to circle St. John's Island.

    0.4 mi awaySwitch it up: Tours

  • Sightseeing
    History Buff

    Bathhouse Row

    Free

    Stroll past eight historic bathhouses in Hot Springs National Park, two of which still offer thermal baths.

    0.5 mi awaySwitch it up: Sightseeing

  • Attractions
    Iconic

    Buckstaff Bathhouse

    $25–$50

    A historic 1912 bathhouse on Bathhouse Row offering traditional thermal mineral baths and spa services.

    0.5 mi awaySwitch it up: Attractions

  • Tours
    Local Gem

    Hot Springs Trolleys

    Under $25

    A narrated 90-minute trolley tour through downtown Hot Springs and up into the mountains of the national park.

    0.6 mi awaySwitch it up: Tours

  • Shopping
    Local Gem

    Fox Pass Pottery

    Free

    A working pottery studio and gallery near Hot Springs National Park selling handmade functional and sculptural ceramics.

    3.3 mi awayMore like this