Public houses still in the city include Ye Olde Fighting Cocks, which is the oldest pub in England, according to Guinness World Records, although others dispute the claim, and old coaching inns such as The Peahen, operational by at least the 15th Century.
The Farriers Arms in Lower Dagnall Street was where the longest surviving branch of the Campaign for Real Ale was formed in the 1970s.
The new exhibition was inspired by the 1884 verse The City Pubs, composed by ‘Baron’ Martin, which lists 92 drinking locations within a one-kilometre radius of the museum.
It features stories, objects and Victorian memorabilia and the team behind it have located photographs of all but two of the establishments.