Museum of Making at Derby Silk Mill, celebrates the area’s rich history of innovation and inspiring new creativity. Visit free of charge for a self-guided session or choose from a wide range of facilitated sessions.
Museum of Making at Derby Silk Mill, celebrates the area’s rich history of innovation. This brand new contemporary space will tell Derby’s 300-year history of making to inspire new creativity. Designed and made by the people and industries of Derby with exhibits, workshops, activities and events, there will be something for everyone.
From Derby Station, Derby Silk Mill is a 20-minute walk through the city centre or alongside the Derby Riverside Path. There are also frequent bus services from Derby Railway Station into the city centre.
Derby Museums offers a range of engaging and award-winning sessions which both challenge and excite pupils, delivered by an experienced learning team.
Derby Museums holds a prestigious Sandford Award for high quality education provision; an independently judged, quality assured assessment of education programmes at heritage sites, museums, archives and collections across the British Isles.
Visit free of charge for a self-guided session or choose from a wide range of facilitated sessions, at one of our three museum sites.
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