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Derby Silk Mill, formerly known as Derby Industrial Museum, is a museum of industry and history in Derby, England. The museum is located on the former site of Lombe's Mill, a historic silk mill which marks the southern end of the Derwent Valley Mills World Heritage Site. The site opened as Derby’s Industrial Museum, on 29 November 1974.
In October 2013 a programme started to reinvent the silk mill for the 21st Century, incorporating the principles of STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Maths). The museum now opens 4 days a week. [57] The Derby Industrial Museum was re-branded as the Museum of Making in November 2021. It houses a series of exhibits about the ...
Examples of his work can be seen at Derby Cathedral, where he made the wrought iron rood screen and the gates at the west door. There are also wrought iron gates by Bakewell at the Derby Industrial Museum , and ironwork by him in a number of churches in Derbyshire towns and villages: Alvaston , Ashbourne , Borrowash , Duffield , Etwall ...
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website, small museum of china and porcelain decorative art of the Denby Pottery Company, shop and factory tours Derby Computer Museum: Derby: Computer Museum: website. A registered charity computer museum run by volunteers [5] [6] which specialises in providing a hands on experience [7] Derby Gaol: Derby: Prison: 18th century prison Derby ...
Lombe's Mill was the first successful silk throwing mill in Britain. It was built on an island on the River Derwent in Derby.It was built after John Lombe visited Piedmont in 1717 and returned to England with details of the Italian silk throwing machines – the filatoio and the torcitoio – and some Italian craftsmen. [1]
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Derby Museum of Making is housed in Derby Silk Mill and shows the industrial heritage and technological achievement of Derby, including Rolls-Royce aero engines, railways, mining, quarrying and foundries. The Silk Mill stands at the southern end of the 24 km (15 mi) stretch of the River Derwent designated a World Heritage Site in 2001.