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Museums & Art Galleries in Derbyshire

Museums and Art Galleries in Derbyshire, such as The Silk Mill, Derby´s Museum of Industry and History and Derby Museum & Art Gallery are listed below. Derbyshire contains a remarkable mix of pastoral and industrial scenery and the two counties share with Yorkshire and Cheshire the impressive Peak District. Kinder Scout, an exposed peat plateau, is the highest point of Derbyshire’s Peak District, at the starting point of the Pennine Way National Trail, and gives glorious... read more

The Silk Mill, Derby´s Museum of Industry and History

The Silk Mill, Derby´s Museum of Industry and History, The Silk Mill, Silk Mill Lane, Derby, Derbyshire

The Silk Mill, Silk Mill Lane, off Full Street, Derby

The Silk Mill Museum is on the site of one of Britain´s oldest factories. Displays feature local industries, such as mining, pottery, railway engineering and Rolls Royce aero engines.... more

Derby Museum & Art Gallery

Derby Museum & Art Gallery, The Strand, Derby, Derbyshire

The Strand, Derby

The Derby Museum & Art Gallery, opened in 1879, houses the internationally important collection of major paintings by Joseph Wright of Derby (1734-97). Also on display is a fine collection of Derby porcelain, made in the city since 1750. Derbyshire... more

Pickfords House Museum

Pickfords House Museum, 41 Friar Gate, Derby, Derbyshire

41 Friar Gate, Derby

A fine Georgian town house built in 1770 by local architect, Joseph Pickford, as his home. Displays include period rooms circa 1800, historic costume and an 18th century style garden.... more

Sir Richard Arkwrights Cromford Mill

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Cromford Mill, Mill Lane, Cromford, Matlock

Visit the world´s first successful water powered cotton spinning mill. Tours available daily and exhibitions. Part of the Derwent Valley Mills, having achieved World Heritage status in December 2001.... more

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Towns in Derbyshire with Museum / Art Gallery listings:  Derby | Matlock