Museums & Art Galleries in Derbyshire
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Museums and Art Galleries in Derbyshire, such as Derby Museum & Art Gallery and Donington Grand Prix Collection 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...
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Derby Museum & Art Gallery
The Strand, Derby, Derbyshire
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... more
Donington Grand Prix Collection
Donington Park, Castle Donington, Derby, Derbyshire
Donington Grand Prix Collection is the world´s largest collection of Grand Prix racing cars with over 130 cars within five halls. The collection covers nearly 100... more
Pickfords House Museum
41 Friar Gate, Derby, Derbyshire
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... more
The Silk Mill, Derby´s Museum of Industry and History
The Silk Mill, Silk Mill Lane, off Full Street, Derby, Derbyshire
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... more
Sir Richard Arkwrights Cromford Mill
Cromford Mill, Mill Lane, Cromford, Matlock, Derbyshire
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... more