The new Museum of Making can be found inside the Derby Silk Mill. The Mill is thought to be the world's first modern factory and is part of UNESCO's Derwent Valley Mills World Heritage Site.
Derby's rich heritage of making and creating is celebrated with displays and work areas within the mill.
There are three floors plus the ground floor and lots of stairs but also a lift which I had to use as the stairs became a bit too much for me. On the ground floor are the Civic Hall, River Kitchen, events areas and makers' courtyard.
The first set of stairs take you up to the shop area above which is a jet engine. It's a Rolls Royce Trent 1000 engine which was mounted on the 29th July 2019.
On the second floor is an exhibition called Assemblage. It looks like a museum store and has the objects displayed by the materials they are made from but unlike a museum store many can be handled and studied more closely. It was fun looking around this floor.
I'll show you more in tomorrow's post.
What an interesting museum Rosie. My son would love it there as he is really keen on social history etc. Looks like you had a great time there.
ReplyDeleteWe enjoyed the visit and the Museum was so close to the Cathedral where we saw Gaia, I was exhausted though and had to sit awhile and also take the lift in the Museum. It has a lot to offer the visitor:)
DeleteThat looks like an amazing space and building, show casing our industrial past. I’d love to wander around. B x
ReplyDeleteIt's huge and lofty and quite inspiring to walk around. I loved it:)
DeleteWhat an unusual and interesting museum. Somewhere I'd definitely love to visit. The car and engines look very precarious hanging around. Look forward to the next installment, Take care & hugs.
ReplyDeleteThe entrance and cafe are under the Toyota so I'm sure itis well secured it is strange looking up at the exhibits a bit like planes dangling from the ceiling at an air museum:)
DeleteCertainly looks like an interesting place!
ReplyDeleteIt was fascinating but quite tiring - plenty of resting places though:)
DeleteI wouldn't fancy standing under the engine or the car! I like the signage in the bottom photo. Hope you have a good week Rosie. x
ReplyDeleteWhen you first walk in you look up the stairs at the engine and don't realise that the car is overhead. There was a lot of sinage amongst the exhibits, wrought iron too:)
DeleteI haven't visited since the Rolls Royce engine was on the ground floor in the former Silk Mill although our son has sent photos of past events and I've passed by the building many times. The photos you took are very interesting. I've just taken a virtual tour inside which was on the website link and would love to visit the museum again.
ReplyDeleteI remember the Rolls Royce engine being on the ground floor, too. I think it was where they have made the entrance now. Glad you follwed the link, it is a super museum and wouldn't mind visting again, perhaps when they have a makers' event:)
DeleteThe Museum is in a wonderful location and looks an interesting building before you even go inside. It seems to be packed full of significant items which you could spend ages looking at and reading about. 😊
ReplyDeleteThe building itself is interesting one of the first mills to use water power along with the mill at Cromford. There were so many things to see, more than one visit is needed:)
DeleteI would find this place fascinating.
ReplyDeleteI'm sure you would, William:)
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