Coproduced by the people of Derby, we’re celebrating the area’s 300-year history of making to inspire new creativity.
#MuseumOfMaking
is part of
@derbymuseums
Delighted to have received a special commendation in the European Museum of the Year Awards! 🎉
Congratulations to everyone nominated and to overall winner Sámi Museum Siida, Inari, Finland 🏆
Watch our film
#EMYA2024
#EuropeanMuseumForum
@museum_forum
Devastated to wake up today to this scene. We won't be opening today as I'm sure you can all understand. There will be a big clean up operation once the water recedes. Stay safe everyone
The Museum of Making has been exposed to substantial flood damage, which will lead to a significant loss of income.
We have been overwhelmed by your kind messages and offers of help. Find out more and see our flood damage appeal here:
Thank you.
🐦 Have you seen the stunning artwork on the side of
@MuseumofMaking
yet?
The new permanent mural features a pair of peregrine falcons painted by street artist
@faunagraphic
for the
@DerbysWildlife
to celebrate the diverse wildlife in our urban areas.
At Derby Silk Mill, the new Museum of Making will be opening very soon - "...the world’s first factory [rising] again from the ashes of its former self, repurposed as a new cathedral for the maker movement."
The Museum of Making has been shortlisted for Art Fund
#MuseumOfTheYear
2022!
We are proud of our transformation into a live, interactive museum, where people can learn, think and make and are delighted to be selected alongside four other fantastic museums.
THANK YOU DERBY FOR YOUR SUPPORT!
We would like to say a huge thank you for the messages of support, generous donations & kind offers of help we have received since the Museum of Making flooded. It has been heart-warming for our team to see how much the museum means to the city.
The countdown to the opening of the new Museum of Making in Derby has begun! On Saturday 19th September 2020, the new Museum of Making will open to the public for the very first time. Read more here >>
We are in the running for the European Museum of the Year award 🎉
We welcomed one of the judges for a visit to the Museum of Making today... we will know if we made the shortlist in November with winners announced in May 2024 🤞
#EMYA
After 300 years in the making, the new Museum of Making in Derby will open its doors on Friday 21st May. We can’t wait to see what you make of it! Find out more and plan your visit here:
#MuseumofMaking
We are delighted to have won five awards, including Winner of Winners, for
@MuseumofMaking
at last night’s Construction Excellence Awards! Thank you to everyone involved in this project and to
@cemidlands
#ceeastmidlandsawards2021
Almost unrecognisable. Here's the Silk Mill after its strip. Stunning spaces ready to become the
#MuseumofMaking
- keep your eyes peeled for a new blog post tomorrow showing the whole building.
#making
#opportunity
#progress
A Rolls-Royce aircraft engine has been winched into the new Museum of Making. One year from now, this engine plus 50,000 other objects will be on display.
It’s been a huge team effort to get it installed! Watch the incredible installation and learn more:
Derby made it into the Sunday Telegraphs' 50 Best British Breaks this weekend with a great mention for the Museum of Making!
#LoveDerby
#MadeinDerbyshire
📢 The Museum of Making has been shortlisted for the Visitor Attraction of the Year Award in the Peak District, Derbyshire & Derby Tourism Awards!
Winners will be announced at a ceremony at the Museum of Making on March 7 2024 ✨
Find out more here:
Celebrating the achievements of our awesome volunteers and staff tonight who have helped with the incredible feat of preparing and decanting everything from the Silk Mill ready for its transformation! 🙌
#wemadeithappen
#thankyousomuch
#DSMMoM
Staff, volunteers and trustees have been touring the building for the first time since the decant, to see the spaces being revealed for the
#MuseumofMaking
"This engine contains 26,586 Wheels, and 96,746 Movements, which work 73,726 yards of Silk-thread, every time the Waterwheel goes round, which it does three times in one minute" - Daniel Defoe, A Tour thro' the Whole Island of Great Britain 1742.
#280characters
😏
📸
@derbymuseums
After another busy object move-filled start to the week, we spent some time yesterday thinking about the placement of some of our collections in one of the new galleries at the Museum of Making (and got a little excited!)
📢Jobs alert📢 Very soon Derby’s new Museum of Making will be opening to the public and we're looking for enthusiastic people to join our team.
Listen to Shain share his experiences of working with
@DerbyMuseums
and find out more:
Video by
@vicpictoria
Wow what an amazing day at the new Museum of Making!
We love seeing all of your posts from your visit so please tag us and tell us all about it!
Find out more and book your tickets here:
We won!! Thank you to
@kidsinmuseums
and all of our fantastic family visitors for your support 😀🥰
We are proud to be a
#FamilyFriendlyMuseum
and are always looking for new ways to encourage families to visit.
The winner of Best Medium Museum is...
@MuseumofMaking
!
Families loved getting hands on and making together. The retro arcade was a particular hit! It works closely work with its community & has great facilities, discounted parking & a family friendly café.
#FamilyFriendlyMuseum
Here's a bit of cheer to end the year - The Museum of Making is REOPENING soon! The date is announced in our end-of-year film⭐️
Watch our film and join us for a trip down memory lane, reviewing the highlights of 2023:
Merry Christmas 🎉
Are you ready to take a lead role in delivering the ground-breaking Museum of Making project? We're looking for a new Head of Curatorship and Curator of Making at Derby Museums to be at the heart of the Museum of Making project.
Find out more:
Congratulations to
@MuseumFolly
on winning the Café/Restaurant of the Year in the Museums + Heritage Awards 2023 this evening!
We are so honored that The River Kitchen was shortlisted and proud of our incredible team for all their hard work!
#MandHAwards
@MandHShow
In just over two weeks we'll be throwing open the new doors to the Museum of Making! Have you booked your ticket yet? 🎟️
Thank you Henri Guy Photography for these fantastic photos. 📷
For the safety of visitors & staff, we have made the decision to close the Museum of Making on Tuesday 22 Feb due to the high river levels. We hope to be open again on Wednesday 23 Feb, please keep an eye out on our website & social media for updates before coming to visit us.
Say hello to Oliver, our new intern who will be sharing behind-the-scenes content from the Museum of Making! Find out what he's been up to so far on our blog:
Work on the collections is going on apace thanks to the brilliant work of our volunteers and collections team, here are some very organised collections boxes, all processed and ready for the move back into the museum!
#MakingTheMuseumOfMaking
This week we are celebrating our one year anniversary of opening
@MuseumofMaking
🎉
Thanks to
@V21Artspace
you can now explore the Museum of Making from the comfort of your own home!
Find out more and explore the 3D scan in detail here:
There are many challenges to work through as we finish the museum. Testing recipes in the Riverside Café isn’t one of them.
#yum
#MakingTheMuseumofMaking
"After two fires and an £18m makeover, this redbrick mill has been reborn as a shrine to Derby’s astonishing manufacturing prowess, where everything from clocks and clogs to telephones and tights were made"
@guardian
@guardianculture
#MuseumOfMaking
Hard Hat Tours of the new Museum of Making just announced! Join us on Sat 27 April to be one of the first to see behind-the-scenes at the Silk Mill as this magnificent Derby landmark transforms into the new Museum of Making. Places limited, pls book here:
Curious to see what's happening at Derby Silk Mill? Our intern Oliver has filmed a sneak peek behind-the-scenes at the Museum of Making! Find out more about what he's been up to on our blog >>
Being shortlisted for
@artfund
#MuseumOfTheYear
in our first year of operation is incredible. Thank you to everyone who has worked so hard to make the museum a success. Congratulations to the deserving winner
@HornimanMuseum
👏
📸 Emli Bendixen/Art Fund
We've been shortlisted for the
@kidsinmuseums
#FamilyFriendlyMuseum
award! 🎉
Thank you to the families who nominated us. Our team work hard to ensure that our family offer is relevant, welcoming and inclusive and we are delighted to be recognised. 🥳
The
@RollsRoyce
Eagle Engine, which helped power the first transatlantic flight by Alcock and Brown 100yrs ago today, will be a star object in the
@MuseumofMaking
when it opens in 2020. Contact us with your Eagle Engine stories! -
#makingthemuseumofmaking
The
@HarrowGreen
team are doing a fantastic job of helping us with the mega task of decanting the Silk Mill - just look at how fast they work! 😮💥
#museumofmaking
Museum of Making bookings open from 10am on Tuesday 4th May – mark your calendars! 📅
Be one of the first through the doors at the brand-new museum. Tickets for the first exhibition 'Scale' will also be available.
We're on a stamp! 🖃 Delighted that the Silk Mill is featured in its 300-year anniversary, in this new stamp collection recognising the innovations of the Industrial Revolution.
#Derby300
Find out more:
Did you spot us just now on East Midlands today? 📺
If you missed it, we'll be on again at 6.30pm. See inside the Museum of Making before we open on 21st May!
@bbcemt
🌟 The Museum of Making capital project has had a huge social impact on our city and community. Discover how the ethos of co-production and collaboration has saved Derby Silk Mill, empowered volunteers and contributed £5.2m of social value over 5 years: 🏛️
We've had a brilliant evening at our first Documentation Teatime Taster Session!
#Volunteers
+ museum documentation + cake = magic! Thank you all so much for coming. You updated so many records!
#coproduction
#MuseumOfMaking
We are delighted to be shortlisted for the Visitor Welcome Award and Permanent Exhibition of the Year together with the
#MuseumOfMaking
Alliance Board! 🙌
Congratulations to everyone shortlisted! 👏
#MandHAwards
When the Museum of Making opens, what will be your main motivations to visit?
Please help us by answering this simple question here >>
Deadline next Tuesday 2nd March.
Thank you for your help!
Fantastic news for the River Kitchen at the Museum of Making which has just received a five star food hygiene rating from
@DerbyCC
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Congratulations to our fantastic catering team! 👏
Happy
#WorldHeritageDay
, the Museum of Making
@DVMillsWHS
is a contemporary space telling
#DerbyUK
’s 300-year history of making to inspire new creativity on what is widely regarded as the site of the world’s first factory!
Have you visited recently?
Your retro weekend has landed,
With plenty of arcade games available, Come down with your friends and family to play some of the 80s' arcade classics.
👉Find out more
Fantastic session this afternoon with
@leachstudio
discussing the collective exhibition and interpretation progress for the
#MuseumofMaking
Also checking out how the storage prototypes are informing the plans for how we are going to make it all!
#makingthemuseum
#coproduction
Great to host
@BBCDerby
this morning and share an update on works at the mill. Ceilings and floors disappearing all over the place as work gets going in earnest. Clip of
@hannahfox
and
@CuratorDaniel
talking about progress here:
Say hello to (some of) our new team of Visitor Experience Assistants at the Museum of Making. We are so happy to have you all with us 🙌
#MuseumofMaking
Ok...a bit late in the day but haven’t had a moment to tweet since opening the doors to the public
@MuseumofMaking
But here are some of our incredible new Visitor Experience Assistants raring to go. Come and see us soon and let them make your day!