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Museum of Making at Derby Silk Mill
@MuseumofMaking
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
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    Museum of Making at Derby Silk Mill
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    May 4, 2024
    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 youtu.be/7ip2XhaRlCA?si… #EMYA2024 #EuropeanMuseumForum @museum_forum
    Two people are browsing exhibits in an industrial museum space.
    A red brick mill building, called the Museum of Making at Derby Silk Mill, stands tall against a blue sky.
    A young person is using machinery in a workshop. Another person is supervising them.
    A large aeroplane engine is suspended in the roof of a large industrial building, the building is the Museum of Making. Below the engine is a shop with visitors browsing.
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    Museum of Making at Derby Silk Mill
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    Oct 21, 2023
    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
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    Museum of Making at Derby Silk Mill
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    Oct 21, 2023
    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: bit.ly/DMFloodDamageA… Thank you.
    A large red brick mill building called the Museum of Making at Derby Silk Mill stands in high floor water. The river next to the building has burst it's banks and fills up all of the foreground of the image. The water has clearly entered the building.
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    Museum of Making at Derby Silk Mill
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    Oct 16, 2022
    🐦 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.
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    Museum of Making at Derby Silk Mill
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    Jan 3, 2021
    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."
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    Building a legacy: world’s first factory rises again as a museum of making
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    Museum of Making at Derby Silk Mill
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    May 10, 2022
    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.
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    May 10, 2022
    🥁It's time to reveal the #MuseumOfTheYear 2022 finalists. 🥁 🎉Congratulations @MuseumofMaking, @HornimanMuseum, @PHMMcr, @TheStoryMuseum & @TyPawb.
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    Museum of Making at Derby Silk Mill
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    May 20, 2021
    The @MuseumofMaking is opening tomorrow. This would not have been possible without our incredible funders. Thank you for your support, including @HeritageFundUK @ace_national @d2n2lep @derbycc @midsengine @WestonFdn @Wolfsonfdn @DCMS @RollsRoyce @HeritageFundM_E @ace_midlands
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    Museum of Making at Derby Silk Mill
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    Nov 6, 2023
    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.
    A banner attached to the front gates of The Museum of Making depicting the Museum when it flooded.
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    Museum of Making at Derby Silk Mill
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    May 21, 2021
    The Museum of Making is now open! 🎉 Find out all about this brand new museum here: bit.ly/BrandNewMuseum… What will you make of it? #Derby300 #HereForCulture #HeritageIsOpen Image © Art Lewry at Culture Communications Collective/Derby Museums
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    Museum of Making at Derby Silk Mill
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    Dec 10, 2019
    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 >> derbymuseums.org/news/derbys-ne…
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    Jul 12, 2023
    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
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    Two members of the Derby Museum staff team show a European Museum of the Year judge how to create a trail on the trail maker screens at the Museum of Making in the Assemblage.
    Two members of the Derby Museum staff team show a European Museum of the Year judge around the Model Railway Gallery at the Museum of Making.
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    Museum of Making at Derby Silk Mill
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    Apr 15, 2021
    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: bit.ly/MuseumofMaking… #MuseumofMaking
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    Museum of Making at Derby Silk Mill
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    Sep 3, 2021
    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
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    Museum of Making at Derby Silk Mill
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    Jun 9, 2017
    The sun is out in time to welcome the first visitors to @1418NOW Poppies: Weeping Window at The Silk Mill #PoppiesTour
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