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Community projects, partnerships, events, exhibition highlights, meet the team and lots more...

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Museum Musings

Discover behind the scenes at Derby Museums. Exhibition highlights, volunteer projects, object biographies, meet the team, projects in a nutshell and much more...

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Community

We develop and deliver a range of community programmes with our partners, find out more about the projects here.

Wooden spoon carving workshop – August 2025

Workshop

Find out more about what's happening in the Museum of Making Public Workshop.

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Assemble

A celebration of makers and all things making!

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Enlighten Yourself. Make it Derby.

Derby Museums' culture break campaign celebrating the Year of Wright.

Friends admiring Derby Museum and Art Gallery, Joseph Wright, credit Visit Derby

Year of Wright

Derby Museums Launches a ‘Year of Wright’ (2025-26) in London, Derby and online. Discover the city that shaped one of the UK’s most original and visionary painters

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