A celebration of all things making – meet the makers and discover what you can make!
Assemble: Derby’s Making Festival is a family-friendly showcase of invention, creativity and resourcefulness, which celebrates making in all its shapes and forms.
Back again for 2025, Assemble brings together over 60 artists and makers from varied disciplines to share their passion and skills with you and to encourage you to have a go at making yourself. Last years event saw audiences of over 2,000 in attendance and featured more than 50 makers on-site, with demonstrations in everything from ceramics and embroidery to laser-cutting, weaving, jewellery-making, letterpress printing, metalwork, robotics, clay-modelling, automata this event is perfect for families and may even inspire the little ones to become makers of the future…
Meet the spectacle makers for 2025:
- Big Bubbleman will be creating HUGE bubbles, CLOUDS of smaller bubbles and asking you to make your own bubbles.
- As part of Railway200 we welcome ‘The Lost Luggage Porters’, in search of the railway station these silent movie characters can’t resist exploring their cargo…
- The ever-popular kinetic sculpture maker Johnny White returns with more interactive and breath-taking designs
- Making their Assemble debut ‘The Youth Landscapers’ connecting young people with nature and the environment
- And we are thrilled that Aardman animations will be back hosting three exciting pre-bookable workshops to make your very own Feathers McGraw! Tickets for the Aardman workshops are available to purchase in addition to your entry ticket for £15 here.
Image (c) Aardman animations
Plus LOTS more makers ready to meet you…
Assemble is set in the surroundings of the Museum of Making, a UNESCO World Heritage widely regarded as the site of the world’s first modern factory.
Suitable for all ages – under 16s must be accompanied by an adult. £5 for those aged 16 and over / FREE to under 16s and Derby Museums Friends.
Attendees with a disability who need an essential carer do not need to pay for their carer. To reserve a free support ticket please contact Dan@derbymuseums.org.
Accessibility at Derby Museums
Generously supported by Vaillant
Main image (c) Kate Lowe Photography
