“We don’t ever want it to be finished” - Museum of Making opens at Derby's UNESCO site
A new museum in England has given new life to a 300-year-old factory building after an £18 million capital campaign. The aptly named Museum of Making is now open and operational inside a repurposed former factory space at the Derwent Valley Mills, which was designated a UNESCO World Heritage site in 2001. MoM Exterior 5 – Credit Derby Museums & Art Lewry, Culture Communications CollectiveLeeds-based Bauman Lyons has partnered with Derby Museums since 2011 to spearhead a redesign of the historic mill using an innovative hands-on approach that meant working with community members to collaborate on a model for what eventually became the first DIY museum in the country. A 2015 ground floor refurbishment left an open space for volunteers to "fit-out" with the help of makers-in-residence, which led to an expanded effort the firm credited to the "maker" movement. The Gateway at the Museum of Making - Speller Metcalfe-Derby MuseumsThe Museum, now a Grade II Listed Building, is unique bot...
A new museum in England has given new life to a 300-year-old factory building after an £18 million capital campaign.
The aptly named Museum of Making is now open and operational inside a repurposed former factory space at the Derwent Valley Mills, which was designated a UNESCO World Heritage site in 2001.
Leeds-based Bauman Lyons has partnered with Derby Museums since 2011 to spearhead a redesign of the historic mill using an innovative hands-on approach that meant working with community members to collaborate on a model for what eventually became the first DIY museum in the country.
A 2015 ground floor refurbishment left an open space for volunteers to "fit-out" with the help of makers-in-residence, which led to an expanded effort the firm credited to the "maker" movement.
The Museum, now a Grade II Listed Building, is unique bot...
