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DERBY MUSEUMS ANNUAL REVIEW2015 – 2016
www.derbymuseums.org
A Philosopher giving that Lecture on the orrery in which a lamp is put in place of the sun, Joseph Wright of Derby, 1766.
Derby Mini Maker Faire 2015
“I love looking at Joseph Wright’s painting A Philosopher giving that Lecture on the orrery in which a lamp is put in place of the sun in the Museum and Art Gallery. First exhibited in 1766, at the height
of the British Enlightenment, it shows a group of children and adults listening attentively to a learned man explaining the wonders of the planet, and the universe. The people in this picture are curious, eager to learn and attentive to the teller.
Our museums, inspired by the human instinct to acquire, categorise and show off objects, help us to make sense of our place in the world.
Derby has unique cultural assets. The Silk Mill is the site of the world’s first factory and is in the Derwent Valley, a UNESCO World Heritage site. Derby Museums has the finest collection of work by
Joseph Wright of Derby, the 18th century artist of Enlightenment and is ‘Designated’ by Arts Council England as a collection of national significance. It also has splendid collections of natural history, archaeology and industrial history. Derby’s identity was 300 years in the making, and the Enlightenment spirit of creativity and invention resonates today.
Like those makers of the Enlightenment we are harnessing a spirit of discovery, tolerance and optimism to help all our communities discover their place in the world.”
Tony Butler EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
INTRODUCTION
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The Friends of Derby Museums
Peter Smith – ChairPatricia Coleman – Vice ChairThe Duke of Devonshire KCVO, CBE, DL
Maxwell Craven MBERay FreemanRoger FrostCllr Hilary JonesJonathan Leach
David LingRoger MerchantProf Philip PlowdenNick RoperCllr John Whitby
Caroline McCombCllr Roy WebbHeather BroughtonDaisy GiulianoLinda Sullivan
Trustees 2015-16
THE FRIENDS OF DERBY MUSEUMSFounded in 1969, the Friends of Derby Museums work
closely with the Museums Trust. The Friends help the
museum by volunteering at events, supporting museum
staff with projects and by organising fundraising events.
Becoming a friend is a great way of meeting new
people and supporting Derby Museums. The Friends
enjoy a varied programme of talks and social events
throughout the year and visit museums and places
of interest around Derbyshire and beyond.
“Despite a very challenging financial climate I have been proud to see the continued success of Derby Museums. The chief achievement has been the successful stage one pass for HLF and Arts Council capital funding
to redevelop The Silk Mill. The project worth £16.4 million is a huge flip to Derby’s heritage. The plans which will see the creation of the UK’s first Museum of Making will bring the whole of building into use for the first time. It will be a first class attraction of which the city can be justly proud.
More people than ever are participating in heritage activity in our museums. Young and old alike have contributed ideas and time to make our museums more intriguing than ever. Whether it is working with collections, stewarding events, carrying out research or creating artistic installations, our community is making history with us.
We continue to develop new income streams as public funding is irrevocably squeezed.
A much greater variety of activity now takes place in our venues, including conferencing, ceremonial hires, parties and educational events.
We face major challenges, like every organisation funded by the public sector, to secure the support we need. However with the local community, Derby City Council, the Arts Council and the Heritage Lottery Fund behind us, we will continue to protect the city’s cultural heritage and deliver great learning experiences for everyone.”
Peter Smith CHAIR OF DERBY MUSEUMS
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ABOUT DERBY MUSEUMS AND OUR VALUES
Derby Musuems is a charity which runs three sites
The Museum and Art Gallery – the home of the renowned Joseph Wright of Derby Collection.
The Silk Mill – a UNESCO inscribed World Heritage site and site of the world’s first factory.
Pickford’s House – a beautiful Georgian town house and home to a family of the Enlightenment, The Pickfords.
The Museum and Art Gallery
The Silk Mill
Our Cause and Values
Together we make museums for the head, heart and hands. We do this by:
• Being independent
• Fostering a spirit of experimentation
• Pursuing mutual relationships
• Creating the conditions for well-being (helping people connect with others, keep learning, take notice of the world and give back to the community)
• Proving that we are doing it
Our Vision
The vision for Derby Museums is for people to
discover their place, in the world.
Pickford’s House
Arty Party at the Museum and Art Gallery4
What difference will this plan make to Derby Museums by 2018
• The Museum and Art Gallery will be refurbished to a high standard with all galleries improved and primed for the Joseph Wright retrospective in 2021/22.
• There will be a successful Heritage Lottery Funded project to redevelop The Silk Mill with construction work underway.
• There will be a firm sense of direction for Pickford’s House.
• Pickford’s House will welcome more visitors, fulfill its potential as a hire venue and generate income.
• There will be more visitors to all our sites, with the quality of their experience measurably improved.
• Museum Accreditation will be maintained, collections well cared for and more items on display and appreciated by the public.
• Derby Museums will be a happier place to work.
• Derby Museums will be a resilient business with more diverse income streams which enable risk to be spread.
• Derby Museums’ Human Centred Design approach will be established in all our work and used by other museums.
Our aims
• To redevelop The Silk Mill as a museum and visitor attraction of national and international significance.
• To develop Derby Museums as a resilient business combining enterprise and a strong sense of social purpose.
• Carry out the affordable programme of improvements to the Museum and Art Gallery and Pickford’s House.
• Develop a partnership to deliver a major international touring exhibition of the works of Joseph Wright of Derby for 2021.
Family Activities at The Silk Mill
The Silk Mill Workshop
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THE MUSEUM AND ART GALLERY –JOSEPH WRIGHT IN ITALY
“Wright’s artistic pilgrimage had a deeply formative
effect on the artist’s subsequent work, and provided
a rich seam of subjects and ideas for the paintings he
produced upon his return to Derby and the final twenty
years of his life. Some of these pictures are now in the
collection of Derby Museums, making this exhibition
an ideal opportunity to explore the context in which
such paintings were made; for whom, and why.
Joseph Wright in Italy was developed in partnership
with Nottingham Contemporary; Chatsworth House
Trust; and The Harley Foundation at Welbeck; with
support from Experience Nottinghamshire and Visit
Peak District and Derbyshire. This show was part of
a prestigious and successful programme of regional
exhibitions and events known as The Grand Tour.”
Lucy Bamford
Senior Keeper of Art
In Spring 2016 the Museum and
Art Gallery was briefly home to an
outstanding range of art and artefacts,
made or collected by Joseph Wright, and
his fellow Derbeians abroad, between
1750 and 1850. Gathered together
from public and private collections in
Derbyshire and further afield, including
Chatsworth and the British Museum,
many of these precious treasures had
never before been seen in Derby.
The Joseph Wright Gallery
Joseph Wright and the Lure of Italy exhibition
Joseph Wright and the Lure of Italy exhibition 6
“In summer 2016, following extensive conservation treatment,
we welcomed the return to Derby Museums of Joseph Wright’s
two only-known paintings of the Colosseum in Rome. The
‘companion’ pictures of the Colosseum by Daylight, and the
Colosseum by Moonlight, had been badly damaged and then
overpainted, leaving them unrecognisable. Thanks to funding
from the Pilgrim Trust, and the work of expert conservators,
the paintings have now been transformed to a state far closer
to Wright’s originals than ever before, making it possible to
display them alongside the artist’s other works as part of our
special exhibition, Joseph Wright and the Lure of Italy.”
Restoration of the Colosseum paintings
Installation of Joseph Wright and the Lure of Italy exhibition.
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THE MUSEUM AND ART GALLERY –ROYAL CROWN DERBYThe Royal Crown Derby bone china collection was redisplayed, from a passive backdrop into a beautiful sequence of objects that illustrate the story of Derbyshire bone china production over the last 300 years.
Andrea Hadley-Johnson Co-production and Engagement Manager
“Taking a coproduction approach enabled us to explore
WITH our visitors what might satisfy their heads, hearts
and hands. The display begins with a riot of white china
figures leading to an engaging sequence of objects placed on
bespoke stands, the objects have space to be admired and the
viewer space to be intrigued. Immediately we are observing
more active viewing and improved flow in the space.
Punctuating the historic collection are ten contemporary
interventions, these pieces show the resonance of the past
in contemporary practice and prompt new perspectives on
the historic objects. And finally, as a counterbalance, we’ve
added two amazing ‘mug shot walls’ containing 100’s of
photographs of favourite mugs sent in by our visitors.”
Activity in the Ceramics Gallery
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Alastair Willis Finds Liaison Officer for Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire
“The Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) is a
national project across England and Wales
to identify and record objects found by the
public. The PAS also helps to administer
The Treasure Act 1996 and raise the
profile of local and national archaeology.
The PAS database is an important tool
for researchers and has significantly
increased our knowledge of the past.
The PAS is run from the British Museum, but I
am its local representatives, the Finds Liaison
Officer (FLO). We are hosted by regional
museums, councils or universities. I attend
metal detecting club meetings and host finds
days in museums across Derbyshire and
Nottinghamshire to enable local finders to
have their objects recorded. I am assisted by
a team of volunteers at the Museum and Art
Gallery and at the University of Nottingham
and have recently published a book called ‘50
Finds from Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire’.”
A copper alloy Roman coin of Constantine the Great, minted in Trier in AD 327-328.
Derby Porcelain on display in the Ceramics Gallery
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THE MUSEUM AND ART GALLERY –A COMMON TREASURY The best Civic Museums are ones which
encourage their communities to discover
their place in the world.
A Common Treasury explored Derby’s collection from
its origins in the 19th century, when the museum’s
founders acquired art, antiquities, natural science
and archaeological objects from around the globe.
Works by Benjamin West, Jacob Epstein, John
Singer-Sargeant and LS Lowry, were shown alongside
Egyptian funerary ware, some of the earliest human
hand tools from Africa and ceremonial masks from
the Pacific Islands.
Back in 1881, when the museum opened, a report in the Derby Telegraph noted [The new Art Gallery] “should not provide a fashionable lounge where our exquistites alone may congregate to study and admire the beautiful, but to develop the artistic aspirations of all sorts and conditions.”
We hope to honour those intentions today.
Brick celebrating the construction of a building inn Babylon built by King Nebuchadnezzar the second in 605 – 562 BC
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A SELECTION OF EXHIBITIONS• Matisse - Drawing with Scissors: Late Works 1950-1954
A celebration of Matisse’s most vibrant works through
lithographic reproductions.
• Bud to Bloom – A selection of work from The Crafts
Council by leading makers inspired by the natural world.
• John Stobart – An Artistic Journey from Derby
Across the Atlantic
The Derby born artist is now in his 80s. The show was a
retrospective of his work.
• Kerri Pratt - Of A Place
Kerri won the 2014 Jonathan Vickers Award. This award
is open to emerging painters and the successful artist
receives a bursary of £18,000, plus a studio at Banks
Mill Derby, a contribution to the cost of materials, a
nine month period of support and mentoring, including
access to the University of Derby’s College of Arts and a
final exhibition at Derby Museums.
Closing Flower Form and Open Flower Form, 1971, Mary Rogers. Crafts Council Collection. Photo Nick Moss
Irongate, Derby, John Stobart, 1949
Head in the clouds, Kerri Pratt
Visitors at Matisse: Drawing with Scissors: Late Works 1950-1954 exhibition.
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PICKFORD’S HOUSE MUSEUM
Janine Derbyshire - Visitor Services Manager
“Today, when social media is so important to a
museum’s reputation, it is delightful to read the
words, ‘loved by all’, ‘brilliant gem’, ‘simply gorgeous’
and ‘Pickford’s Georgian perfection’ on the latest
online reviews about Pickford’s House Museum.
The visitor engagement within this 18th century townhouse,
has been greatly enhanced by the openness of period room
settings and its ‘live’ interpretation by way of costumed guided
tours. The intimate journeys around the building takes guests
‘beyond the velvet rope’ and into secret rooms not usually
seen by the public, ensuring everyone feels like a VIP!
Our Visitor Services team not only love dressing up, but also gain
a huge sense of pride from the wonderful feedback they receive.
One visitor shared: “ It’s great being able to share our knowledge
and passion of the house and for people to get up really close
to objects. It makes the experience extremely special.”
Over the last 12 months visitors from countries
such as Australia, Canada, Brazil and Argentina
have time-travelled back to the 18th century so
word of mouth is certainly spreading across the
globe about this fascinating family home.”
Pickford’s House GardenPickford’s House Kitchen12
Costumed Guided Tour at Pickford’s House
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THE SILK MILLTHE MUSEUM OF MAKINGThe Museum of Making is our exciting £16.4m project to redevelop The Silk Mill,
the site of the world’s first factory built in 1721, to create an inspirational new
museum. It will breathe life back into the building, revealing the whole building to
the public for the very first time. It has a truly innovative approach – to actively
involve the people of Derby in physically making the Museum itself, introducing
manufacturing once again to the site of the world’s first factory.
It will support the city’s strategy to promote civic pride, increase aspirations,
improve skills of the local workforce and develop a strong tourism and leisure
offer for residents and visitors alike.
Inspired by the Makers of the Past Telling the stories of Derby’s
heritage of making through our
significant collections of making
and social history. We aspire to
have 100% of collections
publically accessible.
Inspired by the Makers of TodayActive involvement of the
community in redesigning and
developing The Silk Mill spaces
through the citizen curator
approach piloted during the
Re:Make project.
Empowering the Makers of the Future Inspiring people to see themselves
as the next generation of
innovators, makers and creators
and aspire to careers in local
manufacturing companies, thus
helping to meet the recognised
skills gap.
The Museum of Making has three themes:
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Mantel Clock, 1806, George Vulliamy
During 2015-16 the ground floor of The Silk
Mill was open 2 days a week to the public.
This development work includes designing
the building and its exhibitions, testing out
events and activities, researching, cleaning
and recording our collections, developing
the business plan and fundraising.
This is a £16.4m project funded by the
HLF, Arts Council, Derby City Council and a
range of trusts, foundations, corporate and
individual donors and it will open in 2020.
Sharing stories at The Silk Mill
Working with collections on the Hub at The Silk Mill 15
DEVELOPING THE BUSINESSDerby Museums continues its enterprising
approach to diversifying income and
developing staff skills to create a more
resilient organisation. In 2015-16 we
continued to increase our earned income
by developing our fundraising, marketing,
retail, catering and commercial events.
Amy Simcox - Fundraising and Development Coordinator
This year has been a great year for
fundraising and we would like to thank
every person who has chosen to support
Derby Museums. Whether it is a pound
in the donation box, or a company
choosing to hire one of our spaces, we
would not be able to deliver everything
we do, without your support.
Buy a Bird at the Museum and Art Gallery
The Grand Tour exhibition launch16
BUY A BIRDThis year we launched our first individual giving scheme
‘Buy a Bird’ inspired by the bird collection in our new
nature gallery. For a minimum donation we offered people
the opportunity to ‘Buy a Bird’ in the name of their choice
to decorate the walls of the Museum and Art Gallery and
show their love for Derby Museums. So far we have sold
over 100 birds and raised over £6000 with many people
now renewing for a second year.
We held an event in June for our supporters
to celebrate the fundraising achievement.
We were amazed by the feedback we had from people
who had bought a bird for so many different reasons but
the love for Derby Museums was shared by everyone.
CONSOLILDATED INCOME AND EXPENDITURE YEAR TO MARCH 2016
INCOME
Arts Council England £399,000
Derby City Council £1,136,000
Donations £41,000
Income from Trading £139,000
Learning £20,000
Grants, Trusts & Foundations £340,000
Other £20,000
£2,095,000
EXPENDITURE
Commercial Trading Costs £103,000
Governance Cost £7,000
Staff Costs £1,181,000
Depreciation (non cash) £48,000
Premises £134,000
Supplies & Services £17,000
DCC Support Services £82,000
Marketing £49,000
Development £105,000
Exhibitions £25,000
Professional Fees £66,000
Learning £40,000
IT £30,000
Bank Charges £1,000
Training & Travel £34,000
Conservation £4,000
£1,926,000
‘I am pleased my small donation will go towards
raising money for the activity programmes. It is a great idea to raise
money by naming a bird’
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CORPORATE EVENTS2015/2016 has seen us widening our
corporate offer, to include venue hire,
corporate entertaining (including a
sell-out Christmas party night) corporate
volunteering and sponsorship opportunities.
We have redeveloped some of our
previously under used rooms, to create
even more unique spaces to hire and have
also launched our corporate partnership
scheme which allows companies work
with us for a year.
These changes coupled with a fantastic
customer focused service has seen an
increase in our corporate income by 150%.
We continue to work closely with our
corporate community to ensure we
can deliver what they need, and are
excited to work within such a supportive
business community.
Joseph Wright Cromford Paintings reveal at the Museum and Art Gallery
Wedding at The Silk Mill18
Nicola Raybone - Retail Supervisor
“The improvement to Pickford’s House
Shop has also given us the opportunity
to expand and grow our retail offering
at this site through new product ranges
resulting in a more diverse offering and
greater choice. The response from our
visitors both onsite and via social media
has been fantastic and we are already
seeing a positive impact financially. “VENUE HIREWe have continued to expand the
number and variety of events held at
The Silk Mill from craft fairs to comedy
events. This year saw us successfully host
our first wedding which has led to further
bookings and growing demand for Derby
Museums as a unique wedding venue.
RETAILOver the past year the retail offering has been
through a number of changes. One significant
development being the planning and delivery
of a brand new retail space at Pickford’s House.
The Brewhouse Shop has enhanced the visitor experience
dramatically, not only offering a wonderful spacious place to
pick up that all important souvenir but visitors can now exit
the house directly to the beautiful gardens through the shop.
Pickford’s House Christmas Shop
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MAKING HISTORY WITH OUR COMMUNITYDerby Museums puts public participation at its heart. Our museums
help people think feel and do.
• The Derby Makers helped to support young people learn about
electronics and coding in Code Club, facilitated visitors to access the
laser cutter in the workshops and manned their very popular
rope maker for Maker Faire.
• Nature Ambassadors engage with visitors about the natural
history collection in the notice nature feel joy gallery, explain
the co-production method to visitors when describing how the
gallery was produced and learn about the collections to develop
more in depth knowledge to pass on to visitors.
• Pickford’s House Ambassadors share their passion for our
beautiful Georgian town house with our visitors, bringing the
house to life with their insights into the history of the building
and its fascinating occupants.
• The exhibition Shellshock was created with Headway Derby, an
organisation which supports people with brain injuries, their
families and carers. Participants responded to World War One taking
inspiration from art, poetry, photographs and letters to create work
which resonates with their own experiences of head injury.
Derby Makers at Derby Mini Maker Faire
Work from Shellshock exhibition20
Daniel Martin - Curator of Making
“This year we launched a co-production
project to support the Eroica Britannia
vintage cycling festival at Bakewell with
the Velocipathy exhibition at Haddon
Hall. We partnered up with Bike It Derby,
a scheme run by Sustrans and Derby City
Council to help jobseekers in the city
access sustainable transport to be able to
get to and from work. During their time
with us they selected the objects, picked
out the key themes, learned how to use
3D software to design the exhibition,
learned how to use workshop equipment
including the laser cutter and CNC
machine, and built the exhibition from
scratch to their own designs. When
we say learned, we mean as much
from each other as from the museum
staff who, in turn, learned from the
jobseekers. The end result was a hugely
popular exhibition that spent a month
on display at Haddon Hall before
being re-installed at The Silk Mill. The
other outcome that is unique to the
co-production approach was a job.
Several of the jobseekers went on to
employment as a result of the project.”
Velocipathy exhibition at Haddon Hall
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LEARNING IN DERBY MUSEUMSDerby Museums provides relevant and meaningful
learning experiences - connecting people with
collections and enabling lifelong learning.
The celebration of making, informs the public programming
across the sites. Young Makers and Let’s Make at The Silk Mill
allows our audiences the chance to explore their curiosity
and develop their confidence and skills in a social and
historical environment.
We hosted TEDxDerby 2015 at The Silk Mill – a space for curious
minds to discuss the theme “Remade”. We co-produced the
Institute of Engineering’s Robot Triathlon 2015, supplementing
the competition with family friendly robotics activities designed
to engage younger audiences as part of British Science Week.
The fourth Derby Mini Maker Faire was another
highlight of the programme, doubling in size to include
a large Maker Showcase marquee, headlined by maker
Johnny White and his Human Ice and Fire Machine.
We held the first Future Museums Week – including
the first Future Museums Symposium. These events
brought researchers and critical thinkers to the Museum,
connecting audiences with contemporary debates.
The Museums at Night event was a live streamed
taxidermy demonstration providing a memorable
experience for our visitors.
From Family Fridays to Art Hubs, and Handling Nature
to Tots Make and Do there are so many ways for
families to creatively respond to our collections.
Young Maker at The Silk Mill
Adventures in the Stone Age school session at the Museum and Art Gallery22
SCHOOLSThe number of facilitated sessions
delivered has almost doubled on the
previous year, and several new sessions
were added to the programme.
Our projects have been delivered with,
schools, colleges and universities, and
with organisations including
Rolls-Royce, the Royal Aeronautical
Society, the Institution of Engineering and
Technology, Codasign Digital Workshops,
and the Derbyshire Education and
Business Partnership.
Derby Museums also regularly participate
in annual events such as The Big Bang Fair,
Kids in Museums - Takeover Day and Just
Imagine… Working Here.
Within developing the Museum of
Making, the education and learning
provision has been reinvented as the
Institute of STEAM. This puts the A of
the arts into STEM (Science, Technology,
Engineering and Mathematics) It better
expresses the breadth of cross-disciplinary
thinking and working that takes place in
the real world.
Derby Mini Maker Faire 2015
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VOLUNTEERINGGemma Hopkins - Co-production Volunteer and Programme Coordinator
“Volunteering in Derby Museums
is based on a mutual relationship.
People give their time freely to benefit
the museum, in return we provide a
supportive, fun environment where
volunteers can learn new things, make
friends and give back to the community.
Our volunteers give their time for a
broad spectrum of reasons, many
juggling volunteering with busy lives.
We have opportunities that offer
flexibility, including longer-term, regular
commitments, short-term project based
opportunities, remote volunteering
opportunities (where volunteers can give
their time from home) and even ‘micro
volunteering’ opportunities for those that
have just hours or even minutes to spare.
In early 2016 we trialled our first ‘remote’
volunteering role in support of the ‘Maker
Voices’ project. Volunteers were recruited
to transcribe interviews between Maker
in Residence, Daniel Lingham and local
Derbyshire Makers. Volunteers visited
The Silk Mill once to meet the team and
receive training on transcription software,
then carried out transcriptions from the
comfort of their own homes. Remote
volunteering could help us to broaden our
reach in terms of volunteers from further
afield (we could eventually have an
international team of volunteers!) but may
also be another way for us to offer truly
flexible volunteering opportunities.
We also held our very first corporate
volunteering experience when a team
from Premier Inn hotel came to The Silk
Mill to help us paint the space, care for
some of our objects share their ideas for
The Museum of Making.
Our volunteers are at the heart of the
museum. They are the Us in Museum.”
PwC volunteers at Pickford’s House
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Song Thrush specimens
As part of the notice nature feel joy
gallery, we commissioned ethical
taxidermist, Jazmine Miles-Long to
create a study of two Song Thrushes.
One shows the complete specimen
while the other is partially exposed
revealing the inner structure
created by the taxidermist.
John Whitehurst III apprentice notebook
This notebook formerly belonged to
the Derby clockmaker John Whitehurst
III and was subsequently used by one
of his apprentices. The notebook
contains descriptions and drawings of
clock movements, as well as recipes
for gilding and types of solder, giving
a fascinating insight into the world of
clock making in the 19th century.
Master Fane
We welcomed the loan of
George Romney’s portrait of
Master Thomas Fane and his
Dog. This portrait was shown
alongside Joseph Wright of
Derby’s painting of The Wood
Children at Pickford’s House, in a
special exhibition that explored
the Georgian experience
of childhood.
NEW ARRIVALS
Wooden Chalice and paten
This wooden chalice and
paten was carved from beams
of the old St Alkmund’s Church
demolished in 1844. These items
had originally belonged to a
family in Limerick and had found
their way into the collection of
the Representative Church Body
Library in Dublin before being
offered to Derby Museums.
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DERBY MUSEUMS IN NUMBERS
£168,282commercial sales
volunteer hourscash donations
8,214£26,345
3sites
6,748new objects
shown
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children visitors
295
£16.5m
300,000Years since The Silk Mill Age of The Silk Mill
Investment in Derby Silk Mill - Museum of Making
years age of the oldest object
visitors88,440
22,597
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