Derbyshire Makes | The Makory

The Makory

What is the Makory?

Threading its way between all of the Festival’s six Hubs will be The Makory, a mobile workshop and gallery managed by the Museum of Making. Working with Derby Museums and the Derbyshire Record Office, special exhibits will be selected from local collections to inspire free, hands-on activities led by local artists and makers.

Find The Makory at the Hub locations during the festival and join us aboard to be inspired by local heritage stories and celebrate where you live. Everyone is welcome.

The following artists have been selected to lead workshops in The Makory during the Festival:

Verity Foster: Chesterfield and Heanor

Sophie Gresswell: Bolsover

Jenny Stevenson: Swadlincote

Gordon MacLelland: Cromford

Dr Tim Campbell-Brown: Glossop

Strips of stickers of eyes, some with eyelashes, some half closed in black and white on a wooden table
The Makory, Wirksworth Arts Festival 2024. Photo Richard Tymon
Side view of a large bus parked on cobbles in front of a red brick building. The bus is mostly golden yellow in colour with shapes in different colours - green bottle bank, pink bobbin and blue side view of a hot dog. Derbyshire Makes is written in red at the front of the bus
The Makory. Photo Richard Tymon
A young boy with red hair wearing a patterned orange hoodie bends down to draw on a table. A woman with glasses and blonde hair stands behind him. In front of them are cases containing objects
The Makory. Photo Richard Tymon
Woman with long curly hair bends over a table picking up objects as a toddler watches
The Makory, Heanor. Photo Richard Tymon
Strips of stickers of eyes, some with eyelashes, some half closed in black and white on a wooden table
The Makory, Wirksworth Arts Festival 2024. Photo Richard Tymon
Side view of a large bus parked on cobbles in front of a red brick building. The bus is mostly golden yellow in colour with shapes in different colours - green bottle bank, pink bobbin and blue side view of a hot dog. Derbyshire Makes is written in red at the front of the bus
The Makory. Photo Richard Tymon
A young boy with red hair wearing a patterned orange hoodie bends down to draw on a table. A woman with glasses and blonde hair stands behind him. In front of them are cases containing objects
The Makory. Photo Richard Tymon
Woman with long curly hair bends over a table picking up objects as a toddler watches
The Makory, Heanor. Photo Richard Tymon

Derby Museums

Derby Museums is an independent charitable trust operating three museums: the Museum and Art Gallery, Museum of Making and Pickford’s House. It cares for the collections of cultural heritage on behalf of Derby City Council for the people of Derby. It also houses the Royal Lancers Museum.

Derby Silk Mill is widely regarded as the site of the world’s first modern factory and is in the Derwent Valley, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, it has recently opened as the UK’s first Museum of Making. Derby Museums has the finest collection of work by Joseph Wright of Derby, the 18th century artist of the Enlightenment and is ‘Designated’ by Arts Council England as a collection of national significance. Derby’s identity was 300 years in the making, and the Enlightenment spirit of creativity and invention resonates today.

Derwent Valley Mills World Heritage Site

The Derwent Valley Mills and the surrounding landscape were inscribed as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 2001. The reason for this international recognition is that the valley saw the birth of the factory system, when new types of building were erected to house new technology for spinning cotton. The need to provide housing and other facilities resulted in the creation of the first modern industrial settlements.

Support from Derwent Valley Mills World Heritage Site supported the original development of The Makory.

Derbyshire Record Office

Derbyshire Record Office provides the archives and local studies services for the county, bringing Derbyshire's fascinating past to life for residents, visitors and students.

You can enjoy online and travelling exhibitions and explore local studies and archive collections. Derbyshire Record Office also catalogues and conserves the archives of the National Coal Board for Derbyshire.

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