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Museums & Galleries in Derbyshire
From local history to serious collections, here\'s what\'s worth your time around Derbyshire — think Darley Dale Waiting Room Museum, Peak District Mining Museum and Masson Mills Working Textile Museum — with distances and visitor reviews to choose by.
Museums & Galleries
2.6 mi from Derbyshire
Peak District Mining Museum
The Peak District Lead Mining Museum is located at Matlock Bath, Derbyshire, England. The Peak District Mining Museum is operated as charity by the Peak District Mines Historical S... — Wikipedia
3.4 mi from Derbyshire
Cromford Mills
Cromford Mill is the world's first water-powered cotton spinning mill, developed by Richard Arkwright in 1771 in Cromford, Derbyshire, England. The mill structure is classified as... — Wikipedia
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4.1 mi from Derbyshire
National Stone Centre
The National Stone Centre is a 40-acre site of natural landscape on the edge of the Peak District, just 30 minutes north of Derby in the Derbyshire Dales. It makes for an education...
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4.4 mi from Derbyshire
High Peak Junction
High Peak Junction, near Cromford, Derbyshire, England, is the name now used to describe the site where the former Cromford and High Peak Railway (C&HPR), whose workshops were loca... — Wikipedia
5.5 mi from Derbyshire
Old House Museum
Old House Museum in Bakewell is a five-hundred-year-old building, originally built as a tithe house in 1534, making it the oldest standing residence in the town. Across eleven room...
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6 mi from Derbyshire
National Tramway Museum
The National Tramway Museum in Crich, Derbyshire, is an open-air heritage attraction where you can ride vintage trams through a recreated village street and out into open countrysi...
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7.2 mi from Derbyshire
The Great British Car Journey
The Great British Car Journey is an interactive motoring museum in Crich, Derbyshire, telling the story of British car-making through more than 150 classic cars, from the Austin Se...
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9.4 mi from Derbyshire
Chesterfield Museum
Chesterfield Museum and Art Gallery is a local museum and art gallery in the town of Chesterfield, Derbyshire, England. — Wikipedia
9.6 mi from Derbyshire
Strutt's North Mill
Strutt's North Mill forms part of the Derwent Valley Mills World Heritage Site in Belper, Derbyshire, and is run as a museum exploring the history of the Strutt family's mills. You...
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10 mi from Derbyshire
Eyam Museum
Eyam Museum tells the story of this famous Derbyshire Dales village, including its experience of plague in 1665-1666 and its wider social history and industrial heritage. It's an i...
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10.6 mi from Derbyshire
West Shed Experience
Independent Museum in the East Midlands, United Kingdom
11 mi from Derbyshire
Revolution House
Thatched cottage in Old Whittington, Chesterfield, Derbyshire, England, UK
11.8 mi from Derbyshire
Stainsby Mill
Stainsby Mill is a 19th-century flour watermill in Doe Lea, Chesterfield, Derbyshire, England. The mill, which has been restored to full working order, is a Grade II listed buildin... — Wikipedia
12.5 mi from Derbyshire
Barrow Hill Roundhouse Museum
Barrow Hill Roundhouse is the last surviving operational railway roundhouse in the United Kingdom, set in Staveley near Chesterfield, Derbyshire. It's an amazing family-friendly mu...
13.2 mi from Derbyshire
Abbeydale Industrial Hamlet
Abbeydale Industrial Hamlet is a historic scythe and steelworks site in Sheffield dating back to the 1700s, where you can explore the Manager's House, Worker's Cottage and Counting...
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13.8 mi from Derbyshire
Vacuum Cleaner Museum and Repairer
Mr Vacuum Cleaner is a combined sales, service, repair and museum business based on Market Street in Heanor, Derbyshire, in the Amber Valley area. Alongside its museum displays, it...
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