Derby Museums is an independent trust and organisation run for, and on behalf of, the people of Derby.
We provide a museums and arts service, accessible to everyone, and are responsible for the curation of all the artefacts and works of art entrusted to us, and the buildings in which these are held. Our aim as a new organisation is to bring as many of these objects into the public domain as is practically possible and exhibit them in ways that delight and inspire.
We also run education and learning programmes, and hold events and exhibitions with the purpose of sharing knowledge and inspiring creativity and making amongst the people of Derby. As well as schools and student learning, we run many events for adults and groups, as well as families.
Our collections and the information we hold about them are as unique as our location and history; we are a city continually shaped and driven by creativity and innovation, located in a valley that changed the world. The services we provide are also designed to promote the city: using its rich and important past to inspire its future.
Our educational programmes and projects are designed to make connections between people and place, past, present and future – inspiring new ideas and innovative ways of working.
We aim to work with creativity and passion, and see our heritage and stories as the inspiration for everything we do.
