Museum of Making
Museum of Making is a museum in Derby. It comes under Derby City Council. Add Derby Museum and Art Gallery, 400 m away, to a visit; it leads 45 places within 15 km.
Museum in Derby
One of the best-known places to visit in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland
#134 of the 8,556 museums, castles, gardens and other attractions we list, by how widely it is covered (25 Wikipedias). About ↓
Inside Derby
Museum of Making is inside Derby’s built-up area, with 15 more places to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓
Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, the ONS built-up areas and Met Office 1991–2020 averages.
Weather, month by month
Aim for June to September, when Derby reaches 19–22°C.
Museum of Making
There are Wikipedia articles on it in 25 languages.
- Type
- Museum
- Run by
- Derby City Council
- Wikipedias
- Covered in 25 languages
- Town
- in Derby
- Official site
- derbymuseums.org/locations/museum-of-making
Useful details
The area around Museum of Making
Orange marks Museum of Making, and the numbered points match the list of places below.
© OpenStreetMap contributors · The dashed line is Derby’s built-up area. · ONS built-up area 2022
Towns within reach of Museum of Making
The 8 towns are led in size by Derby, with 275,561 people. The towns whose pages list it: the one it is in, those within 5 km of it, then larger towns further out.
Derby
Breadsall
Little Eaton
Quarndon
Compare the 8 towns
| Town | Where Museum of Making is | People | Places to visit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Derby | It’s in town | 275,561 | 29 |
| Breadsall | 3.2 km northeast of it | 795 | 14 |
| Little Eaton | 3.8 km north of it | 1,875 | 16 |
| Quarndon | 3.8 km northwest of it | 999 | 15 |
| Makeney | 6.8 km north of it | 4,691 | 6 |
| Borrowash | 7 km east of it | 7,171 | 6 |
| Findern | 7.5 km southwest of it | 1,608 | 3 |
| Stanley | 7.7 km northeast of it | 543 | 3 |
Each has its own grades, prices and things to do.
What else is near Museum of Making
Nearby, 45 places within 15 km include 3 castles, 2 museums and a cathedral.
MuseumDerby Museum and Art Gallery400 m away2
MuseumPickford's House Museum700 m away3
CathedralDerby Cathedral200 m away4
Historic house · National TrustKedleston Hall5.5 km away5
Castle · National TrustDuffield Castle7.5 km away6
GardenDerby Arboretum1.7 km away7CastleCastleMackworth Castle4.2 km away8
CastleMelbourne Castle12 km awayWithin 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.
Visiting Museum of Making
Where is Museum of Making?
Museum of Making is in Derby, Derbyshire, inside the town’s built-up area.
What is Museum of Making?
Museum in Derby, United Kingdom.
Who runs Museum of Making?
Derby City Council.
When is the best time to visit Museum of Making?
June to September are the warmest months in Derby, with afternoon highs of 19–22°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).
What else is there to see near Museum of Making?
Within 15 km: Derby Museum and Art Gallery (400 m), Pickford's House Museum (700 m), Derby Cathedral (200 m) and Kedleston Hall (5.5 km).
Places: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database Licence) and Wikidata (CC0), placed in the ONS 2022 built-up area (Open Government Licence v3.0). Visitor counts are the latest Wikidata gives, with their year.
Photos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
Photo credits (8)
- Museum of Making: Matt Brown, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Derby Museum and Art Gallery: Janet Roberts from UK, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Pickford's House Museum: sps1955 from UK, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Derby Cathedral: Nick Moyes, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Kedleston Hall: Hans A. Rosbach, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Duffield Castle: Mike Bardill, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Derby Arboretum: James Haynes, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Melbourne Castle: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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