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Year 3 had a fantastic time this week Derby Museums. They learnt how to make fire, cave paint, use stone tools and clothes. Children also handled animal bones including a huge mammoth tooth! We also saw the impressive Bronze Age Hanson log boat that was found in Shardlow.

Derby city centre has come alive with festive activities following the launch of Festive Derby – Derby LIVE’s Christmas events programme 🎅 Find out more 👉 buff.ly/3ZvzGl0 #Bondholder Cathedral Quarter Derby Museums Derby Museums Derby Theatre Derby Arena Derby City Council Derby QUAD

Join us this Friday for Creative Mornings at the Museum and Art Gallery ☕ The theme is CYCLE and we have Thom Baker, Brand Strategy Consultant with a focus on green ambitions, as our guest speaker. Everyone is welcome! 📅 13 December, 9.30-11.30am creativemornings.com/talks/thom-bak…

🎉 Yesterday, we welcomed over 70 Friends & Volunteers for our annual festive party. To say thanks, we celebrated with delicious food & drinks from The River Kitchen. We can’t wait to see what we’ll achieve together in 2025! 👉 bit.ly/DMVolunteerWit… 👉 bit.ly/JoinDMFriends

👋 Meet our Learning facilitators! Recently Y8's attended our design focussed ‘Make It Sustainable’ session & e-textiles in ‘Electro Embroidery Lab’ to help with their option choices next year. We enjoyed guiding the students to follow a creative path. 👉 derbymuseums.org/learn/

Happy #MuseumSelfieDay!! Obviously Ranger Jon took our request for Museum selfies more seriously than Ranger Scott! Why not visit Derby Museums today and take your own selfie? Tag it with #CQSelfie so we can see them!!

🎨 Derby Museums and Art Gallery’s popular Life Drawing Classes return to The Wardwick this month. Materials are provided, but attendees are welcome to bring their own. Suitable for ages 18 and over. Spaces are limited, so advanced booking is essential! derbymuseums.org/event/life-dra…

Woven is a piece of music written for a wind quintet by Sinfonia Viva's principal oboist Maddy Aldis-Evans. On Thurs 30 Jan at 2pm it will be played at Derby Museums for the first time - the museum is the home of the loom that inspired it. Book now: sinfoniaviva.co.uk/event/sea-shan…

🍶Toasted Ceramic Fair is coming to Derby! 📍Derby Museums & Art Gallery 📅 29 - 30 Mar With free entry all day long and a jam-packed programme of demonstrations, bookable workshops, and free potters talks, this is a must-visit event ⬇ visitderby.co.uk/events/toasted… #DerbyUk #Ceramics

We had a wonderful time at the Derby Museums at the weekend at our Boat and The Blue concert entertaining our youngest audience members. We enjoyed the craft activities at the beginning, live drawing from Eleanor Meredith and of course fun music from our ensemble. #SinfoniaViva

Go see this Derby Museums Max's work is vibrant, thought-provoking and I love the colour palette he has deployed - big scale canvasses, thick luscious paint strokes and a range of inventive thought. derbymuseums.org/news/award-win… #vickersfineartaward #maxgimson #themissingact

The Missing Act is an exhibition of new paintings by artist Max Gimson, winner of the Jonathan Vickers Fine Art Award. The exhibition opened on 13 December at Derby Museums and Art Gallery and runs until 23 Feb. Just two weeks left to see this exhibition! artsderbyshire.org.uk/news/artists-a…

🖼️Alison Lambert: Human Exploration - Heads & Myths Derby Museums! 📅14 Mar - 4 May Experience bold, expressive portraiture like never before as Alison’s striking artworks delve into human emotion, mythology, and identity ⬇ visitderby.co.uk/events/alison-…

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3/4B are busy making their own Shabti 🎨 Derby Museums

I had a fascinating day last week talking through the #AudioDescription of handling exhibits with Hope from Derby Museums . It was such an immersive way to #MakeMuseumsAccessible to #blind and #PartiallySighted visitors. Here I am holding a 120,000 year old hippo scapula!

3/4B had lots of fun exploring Derby Museums ✨

🦇 Step into the shadows… 📍Derby Museums 📆 3 May Join fellow creatures of the night for Vampire Games Day and sink your teeth into an entire day of vampire-themed tabletop roleplaying games, hosted by seasoned storytellers ⬇ visitderby.co.uk/events/vampire… #DerbyUK #VampireGamesDay