This list of museums in Derbyshire, England contains museums which are defined for this context as institutions (including nonprofit organizations, government entities, and private businesses) that collect and care for objects of cultural, artistic, scientific, or historical interest and make their collections or related exhibits available for public viewing. Also included are non-profit art galleries and university art galleries. Museums that exist only in cyberspace (i.e., virtual museums) are not included.

Museums

Name Image Town/City Type Summary 80s Video Shop Alfreton Living History website collection of 80s VHS tapes, movie posters, arcade machines and a screening room, housed in a period store Bakewell Old House Museum Bakewell Multiple website, historic Tudor house with period rooms, Victorian mill workers dwelling, textiles, toys Barrow Hill Roundhouse Barrow Hill Railway Preserved roundhouse and locomotives Belper Heritage Centre Belper Local information, local history, also known as St. John's Chapel Heritage Centre Bolsover Castle Bolsover Historic house Operated by English Heritage Buxton Museum and Art Gallery Buxton Multiple Local history, archaeology, fossils and minerals, natural history, art. Free admission. Operated by Derbyshire County Council. The Wonders of the Peak gallery includes local relics from the Bronze Age, Stone Age and Roman times. Located in the old Peak Hydropathic Hotel building since 1928. Calke Abbey Ticknall Historic house Operated by the National Trust, Baroque country house and garden Carnfield Hall South Normanton Historic house Country house and park, open by appointment on guided tours Chatsworth House Chatsworth Historic house Seat of the Dukes of Devonshire, features priceless paintings, furniture, Old Master drawings, neoclassical sculpture, books and other artefacts, gardens Chesterfield Museum and Art Gallery Chesterfield Multiple Free admission. Operated by Chesterfield Borough Council. Exhibitions cover the story of Chesterfield from Roman times, the Middle Ages and the Industrial Revolution.Creswell Crags MuseumCreswellNatural historyCollection of Ice Age and Stone Age artefacts, including prehistoric objects found in the caves and gorge of Creswell Crags. Admission charge. Cromford Mill Cromford Industry Exhibition of cotton spinning mill machinery and buildings. Located in Richard Arkwright's water-powered cotton mill complex, built in 1771, which are part of the Derwent Valley Mills World Heritage Site. Admission charge. David Mellor Visitor Centre Hathersage Art website, museum of cutlery designs of David Mellor, factory and store Denby Pottery Visitor's Centre Denby Art website, small museum of china and porcelain decorative art of the Denby Pottery Company, shop and factory tours Derby Computer Museum Derby Computer Museum website. A registered charity computer museum run by volunteers which specialises in providing a hands on experience Derby Gaol Derby Prison 18th century prison Derby Museum and Art Gallery Derby Multiple Fine art, porcelains, local history, archaeology, natural history, geology and military collections. Operated by Derby Museums charity. Exhibits include large collections of Joseph Wright paintings and Royal Crown Derby porcelain. Established in 1879. Derby Silk Mill (Museum of Making) Derby Industry Local industries, railway, STEM exhibits. Operated by Derby Museums charity. Opened in 1974 and previously called Derby Industrial Museum. Located in Lombe's Silk Mill.Derbyshire Police MuseumDerbyExhibition of the history of Derbyshire Constabulary. Erewash Museum Ilkeston Local Local history, industry, period rooms and art exhibits tell the story of Erewash including Victorian life and Stanton Ironworks. Located in the Georgian mansion Dalby House. Operated by Erewash Borough Council. Eyam Hall Eyam Historic house Jacobean manor house with costumes, needlework, family portraits, gardens Eyam Museum Eyam Local Local history, impact of the Bubonic Plague in 1665. Located in the old Methodist chapel, opened in 1994 and operated by a local charity. Admission charge. Haddon Hall Bakewell Historic house Medieval manor house and gardens Hardwick Hall Doe Lea Historic house Operated by the National Trust, significant Elizabethan country house, collection of embroideries, gardens, grounds include Stainsby Mill Heage Windmill Heage Mill website, working windmill built in 1797 High Peak Junction Cromford Railway Workshops for the former Cromford and High Peak Railway, near the Cromford Canal, part of the Derwent Valley Mills Hope House Costume Museum Alstonefield Fashion website, costumes and accessories from 1790 to the 1970s Kedleston Hall Kedleston Historic house Operated by the National Trust, 18th century Neoclassical country house, extensive collection of paintings, sculpture and original furnishings, museum of art and items from Asia Leawood Pump House High Peak Junction Technology Part of the Derwent Valley Mills, canal pump house with preserved steam engine Little Chester Heritage Centre Little Chester Local website, local history, located in St Paul's ChurchMasson Mills Working Textile MuseumMatlock BathIndustryExhibitions of cotton mill machinery and textiles. Located in Richard Arkwright's Masson Mills, built in 1783, which is part of the Derwent Valley Mills World Heritage Site. Admission charge. Melbourne Hall Melbourne Historic house Country house and gardens Middleton Top Engine House Middleton-by-Wirksworth Steam website, website, preserved beam engine Midland Railway – Butterley Butterley Railway Formerly known as Midland Railway Centre, heritage railway and museum. Operated by the Midland Railway Trust. Admission charge with steam train rides. Moorland Centre Edale Natural history website, geology, wildlife, plants and importance of the moorland and Peak District, operated by the Moors for the Future partnership National Stone Centre Middleton-by-Wirksworth Geology website, geology, earth science, mining, uses for rocks and minerals, site of former limestone quarries, outdoor fossil trail. National Tramway Museum Crich Railway Restored period village, home to the National Tramway Museum. Admission charge including tram ride. Collection includes over 80 trams dating from 1873 to 1982. National Trust Museum of Childhood Sudbury Toy Operated by the National Trust, located at Sudbury Hall. Historical collection of toys, games and dolls. Admission charge. New Mills Heritage and Information Centre New Mills Local website, local history Old Manor Norbury Historic house Operated by the National Trust, medieval hall Peak District Lead Mining Museum Matlock Bath Mining Lead mining, miner family life. Exhibits include a mockup of a lead mine. The museum is located inside the Grand Pavilion. Admission charge. Peak District National Park Visitor Centre - Castleton Castleton Multiple website, includes the Castleton Village Museum Peak District National Park Visitor Centre - Upper Derwent Bamford Natural history website, exhibits and information about the park Pickford's House Museum Derby Historic house Late 18th century Georgian townhouse, displays of eighteenth and nineteenth century costume, toys. Operated by Derby Museums charity. Family home of Georgian architect Joseph Pickford. Red House Stables Carriage Museum Matlock Transport website, THE CARRIAGE MUSEUM CLOSED Permanently - on 31 December 2017, original horse-drawn vehicles and equipment, blacksmith Renishaw Hall Renishaw Historic house Country house of the Sitwell family, gardens Revolution House Old Whittington Historic house 17th century alehouse with ties to the Glorious Revolution of 1688 Royal Crown Derby Visitor Centre Derby Art China and porcelain decorative art Shardlow Heritage Centre Shardlow Local website, local history Sharpe's Pottery Museum Swadlincote Art website, china and porcelain decorative art Sir Richard Arkwright's Masson Mills Matlock Bath Industry Water-powered cotton spinning mill, includes the Masson Mills Working Textile Museum, part of the Derwent Valley Mills Stainsby Mill Doe Lea Mill Operated by the National Trust, 19th-century flour watermill located on the grounds of Hardwick Hall Strutt's North Mill, Belper Belper Industry Part of the Derwent Valley Mills World Heritage Site, former water-powered cotton spinning mill, also includes the Derwent Valley Visitor's Centre. Exhibitions of local cotton spinning and hosiery. Located in William Strutt's fire-proof mill, built in 1804 Admission charge. Sudbury Hall Sudbury Historic house Operated by the National Trust, 17th century Restoration style mansion, features the National Trust Museum of Childhood Tissington Hall Tissington Historic house Early 17th century Jacobean mansion house Wirksworth Heritage Centre Wirksworth Local website, exhibition about the history, industries and people of this historic Peak District market town.

Defunct museums Heanor Heritage Centre, Heanor, closed in 2005http://www.heanorhistory.org.uk/heritage_centre.htm Closure of the Heanor Heritage Centre John King Workshop Museum, Alfreton, parts of collection moved to the National Coal Mining Museum for England M & C Collection of Historic Motorcycles, Bakewell, closed in 2012 Life in a Lens Museum of Photography & Old Times, Matlock Bath, closed in 2017-18

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Visitor attractions in Derbyshire