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Museum of Making, Derby

uilt in 1721, and considered the world’s first modern factory, Derby Silk Mill is a key part of Derwent Valley Mills UNESCO World Heritage Site, a blueprint for the many industrial settlements that followed. Post restoration, the mill is reopening this spring as the Museum of Making. It will tell 300-plus years of industrious history through a collection of 30,000 objects, including the world’s tiniest engine (run

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