Days Out in Derby

I Do Wedding Exhibitions

Featuring an amazing range of wedding suppliers including cake makers, bridal wear, wedding venues, grooms wear, jewellers, venue stylists, photographers, weddi…

Pride Park, Derby

Work Records: Animating Historic Working Lives

WORK Records explores the holdings of three heritage collections Derbyshire Record Office, Corby Heritage Centre and John Smedley Archive.Working with curators,…

Derby Museum and Art Gallery, Derby

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Exhibition Tour - Joseph Wright: From The Shadows

Join one of our expert team for a guided tour of the Wright of Derby: From the Shadows exhibition.

Derby Museum and Art Gallery, Derby

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Luminous landscapes: Wright of Derbys scenes of fire and moonlight with Prof. Stephen Daniels

In his later career Joseph Wright turned to landscape painting, including dramatic night scenes of erupting volcanoes, burning cottages and illuminated factorie…

Derby Museum and Art Gallery, Derby

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Prints inspired by Wright with Green Door Printmaking

Create your own prints inspired by Joseph Wright with Green Door Printmaking.Discover more about printing techniques as you will get the opportunity to watch a…

The Museum of Making, Derby

Museum Matinees: Against the National Interest with Elaine Pritchard

Author and playwright Elaine Pritchard tells the story of Vale Rawlings, a World War One conscientious objector from Burton-on-Trent in this talk with dramatic,…

Derby Museum and Art Gallery, Derby

Wright in Italy: New light on Joseph Wright's Grand Tour with Dr Jonny Yarker

Joseph Wright spent almost two years on the Continent at a critical stage in his career, yet it remains the least known period of his life.Reconstructing the ar…

Derby Museum and Art Gallery, Derby

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Museum Lates: Drink and Draw

Inspired by The Year of Wright, join Derby Museums for a special after-hours addition of our popular Life Drawing class, complete with a glass of wine on arriva…

Derby Museum and Art Gallery, Derby

An Evening of Discovery: Derby Museums'Fundraising Concert

Join us for an unforgettable evening of music, art, history and community set within the intimate surroundings of the Joseph Wright Gallery as we raise vital fu…

Derby Museum and Art Gallery, Derby

An Evening of Enlightenment: The Year of Wright Finale

Join us for a special evening celebrating the conclusion of Derby Museums' Year of Wright. Set within the inspiring surroundings of the Joseph Wright Gallery at…

Derby Museum and Art Gallery, Derby

Painter and Place: exhibiting Wright in nineteenth-century Derby with Dr Alice Insley

As his soubriquet 'of Derby' makes clear, Joseph Wright's close association with his hometown was, and is, an integral part of his artistic identity.Indeed, thi…

Derby Museum and Art Gallery, Derby

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Wright of Derby: The Shock of the New with Matthew Wilson

Matthew Wilson is a writer, art historian and educator who specialises in how we interpret and understand visual culture.

Derby Museum and Art Gallery, Derby

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Is Tomb Raider Archaeology? With Christopher Lowman

Lara Croft is Derby's pop-culture-famous archaeologist... but is what she does in video games and movies really archaeology?Learn about the archaeology that ins…

Derby Museum and Art Gallery, Derby

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Assemble: Derby's Making Festival 2026

A celebration of all things making - meet the makers and discover what you can make!Assemble: Derby's Making Festival is a family-friendly showcase of invention…

The Museum of Making, Derby

From Soup to Nuts: A Complete Catalogue of the Oil Paintings of Joseph Wright of Derby

This talk will present highlights and case studies from Martin Postles ongoing research, relating to his forthcoming catalogue of Wrights oil paintings, to be p…

Derby Museum and Art Gallery, Derby

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Seeking The Saxon Shore with Dr Maxwell Craven

In the later third century AD, the outer reaches of the Roman empire were being threatened on all sides by hostile powers.

Derby Museum and Art Gallery, Derby