Heritage Crafts

Discover Creative Careers Month: Crafting Careers

Museum of Making

FRIDAY 14 NOVEMBER, 2025
4:00 - 6:00

in-person event
1 Silk Mill Lane, Derby DE1 3AF

Discover Creative Careers Month: Crafting Careers

Discover your passion for craft and making at the Museum of Making on Friday 14 November!

Derby Museums and Heritage Crafts invite you to meet professional makers who will share an insight into their craft careers. This is part of Discover Creative Careers Month, a Government funded, industry led programme working to ensure there is a larger and more diverse intake of talent into the creative industries.

Meet inspiring craftspeople pioneering traditional techniques like blacksmithing, ceramics, weaving, lace and more. Experience specialised skills first-hand and discover diverse career paths in the creative industries you may have never imagined.This interactive session gives visitors a unique opportunity to:

National Lottery Heritage Fund
Swire Charitable Trust
Julia Rausing Trust
The Royal Mint
Maxwell/Hanrahan Foundation
Goldsmiths' Foundation

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