Derwent Valley Mills at Home
Derwent Valley Mills At Home
We thought we’d put together a few activities to help keep you and the family enjoying the Derwent Valley Mills at home! Get creative with The Monday Challenge and try out some of these fun ideas which will help develop some new skills too!
How well do you know our World Heritage Site? Have a go at our Quiz Questions to test your knowledge!
Get to Know DVMWHS – we’ve been working on some great little videos which will help keep you connected with this beautiful World Heritage Site, and learn more about the history of this special place.
Crafting at Home – Georgina Greaves, our colleague from Derbyshire Environmental Studies Service, has put together a series of short videos showing how to do some simple textile crafts at home.
DVMWHS Creative Activities: lots of fun creative activities for the whole family to enjoy and try at home.
Discovery Days Online: if you missed our online festival in the autumn, you can watch it all here.
‘Moved to Create’: if you missed our temporary art exhibition at Cromford during the weekend of 16th to 18th April to celebrate World Heritage Day (18th April), you can view all of the exhibits here.
Cromford Mills and Derby Museums also have their own activities for you to get involved with so check out their websites too via the links below:
Cromford Mills Learning From Home
We hope these will remind you of the places you love to visit too!
Quiz Questions
Quiz Questions Test your knowledge of the Derwent Valley Mills World Heritage Site! 1. Which Derwent Valley Mill complex comprises four mills: West Mill, Long Mill, Middle Mill and East Mill? 2. Which Mill is being redeveloped and will, hopefully, be re-opened later this year and will be called the Museum of Making? 3. In […]
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The Monday Challenge
Our Monday Challenges Every Monday we’ve been posting a challenge for everyone to try at home – inspired by something linking to our World Heritage Site. Why not have a go too? You can share what you’ve done on our Facebook page @DerwentValleyMillsWHS Try a Building Challenge! Can you build one of our famous […]
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Get to Know DVMWHS
Get to Know the Derwent Valley Mills World Heritage Site This series of short videos have been put together to help you get to know the Derwent Valley Mills World Heritage Site a little better, including the important Attributes and Elements that make it a World Heritage Site. We hope you enjoy these!
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Crafting at Home
Georgina Greaves, from Derbyshire Environmental Studies Service, has produced a series of videos which explain how to do some easy textile crafts at home.
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