The chosen location for the museum was the site of what is believed to have been the world’s first mechanised factory – a former silk mill, rebuilt in the late 19th century.

It tells the story of silk weaving through exhibits and live demonstrations of the silk textile-making process.

Whitchurch Silk Mill is thrilled to offer an exclusive January promotion, granting free entry to RG, SO and SP postcode […] ...

The Silk Mill Museum in Derby, which is currently reinventing itself as a Museum of Making, recently celebrated its second Robot Day – showing young people what’s so great about building their ...

Derby's Museum of Making features more than 30,000 exhibits, including Rolls-Royce engines and a Silk motorbike. The attraction is based inside the 300-year-old Grade II listed Silk Mill and ...

WHITCHURCH Silk Mill, the country's only operational mill of its kind, is hosting two student interns supported by the Basingstoke Deane Rotary. The mill, best known for silk production for brands ...

In 1872, the Meiji government established the Tomioka Silk Mill in Gunma Prefecture. Paul Brunat, a French national, was hired to create a state-of-the-art silk reeling mill to transition the ...

For a limited period you can discover the magic of silk production, witness historic machinery in action and explore the Mill ...