Procure museus e pinturas

Derby (Derbyshire) / Reino Unido

Derby é uma cidade da região leste da Inglaterra. A cidade é situada nas margens do Rio Derwent e faz parte do condado de Derbyshire. O censo de 2001 mostrou que a população era de 233.700 pessoas.

Derby Museum and Art Gallery

Derby (Derbyshire) / Reino Unido

O Derby Museum and Art Gallery é um museu histórico e de belas-artes localizado na cidade de Derby, na Inglaterra, estabelecido em 1879. Tem importantes colecções de arqueologia pré-histórica e industrial, além de porcelanas Royal Crown Derby dos séculos XVIII e XIX e pinturas notáveis do artista Joseph Wright, nativo de Derby e considerado o "primeiro pintor profissional que expressou o espírito da Revolução Industrial". O museu se localiza, junto com a biblioteca municipal, num edificio de estilo gótico do arquiteto Richard Knill Freeman, cuja construção foi finalizada em 1876.

Derby School

Derby (Derbyshire) / Reino Unido

Derby DAR-bee) is a city and unitary authority area in Derbyshire, England. It lies on the banks of the River Derwent in the south of Derbyshire, of which it was traditionally the county town. Derby gained city status in 1977, and by the 2011 census its population was 248,700. Derby was settled by Romans – who established the town of Derventio – Saxons and Vikings, who made Derby one of the Five Boroughs of the Danelaw. Initially a market town, Derby grew rapidly in the industrial era. Home to Lombe's Mill, an early British factory, Derby has a claim to be one of the birthplaces of the Industrial Revolution. It contains the southern part of the Derwent Valley Mills World Heritage Site. With the arrival of the railways in the 19th century, Derby became a centre of the British rail industry. Derby is a centre for advanced transport manufacturing, being home to the world's second largest aero-engine manufacturer: Rolls-Royce. Bombardier Transportation are based at the Derby Litchurch Lane Works and were for many years the UK's only train manufacturers. Toyota Manufacturing UK's automobile headquarters is southwest of the city at Burnaston. To the east lies Nottingham, separated by the M1 motorway.

Pickford's House Museum

Derby (Derbyshire) / Reino Unido

Pickford's House Museum of Georgian Life and Costume is in Derby, England. It is named after architect Joseph Pickford, who built it as his family home in 1770. It was opened as a museum in 1988. The building is Grade I listed.