Donations sought as Museum of Making suffers flood damage

This article was first published by Museums and Heritage.

Public donations are being sought in the wake of flood damage at Derby’s Museum of Making.

Over the weekend, Derby Museums – the trust which operates the museum of industry and history – said severe weather conditions had exposed the building to substantial flood damage.

In an announcement, the trust said: “Whilst the building was designed to withstand an element of flooding and our teams worked tirelessly to move as much as possible off the ground floor, water levels are far higher than predicted at planning stage and the interruption to our day to day activity is likely to be substantial, with significant loss of income”.