Derby Museum and Art Gallery in the English city of Derby was opened in the late 19th century, funded by the local industrialist Michael Thomas Bass. It houses collections on local history, archaeology, natural history and the arts. It is best known for its holdings of paintings by Joseph Wright of Derby, the 18th-century painter famous for his dramatic candlelit scenes of scientific experiments, and it holds the largest collection of his work in the world. The museum also has displays of Derby porcelain, which was made in the city, and of local Roman and medieval finds. It remains a free public museum run by the city council.
Before and after
- 1879Founding of Sunderland A.F.C.
- 1879Invention of incandescent light bulb
- 1879Discovery of scandium
- from 1879 to 1915South African Wars
- 1879Construction of Derby Museum and Art Gallery
- 1879Altamira cave paintings are discovered
- from 11 January 1879 to 4 July 1879Anglo-Zulu War
- from 22 January 1879 to 23 January 1879Battle of Rorke's Drift
- 23 February 1879Birth of Kazimir Malevich
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The era
This moment belongs to the Industrial era (1760 CE to 1914 CE), steam, factories and revolutions. You can also browse everything in the 19th century.