View The Weeping Window Ceramic Poppies at The Silk Mill, Derby
Weeping Window is a cascade comprising several thousand handmade ceramic poppies, and was originally seen pouring from a high window to the ground below at the Tower of London as part of the installation Blood Swept Lands and Seas of Red.
During the First World War, Derby Silk Mill was divided into two businesses, one grinding corn and the other making medical supplies, both integral to the British war effort and scarce by 1916.
Derby as a whole played a vital part in production during the
9am to 6pm everyday, with late closing on Thursdays ie 9pm
Free to enter
Cafe and Shop on site
The Silk Mill Museum, off Full Street, Derby, Derbyshire DE1 3AF
Fri 9 Jun to Sun 23 Jul 2017