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The Cows Are Wet
25 March – 5 November 2025 at Bakewell Old House Museum
The Cows Are Wet is an exhibition exploring life as a teenager in Derbyshire, made possible by the National Lottery Heritage Fund. It brings together thoughts, feelings, sights and sounds that reflect everyday life in a rural location, delving into local heritage and traditional crafts. Curated by LEVEL Centre’s Youth Collective for Bakewell Old House Museum, this unique exhibition showcases the work of Youth Collective participants created alongside expert local craftspeople. Head along to Bakewell for a refreshing take on Derbyshire life!
Created over a 6-month period as part of the ‘Water and Wellbeing’ project, Youth Collective explored a host of different creative ideas, alongside visits to local heritage sites, and used them to interpret their own vision of what Derbyshire means to them.
LEVEL Centre Youth Collective is a creative group for young people who are neurodivergent, have autism or ADHD. ‘Water and Wellbeing’ is a two-year funded programme supported by the National Lottery Heritage Fund. The LEVEL Centre Youth Collective are exploring local Derbyshire Dales heritage, and celebrating traditional craftsmanship in their own thoroughly modern way.
Bakewell Old House Museum
Open daily from 25 March to 5 November 2025 11am – 4pm
Bakewell Old House Museum is based in a Tudor building, where you can explore the stories of the inhabitants and owners ranging from Christopher Plant, the Tudor tithe collector, Sir Richard Arkwright who housed his mill workers here, and the Pitt family who lived in one of the cottages in Victorian times.
PLEASE NOTE – most of the museum is not accessible to wheelchair users or people with additional access needs. Please contact the museum directly to discuss your access requirements.
The museum volunteers really look forward to seeing you soon. Tickets can be purchased on the door or online.
Creators: LEVEL Centre Youth Collective
LEVEL Centre Youth Collective is a creative group for young people who are neurodivergent, have autism and / or ADHD.
The group meets weekly to explore a range of different contemporary arts experiences away from the pressures of school or home, giving young people space and time to develop their interests and confidence.
Participants work with different artists, materials and digital equipment, and take part in bigger projects which are shaped by themselves.
The exhibition you see at Bakewell Old House Museum is just part of the project. Youth Collective will also exhibit at LEVEL Centre in September, co-creating a digital installation with a specialist Digital Artist.
Facilitator: Imogen Ashby
Imogen is a contemporary performance maker and facilitator with over 30 years experience of making theatre with people in community settings. Her work is accessible and fun and she holds onto the idea that theatre can change lives in the way that it changed hers. Imogen creates safe spaces where everyone can be themselves and where we can play and experiment together.
Water and Wellbeing Project
‘Water and Wellbeing’ is a two-year funded programme supported by the National Lottery Heritage Fund. Our Youth Collective will be exploring local Derbyshire Dales heritage while celebrating traditional craftsmanship in a thoroughly modern way.
The ‘Water and Wellbeing’ project will delve into Derbyshire’s rich history which revolves around water – from the development of the mills to the growth of tourism. The creative practices they’ll experience with our artists and tutors link directly to this, and the group will explore how to use techniques such as traditional printing and claywork to interpret their own vision of what the local area means to them today. This will inspire a display of work by Youth Collective, held at LEVEL Centre and Bakewell Old House Museum!
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