Derwent Pencil Museum
The Derwent Pencil Museum celebrates over 150 years of British pencil-making heritage in Cumbria. Discover how The Cumberland Pencil Company combines traditional craftsmanship with modern manufacturing techniques. Explore fascinating exhibits including a secret WW2 pencil with hidden maps, one of the world's largest colour pencils at nearly 8 metres, and a Queen's Diamond Jubilee Pencil. Learn about Derwent's innovative art ranges, from watercolour paints formulated with fine art quality ingredients to Inktense products. Well-behaved dogs are welcome to visit.
Highlights
- waterbrush derwent watercolour
- fine art quality lightfast pigments subtle paintings soft wash blendable smooth laydown nature inspired opaque laydown
- watercolour re-wet
- cumbria since 1832 lake district heritage 1832
- mixing colours full colour spectrum
- dogs welcome well behaved dogs
- all weather family friendly
- award winning artist landscape paintings xl blocks
- seathwaite mine graphite discovery
- inktense paper recommended paper
- inktense product range
- keswick pencil production
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