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Welcome to the Peak District and Derbyshire's online collection. How will you explore it?
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Dive deep into the 5323 objects digitised by our staff and volunteers. Or put on your hat, find your trowel and dig for treasures!

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Contributors from across the region bring you 457 Wonders: intriguing facts and stories, each linked to a special location in the landscape, and organised into 12 themes by Buxton Museum.

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Depicting Derbyshire brings together 18th-century art of the Peak District and Derbyshire. The project is run by Buxton Museum & Art Gallery and has been funded by the Paul Mellon Centre.

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Hear from the team behind Buxton Museum & Art Gallery: a museum collection 360 million years in the making ...

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Featured Wonder

Hollinsclough band - through the ages

We asked local people to share their memories and personal collections about the history of Hollinsclough. M.E. Parker kindly shared these images of Hollinsclough band who practiced here at the Chapel Hall.

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There are 456 more Wonders to explore. Browse the complete collection.

Buxton Museum & Art Gallery

All of the Wonders – whether objects, facts & stories, artworks or news – are curated by Buxton Museum & Art Gallery. The Museum is a great place to start your trip to the Peak District.

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Northwood House and Nursing Sister Ada J. Ross

Northwood House and Nursing Sister Ada J. Ross

Residents of Buxton may be familiar with Northwood House on Corbar Road. Formerly part of the University of Derby and before that, the John Duncan school, the towering edifice is currently for sale. Buxton Museum and Art Gallery was pleased to receive research on a more distant era of the building’s history. Ariane Gauthier is […]

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