Derbyshire Museums Manager Ros Westwood stumbles upon a find to accompany the re-opening of The Crescent in Buxton. During lockdown I had the opportunity to have a search through the stores and found these two copper plates – and after I had managed to decipher the mirror writing on them, was excited to share the […]
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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!
Contributors from across the region bring you 415 Wonders: intriguing facts and stories, each linked to a special location in the landscape, and organised into 12 themes by Buxton Museum.
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.
Hear from the team behind Buxton Museum & Art Gallery: a museum collection 360 million years in the making ...
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Thomas Bateman at Gib Hill
What did Thomas Bateman discover here in 1848? He used an unusual method to excavate this barrow.
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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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