As a music fan, I cannot help but be curious about Buxton’s musical history, especially as so many noteworthy performers continue to visit our town to perform at Buxton Opera House. With the help of the museum archive (and a few other online searches), I can honestly say that I am shocked and (happily) surprised […]
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We recently bought this salt glazed stoneware teapot at auction. It’s attributed to Pearson’s of Whittington Moor, although it is not marked or stamped, and dates to around the 1890s. What excited us about the teapot was the personalisation, alongside the white sprig decoration, it bears plaques saying ‘Ann Yates, Brown Edge, nr Buxton’. It […]
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Very often, when we think of the past, it is hard to imagine the colours that played an important part in everyday life. Time and the weather have eroded the bright colours that once decorated the exteriors of temples, churches, cathedrals, wayside crosses and palaces. Textiles rarely survive and painted wooden items have decayed. But […]
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Very often, when we think of the past, it is hard to imagine the colours that played an important part in everyday life. Time and the weather have eroded the bright colours that once decorated the exteriors of temples, churches, cathedrals, wayside crosses and palaces. Textiles rarely survive and painted wooden items have decayed. But […]
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We now have our eighteenth-century watercolours and sketches available via an online catalogue – http://www.depictingderbyshire.uk The website, which has been funded by a grant from the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art, showcases art works of Derbyshire made between 1700-1820. These works are searchable via a map function, through keywords or through a […]
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Creeping Toad begins a series of events in celebration of the museum's 125th birthday.One field of grass,
rustling and bustling with life
Buxton Museum and Art Gallery is 125 this year and to mark that anniversary, the BM125 project will bring together experienced with new and emerging artists with 12 months of artistic initiatives (we were hoping for a cake but the weight of the candles and their collective fieriness might prove inhibiting: a cake barbecued by its own candles?) Over the next few weeks, these new artists will be introduced and the shapes of their work will unfoldRead his full blog here: https://creepingtoad.blogspot.com/2018/07/rustling-and-bustling-with-life.html
