Before Buxton Museum and Art Gallery’s closure this summer there was a display drawer of Hawk Moths in the Wonders of the Peak Gallery, a small indicator that we have a larger collection. Hawk moths are some of the UK’s most impressive looking insects, and despite their exotic appearance are relatively common. Look up the […]

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Whilst Buxton Museum and Art Gallery is closed to the general public for a building inspection, Museum Assistant Isobel Wharton turns her attention to some fantastic artwork you can go and see: This picture shows a 13-foot spray painted mural on Chapel Street, Glossop. Painted by local artist Deggy, the mural shows local girl Vivienne […]

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Whilst Buxton Museum and Art Gallery is closed to the general public for a building inspection, Museum Assistant Isobel Wharton turns her attention to some fantastic artwork you can go and see: This picture shows a 13-foot spray painted mural on Chapel Street, Glossop. Painted by local artist Deggy, the mural shows local girl Vivienne […]

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Off all of Derbyshire’s duchesses, it is probably the 5th Duchess, Georgina, that has received the greatest amount of attention in academia and pop culture. The most well-known biography of her is ‘The Duchess’ by Amanda Foreman, adapted in 2008 to a film of the same name starring Keira Knightley. Parallels are often made between […]

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One field of grass, 

rustling and bustling with life

Creeping Toad begins a series of events in celebration of the museum's 125th birthday.

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 unfold

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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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