Currently on display in the temporary exhibition From the Land of the Great Spirit, are three Native American pouches that are made from buckskin and decorated with glass beads. These are tobacco pouches and not only once carried tobacco leaves, but also a sacred pipe known as Chanunpa. Traditional tobacco used by Native American and […]
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In light of a new acquisition that expands our collection, Derbyshire Museums Manager Ros Westwood explores how Buxton Mineral Water could (or not!) be used, bought or sold: Back in 2017 (that long ago!) I wrote about bottling Buxton Mineral Water, looking at torpedo shaped Hamilton water bottles and the later Codd bottles. A generous […]
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Museum volunteer Ian Gregory explores Buxton’s military past using a postcard from the museum collection: Several of the postcards we have at the Buxton Museum show military scenes. One that caught my eye shows soldiers marching on Terrace Road in Buxton. They wear khaki uniforms and carry rifles over their shoulders. Kit bags swing from […]
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Museum volunteer Ian Gregory explores Buxton’s military past using a postcard from the museum collection: Several of the postcards we have at the Buxton Museum show military scenes. One that caught my eye shows soldiers marching on Terrace Road in Buxton. They wear khaki uniforms and carry rifles over their shoulders. Kit bags swing from […]
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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
