Like the rest of Derbyshire, Buxton Museum and Art Gallery has been placed into Tier 3: Very High Covid-19 alert level and is therefore closed to the public. The government will review the local restrictions on 16 December and if Derbyshire is moved to Tier 2, we expect to reopen on 17 December. You will […]
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Buxton still benefits from a passenger train to Manchester with stops at the Derbyshire towns of Chapel-en-le-Frith and Whaley Bridge that offer gateways to the national park beyond. However, there was a time when you could catch trains to other local settlements such as Bakewell, Matlock, Cromford, Hartington, Tissington and Ashbourne. Like many other railways […]
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Buxton Museum and Art Gallery has been leading an exciting project funded by Arts Council England, which has brought together a group of local artists and creative groups. Funded by the National Lottery, Arts Council England launched the Emergency Response Fund, designed to alleviate the immediate pressures faced by the arts sector in the wake […]
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Buxton Museum and Art Gallery has been leading an exciting project funded by Arts Council England, which has brought together a group of local artists and creative groups. Funded by the National Lottery, Arts Council England launched the Emergency Response Fund, designed to alleviate the immediate pressures faced by the arts sector in the wake […]
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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
