As the weather improves and we begin to look forward to the fun summer events such as the Buxton Festival Fringe and the carnival, I have been looking into our colourful tradition of Well Dressing. Over 80 towns across Derbyshire participate in this tradition annually, Buxton among them, with some decorations taking over 300 hours […]

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After a two year break due to the pandemic, the Derbyshire’s leading art show is back. 2022 sees the annual competition’s 38th year. Some of the artists are new, others more familiar but as always, the standard of the work is jaw-dropping Each year, Buxton Museum and Art Gallery invites artists both professional and amateur […]

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Not everyone can come in person to Buxton Museum and Art Gallery to see the wonderful permanent and temporary exhibitions that we have. With this in mind, I have put the temporary exhibition of Native American and First Nations material online so that it can reach a wider audience. This exhibition is part of the […]

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Not everyone can come in person to Buxton Museum and Art Gallery to see the wonderful permanent and temporary exhibitions that we have. With this in mind, I have put the temporary exhibition of Native American and First Nations material online so that it can reach a wider audience. This exhibition is part of the […]

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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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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

Read his full blog here: https://creepingtoad.blogspot.com/2018/07/rustling-and-bustling-with-life.html