Whilst Buxton Museum and Art Gallery is closed to the public during lockdown, the team have decided to use part of the time to improve their knowledge of some of the places connected to the collections. We pride ourselves on being able to offer a knowledgeable staff when you come to visit. Isobel is a […]
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2019 was a good year for Buxton Museum and Art Gallery. Over 38,000 visitors had walked through the door to see the exhibitions or participate in an event, its second highest visitor figure ever! The team can be forgiven for striding into 2020 with confidence, keen to share the heritage and art of Derbyshire with […]
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Derbyshire Museums Manager Ros Westwood looks back at a time when Buxton folk had to deal with “proper snow.” Have we seen the last of January’s snow? Maybe, but then again… I was looking in the archive for something completely different and found these images of clearing a snowy winter on the streets of Buxton, […]
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Derbyshire Museums Manager Ros Westwood looks back at a time when Buxton folk had to deal with “proper snow.” Have we seen the last of January’s snow? Maybe, but then again… I was looking in the archive for something completely different and found these images of clearing a snowy winter on the streets of Buxton, […]
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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
