A hundred years ago, two Canadian researchers made a scientific breakthrough in treating diabetes. Isobel reflects on the anniversary and its connection with Buxton: While looking round Falmouth’s National Maritime Museum last year, I saw a fascinating exhibition by Viktor Wynd, from the Museum of Unnatural History which formed part of their Monsters of the […]
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Originally posted on Derbyshire Record Office:
A little while ago, we were alerted to the fact that a book of 1830s Belper nightwatchmen’s reports was up for sale. We asked the seller to send it to us so we could see if we wanted to buy the book and the answer was definitely yes! The…
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Have you enjoyed our travelling stories? If you didn’t get chance to see them, there are some links at the end of this post. There is one last journey to take: Manchester Museum accepted the historic Chinese collections into their collections as they develop the Chinese Culture Gallery. Instead of asking an artist to respond […]
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Have you enjoyed our travelling stories? If you didn’t get chance to see them, there are some links at the end of this post. There is one last journey to take: Manchester Museum accepted the historic Chinese collections into their collections as they develop the Chinese Culture Gallery. Instead of asking an artist to respond […]
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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
