Buxton Museum and Art Gallery
This organisation or network is administered by the following users:
- Anna Rhodes (Anna.Rhodes@derbyshire.gov.uk)
- Joe Perry (joe.perry@derbyshire.gov.uk)
- Ros Westwood (Ros.Westwood@derbyshire.gov.uk)
It contains the following additional members:
- Georgia (georgia.wild@derbyshire.gov.uk)
- Issy (Isobel.Wharton@derbyshire.gov.uk)
Contributions
This partner has created 66 Wonders:
Lullaby of the Larks - an artist response to Fin Cop
Contributed on November 26th, 2018
Lullaby of the Larks
Derbyshire Museums Manager, Ros Westwood's response to the exhibition at Buxton Museum and Art Gallery
Contributed on August 8th, 2018 ‘queer hole’
John Webber, Entrance to Peak Cavern, watercolour, 1789
Orient Lodge
Contributed on December 29th, 2018
At one time there was a rather grand house in Green Fairfield. Orient Lodge stood on Hardybarn Lane, a long single track running from Waterswallows ...
The Torrs Millennium Walkway
Contributed on August 16th, 2018
This is the Torrs’ star tourist attraction: the Millennium Walkway. Its long sweep of shining steel takes us over one of the noisiest of the ...
Winter, 1962.
Contributed on July 25th, 2018
This area of the Peak District is renowned in Britain for extreme winder conditions. Bad snow fall closes roads and can isolate remote, rural communities ...
Castles in the air
Contributed on June 13th, 2019
Alport Dale in the Dark Peak has an air of remote wilderness, enhanced by the tottering towers and eroded rock faces of Alport Castles, said ...
Live Music at Pavilion Gardens
Contributed on May 23rd, 2018
This piece was contributed by Ian Gregory, a volunteer at Buxton Museum and Art Gallery The Pavilion Gardens date from 1871 - 1875 and were ...
Ancient tools of Matlock - 1
Contributed on August 15th, 2017
An ancient tool from prehistoric Matlock
Prehistoric Buxton: View of Grin Low
Contributed on April 17th, 2018
You are about to explore some of Buxton's prehistory. Tell your group to gather by the Town Hall on the opposite side of the market ...
Prehistoric Buxton: Recreate a Neolithic House
Contributed on April 17th, 2018
You should have reached an area of grass near the River Wye.
Read ...
Prehistoric Walk: Ancient Springs
Contributed on April 17th, 2018
You should standing near St Ann's Well.
Read out loud to your group: ...
Prehistoric Buxton: At the top of The Slopes
Contributed on April 17th, 2018
You should have stopped somewhere near the weather station.
Ask your group to ...
Wet Feet?
Contributed on October 27th, 2016
What's the weather like today? Spare a thought for visitors to the Pavilion Gardens in August 1920. Postcards from the museum collection show the gardens ...
The Octagon
Contributed on November 4th, 2016
You should be standing on the path, with the swimming baths to your left and the car park behind you. In front is the iconic ...
Before the Dome
Contributed on September 13th, 2017
You should be able to see the Devonshire Dome across the road from where you are standing - one of the most prominent buildings in ...
View from the Slopes
Contributed on September 16th, 2016
You should be standing on the Slopes looking down the hill towards the Crescent. How does the view compare with the engraving below? The tree cover ...
Recording the Opera House
Contributed on September 16th, 2016
Take a tour through the JR Board Collection. This photographic archive contains several images of Buxton Opera House in the early and mid-20th century. Click 'Tell ...
Buxton Opera House - Postcards Through Time
Contributed on September 16th, 2016
You should be standing by the postbox opposite Buxton Opera House. Look at the postcards below. How much has the building changed over time? What differences ...
Dovedale Family Trail: Reynard's Cave
Contributed on April 16th, 2018
Tell your group to look up the hill to your right. You will see a stone arch and, behind it, Reynard's Cave. This cave was ...
Dovedale Family Trail: Lover's Leap
Contributed on April 16th, 2018
This area is known as Lover's Leap. Read out loud to your group and tell them how this spot got its name.
Lover's Leap is ...
Dovedale Family Trail: Stepping Stones
Contributed on October 14th, 2020
Pause before you cross the Stepping Stones. Read out loud for your group:
You've discovered the Stepping Stones. They were brought here in the late ...
The Secrets of the Buxton Coin Hoard
Contributed on September 12th, 2017
In 1979 a hoard of coins was uncovered during restoration work to the Minerals Baths in Buxton. The coins reflected over 300 years of Roman ...
Settling down?
Contributed on November 13th, 2017
Welcome to Lismore Fields. It is now only 6,000 years ago and the landscape has changed. Many trees have been cleared out of the way ...
The smell of smoke in the air...
Contributed on November 13th, 2017
Listen to the sounds of the environment as you read on... The smell of smoke gets stronger as you follow the path alongside the river. You ...
A wet, boggy valley...
Contributed on November 13th, 2017
Listen to the sounds of the environment as you read on... Travel back 8,000 years. You are standing on a raised area by the river ...
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