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What’s On
at Buxton Museum
and Art Gallery
Events and exhibitions in 2019
Free entry, donations appreciated
www.derbyshire.gov.uk/buxtonmuseum
What's On at Buxton Museum and Art Gallery - Events and exhibitions in 2019 Free entry, donations appreciated www.derbyshire.gov.uk/buxtonmuseum ...
A museum collection
360 million years in
the making…
This year we are excited to be hosting Hoards: the hidden
history of ancient Britain, a British Museum and Salisbury
Museum Partnership Exhibition. Alongside the exhibition
we’ll have an exciting programme of events and other
activities, thanks to funding from the Heritage Lottery
Fund, look out for more details nearer
the time.
This spring our BM125 project artists will be creating and
performing new works inspired by our collections, at the
museum and in the landscape. Look out for modern
mermaids, singing minerals and more. There will be a
range of activities that you can join in with, thanks to
funding from Arts Council England.
As we look forward to the re-opening of the Crescent as
a spa hotel and visitor experience, our summer exhibition
will focus on this iconic Buxton building with art works and
artefacts from our collection.
Our eighteenth-century watercolours and sketches are now
available online thanks to funding from the Paul Mellon
Centre for British Art. Browse images from our collection
and other organisations at www.depictingderbyshire.uk.
We’d like to thank all of our funders, partners, volunteers
and visitors for their continued support. We’re continuing
to add to our app at www.wondersofthepeak.org.uk. Here
you can explore the collection wherever you are and visit
our online shop.
Cover image: Buxton Crescent, William Cowen, watercolour, 1850
What's On at Buxton Museum and Art Gallery - Events and exhibitions in 2019 Free entry, donations appreciated www.derbyshire.gov.uk/buxtonmuseum ...
Events
All our activities and events are free and drop-in unless
otherwise stated. For details of events organised since
publication, visit our website or follow us on social media.

School holiday family fun
Join us on Thursday mornings during the school holidays for free craft
activities inspired by the museum collections. Drop in between 10am – 12 noon
and allow up to 30 minutes to take part.

Baby group
Come along on the third Thursday of every month to our baby and toddler
group. Meet other parents in a supportive environment and get advice from a
local breastmates volunteer. Drop in between 10.30am – 12 noon.

Meet the experts
            Tuesday 9 to Friday 12 July and Tuesday 16 to Friday 19 July,
            at 1pm.
            Drop in for free lunchtime talks by museum and heritage
            specialists from Derbyshire and beyond during Buxton Festival.
            You can pick up a programme at the museum, the Fringe box office
            or from our website.

Friends of Buxton Museum
and Art Gallery programme
Friday 22 February, Friday 29 March,
Friday 26 April and Friday 31 May at 7pm
Friends free, guests £3
Our Friends group host a programme of monthly
Friday evening talks by guest speakers. More
information can be found on the Friends pages of
our website.
                                                                 © Mark Langley
What's On at Buxton Museum and Art Gallery - Events and exhibitions in 2019 Free entry, donations appreciated www.derbyshire.gov.uk/buxtonmuseum ...
Exhibitions

                                 The Wonders of Wildlife
                                 Tesni Ward
                                 To Saturday 5 January 2019
                                 Working intimately with some of the most elusive and
                                 misunderstood wildlife gives Tesni a unique insight into
                                 their world. The character and personality of each animal
                                 shines through in her photographs, many of which are
                                 taken in the Peak District.
© Tesni Ward

                    Artwork 2018
                    Buxton Community School and St Thomas More Catholic School
                    To Saturday 26 January 2019
                    Staff and students from two Buxton secondary schools present the
                    very best work from their GCSE and A-Level art examination courses
                    in this popular annual show.

© Nina Jurewicz

                               Circle
                               Sue Lewis-Blake and Ursula Blancke-Dau
                               Saturday 12 January to Saturday 23 March 2019
                               Preview: Saturday 12 January, 2–4pm
                               Meet the Artists: Saturday 9 February, 10am–1pm and
                               Saturday 9 March, 10am–1pm
                               “Circle” is an exhibition of paintings, drawings and videos
                               – outcomes of a thematic artistic conversation between
                               Derbyshire artist Sue Lewis-Blake and Ursula Blancke-
                               Dau from Luneburg, Germany. Circular outlines define
                               space and circular spaces gain significance, particularly
                               when seen in the context of the stone circles in Derbyshire
                               and North East Germany that have provided source
                               material for many of the works displayed. Engaging with
                               these circles for centuries links us both historically and
                               internationally.
© Sue Lewis-Blake
What's On at Buxton Museum and Art Gallery - Events and exhibitions in 2019 Free entry, donations appreciated www.derbyshire.gov.uk/buxtonmuseum ...
Painting Landscape and Still Life –
It’s all about Colour and Light
Harry McArdle
Saturday 2 February to Saturday 30 March 2019
Preview: Saturday 2 February, 2–4pm
Meet the Artist: Saturday 2 March, 2–4pm
This exhibition is a small retrospective of Harry
McArdle’s work covering a period of time since he
first won the Derbyshire Open Art Competition in
1993. Some of this work he owns and some have
been borrowed from friends in an attempt to show
a variety of media and techniques. Most of the work,
                                                                                     © Harry McArdle
though, is contemporary.

The Legacy of Radio Buxton –
20 Years On!
Steve and Paul Jenner
Saturday 30 March to Sunday 2 June 2019
Preview: Saturday 30 March, 2–4pm
Meet the Artists: Tuesday 9 April, 2–4pm and
Tuesday 21 May, 2–4pm
On May 31st 1999, media in the High Peak changed
forever. Radio Buxton took to the airwaves for the
first time and five years later High Peak Radio was
launched.
20 years on, the two brothers who founded both
stations curate an exhibition featuring reconstructions                               © Steve Jenner
of the original Radio Buxton studio. They’ll also be a
‘pirate’ studio including items of memorabilia, equipment and original recordings.

Hoards: the hidden history of
ancient Britain
British Museum and Salisbury Museum
Partnership Exhibition
Saturday 13 April to Sunday 16 June 2019
Preview: Saturday 13 April, 2–4pm
Discover buried treasure in an exhibition that
focuses on hoarding in ancient Britain. Find out
the various reasons why people put precious
objects into the ground and why they did not
retrieve them. The exhibition brings together finds                             © Salisbury Museum
from the British Museum and Salisbury Museum,
including spectacular Iron Age gold torcs and recent
discoveries from Wessex. We’ll also be displaying
hoards from Derbyshire and the Peak District
including additional material from Beeston Tor.
What's On at Buxton Museum and Art Gallery - Events and exhibitions in 2019 Free entry, donations appreciated www.derbyshire.gov.uk/buxtonmuseum ...
The Crescent: A
                                                 Celebration
                                                 Saturday 8 June to
                                                 Sunday 1 September 2019
                                                 The Crescent was the fashionable
                                                 centre of Georgian Buxton – a fine
                                                 hotel where visitors could take the
                                                 waters and dance the night away.
                                                 This exhibition celebrates the re-
                                                 development of the Crescent by
                                                 showcasing fascinating pictures
                                                 from its past.
© Buxton Museum and Art Gallery

                                    Derbyshire Open Art Exhibition
                                    Saturday 6 July to Friday 13 September 2019
                                    Preview: Friday 5 July, 6.30pm
                                    Since 1982 the Derbyshire Open has attracted
                                    amateur and professional artists of all ages
                                    competing for a range of prizes and a place in
                                    the museum collection. Now in its 38th year,
                                    the resulting exhibition is the highlight of our
                                    summer programme. Entry details are available
                                    online.
© Ross Sallaway

                                  Limescape – The Shrouded
                                  Aesthetic
                                  Steve Gresty
                                  Saturday 7 September to
                                  Saturday 16 November 2019
                                  Meet the Artist: Saturday 28 September, 2pm–
                                  4pm and Saturday 26 October 2pm–4pm
                                  Captured over a 3 year period, this study considers
                                  how limestone quarrying – a process which seeks
                                  to meet our unrelenting desire for the comforts and
                                  conveniences of consumer items – is concealed
                                  both from public view and under the veil of the dust
                                  it creates.
                                  Carboniferous limestone contributes to the natural
                                  beauty of areas within the Peak District National
                                  Park. This exhibition however draws attention away
                                  from the obvious picturesque countryside and
                                  reveals the obscure and surreal ‘landscapes’ of the
                                  hidden worlds that are the quarry environments.
© Steve Gresty
What's On at Buxton Museum and Art Gallery - Events and exhibitions in 2019 Free entry, donations appreciated www.derbyshire.gov.uk/buxtonmuseum ...
The Chrome Hill Project
Brian Holdcroft and Tony Wild
Saturday 21 September to Saturday 23 November 2019
Preview: Saturday 21 September, 2–4pm
Meet the Artists: Saturday 5 October, 2–4pm
Two Artists, two interpretations, one unique
place.
The scale-like spine of Chrome Hill and Park
House Hill, known as the Dragons back, singles
out this areas uniqueness. It sits amongst the
range of hills that form a natural amphitheatre
where light and sound move in and through the
escarpment.
This is where local artists Tony Wild and Brian
Holdcroft have situated themselves. This
exhibition is a culmination of a body of work
over a twelve month period.                                                  © Brian Holdcroft

Like It. Lump It. We Are All Connected
Beth Barlow
Saturday 23 November 2019 to Saturday 1 February 2020
Preview: Saturday 23 November, 2–4pm
‘Like It. Lump It. We Are All Connected’ is a
conceptual art and socially engaged art work
initiated and led by artist Beth Barlow. Since 2017
Beth has been working with various communities
to crochet the news. The resulting large scale
installation provides an overview of news stories
and how they are linked. Whilst we may be                                      © Steve Jenner
presented with distinct stories, the project has
tested the idea that every thing or incident is
linked to everything else.
The work has been touring the North West
and growing at each step. Those who see the
work most commonly describe it as ‘thought
                                                                               © Beth Barlow
provoking’

Artwork 2019
Buxton Community School and St Thomas More Catholic School
Saturday 30 November 2019 to Saturday 1 February 2020
Preview: Friday 29 November, 6.30pm
Staff and students from two Buxton secondary schools present the very best work from
their GCSE and A-Level art examination courses in this popular annual show.
What's On at Buxton Museum and Art Gallery - Events and exhibitions in 2019 Free entry, donations appreciated www.derbyshire.gov.uk/buxtonmuseum ...
Visitor
Information
• Admission                               • Shop
  Entry to the museum is free, and          We sell a range of products inspired
  donations are welcome.                    by our collections including books,
  We are open Tuesday–Saturday,             fossils, minerals, postcards and
  10am–5pm                                  souvenirs. Many exhibiting artists
  Sundays and Bank Holidays (from           have work for sale.
  Easter to September only),                Visit our on-line shop at
  12noon–4pm                                www.wondersofthepeak.org.uk
                                            All purchases support our work.
• Enquiries
  Museum staff may be able to identify    • Keeping in touch
  archaeological, geological, art and       Join our mailing list or keep up to date
  local history objects, although           on our social media channels:
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  Please contact us to arrange an                @buxtonmuseum
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• Facilities and access
  The museum has a ramped entrance,       • Contact us
  automatic doors and accessible            Buxton Museum and Art Gallery
  toilets. There is a lift between the      Terrace Road
  floors. Baby changing facilities          Buxton
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  car parking is available opposite         01629 533540
  the museum (High Peak Borough
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  Council – The Slopes). Buses stop on
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  Terrace Road and the Market Place.
  The train station is 10 minutes walk.
• Friends of Buxton Museum                      BUXTON
  and Art Gallery                          A5004                           A6
  The Friends hold monthly talks by
  guest speakers and organise visits to     The Crescent
  places of interest. New members are
  always welcome – see our webpages                A53            BUXTON MUSEUM
                                                                  AND ART GALLERY
  for more information.                                Market
                                                       Place
• Group and educational visits
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  We welcome pre-booked, self-guided                                       A6
  visits by organised groups, schools
  and colleges. Contact us for more                             A515
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