Buxton Museum and Art Gallery

03/06/2026

How did these guys dodge the potholes?

Penny Farthing riders meet outside The Swan Inn on Buxton High Street for a rally.
The Wheatsheaf Inn can be seen behind on the left, which today is a residential house.

02/06/2026

🚨 Discover real stories from Derbyshire’s policing past🚨

Take a closer look at the Derbyshire Police Collection, featuring fascinating objects from Buxton Museum & Art Gallery. From historic equipment to early technology, the display reveals how policing has changed over time and the stories behind it.

📍 Glossop Library (upstairs)
📅 On display until 25 June 2026

Perfect to explore while you’re visiting the library

01/06/2026

01/06/2026

Burbage Youth and Social Club, decorated for the Well Dressing celebrations in June 1957 is featured in today's photographs.

We hope these might bring back some happy memories. As often happens, photographs come into our collection with little information, so was this club held at what many might know as Burbage Institute, on Nursery Lane? Times change, of course and buildings come and go. We know that the Willow Pattern Bridge was constructed over the drive leading from the road to the club building, just in shot to the right.

Please let us know if you have any recollections.

31/05/2026

The Sea, oil painting by Theodore Major. Gifted to Buxton Museum and Art Gallery by Vahe Funduklian in 1985
Accession number DERSB : 2189

Art history isn’t short on rivalries and Theodore Major and L.S. Lowry had theirs. As Lancashire artists working in similar muted tones, they even disputed who first developed the iconic ‘matchstick men’ style.

But 'The Sea' shows a different side of Major. Instead of busy streets and figures, we’re left with something much quieter: a lone ship, a soft horizon, and an expanse of grey that almost blurs sky and water into one.
It’s a simple scene, but it can stir a lot of feeling. There’s a sense of distance, maybe even loneliness but also a calm stillness. As we come to the last day of Mental Health Awareness Month , it’s a gentle reminder that moments of quiet, however they feel, can give us space to pause and reflect.

30/05/2026

Ever fancied working in clay?

FREE drop-in session Friday 5th Jun at Buxton Library, Kents Bank Road
10.30 - 11.30am

Clay and Wire Modelling with Sian Coley

29/05/2026

Did you know there are nine plaques in Buxton, celebrating a variety of famous people and places? The Buxton Museum Bear is on a mission this week to visit all nine and see if there are any artefacts that go with them. This is the Bear's ninth and final stop at the Old Hall Hotel. Perhaps you can take the tour yourself and let us know how you got on?

29/05/2026

🐝Want to know all about the Trees and the Bees? 🌳

Make your way to the Pump Room, Buxton Crescent, this evening at 5pm for a talk by James Ellson on apple trees and bees.
£5 entry
or Free for Friends of Buxton Museum & Art Gallery

28/05/2026

Did you know there are nine plaques in Buxton, celebrating a variety of famous people and places? The Buxton Museum Bear is on a mission this week to visit all nine and see if there are any artefacts that go with them; stop no. 8 in Pavilion Gardens explores Buxton's connection with Hollywood (no messin'!) ...

28/05/2026

Did you know there are nine plaques in Buxton, celebrating a variety of famous people and places? The Buxton Museum Bear is on a mission this week to visit all nine and see if there are any artefacts that go with them; the seventh stop outside the railway station reveals how Buxton contributed to a medical breakthrough ...