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Buxton Museum & Art Gallery
Terrace Road
Buxton
Derbyshire
SK17 6DA
Buxton
Derbyshire
SK17 6DA
Contact
Telephone: 01298 24658
Fax: 01298 79394
Email: buxton.museum@derbyshire.gov.uk
Telephone: 01298 24658
Fax: 01298 79394
Email: buxton.museum@derbyshire.gov.uk
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Overview of collections
The collections concentrate on the geology, archaeology and social history of the Peak District, they also include social history, ephemera, decorative art and fine art.Overview of how collections are displayed
The displays explore the Wonders of the Peak, discovering the geology, archaeology and history of the Peak District through seven time zones. There is a changing programme of exhibitions of art, craft, local history and photography and visitors can step into a Victorian scientist's study.| Collection Descriptions | |
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| Archaeology Collection (Buxton Museum & Art Gallery) The archaeological collections cover the period of earliest evidence of people in the Peak District to the medieval p... |
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| Archives Collection (Buxton Museum & Art Gallery) Collection includes important archive information associated with geology and archaeology - the Boyd Dawkins and Jack... |
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| Biology Collection (Buxton Museum & Art Gallery) The biology collection is small with little material of local significance, it includes lepidoptera collection of the... |
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| Decorative and Applied Arts Collection (Buxton Museum & Art Gallery) The collection contains the best representative collection of Ashford Marble ornaments, and the Blue John and Spar co... |
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| Ethnography Collection (Buxton Museum & Art Gallery) The collection contains some specimens within the Boyd Dawkins and the Douglas collections. Not actively collected. |
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| Fine Art Collection (Buxton Museum & Art Gallery) The permanent collection contains about 400 paintings, drawings and prints. Two major strengths: English 19th C wate... |
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| Geology Collection (Buxton Museum & Art Gallery) The collection contains the important geology collections of Sir William Boyd Dawkins and Dr J.W.Jackson. The Jackso... |
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| J.W.Jackson Library Collection (Buxton Museum & Art Gallery) A collection on caves, fossils and minerals. |
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| Local Studies Library Collection (Buxton Museum & Art Gallery) The collection includes the J.R.Board photographic archive dating from c.1860 to 1960, amassed by a single family fir... |
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| Numismatics Collection (Buxton Museum & Art Gallery) The collection contains coins dating from the Roman periods to the present day and a collection of trade tokens. Mos... |
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| Personalia Collection (Buxton Museum & Art Gallery) Collection contains the archives of Sir William Boyd Dawkins and J.W.Jackson. Including specimens, tools, records, p... |
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| Professor Dawkins Library Collection (Buxton Museum & Art Gallery) The collection covers the subject of caving. |
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| Randolf Douglas Collection (Buxton Museum & Art Gallery) Collection of books and ephemera relating to Houdini. |
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| Science and Industry Collection (Buxton Museum & Art Gallery) Local history collections, besides material relating to Ashford Marble and Blue John industries, also includes some c... |
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| Social History Collection (Buxton Museum & Art Gallery) The collection related principally to Buxton and a radius of about five miles and includes material from the 17th cen... |
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| Transport Collection (Buxton Museum & Art Gallery) Collection contains some material relating to local transport. |