Buxton Museum and Art Gallery events
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Upcoming events
All our activities and events are free and drop-in unless otherwise stated. To keep up to date with the latest events, visit our blog or like Buxton Museum on Facebook.
Make and take
Join us on Thursday mornings during the school holidays for free craft activities inspired by the museum collections. Drop in between 10am and midday and allow up to 45 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 and midday.
Hoards: a hidden history of ancient Britain
Saturday 13 April to Sunday 16 June 2019.
A British Museum and Salisbury Museum partnership exhibition.
This includes the following events (see also the attached flyer):
Finds day with Alastair Willis, Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire Finds Liaison Officer
Sunday 14 April, midday to 3.30pm
Bring along your archaeological finds to be identified and recorded on the Portable Antiquities Scheme database.
Make and take: tricky treasure maps
Thursday 18 April, 10am to midday
Map your secret hiding place with local artist Sarah Males. Allow 45 minutes.
A golden day
Sunday 21 April, midday to 3.30pm
Make treasure with Creeping Toad, hide gold stones with High Peak Rocks, and discover how to help nature’s golden hoarders with the Bumblebee Conservation Trust.
Make and take: here be dragons
Thursday 25 April, 10am to midday
Make a dragon hand puppet to guard your hoard with local artist Gordon Maclellan. Allow 45 minutes.
Dave the Moneyer
Saturday 27 and Sunday 28 April, midday to 3.30pm
Enjoy coin striking demonstrations from Dave of Grunal Moneta and his travelling mint.
Talk: Hoards and hordes – the Viking conquest and settlement of the East Midlands
Tuesday 30 April, 11am to midday
Join British Museum curator Gareth Williams to find out how archaeological discoveries combine with historical evidence and place-names to shape our understanding of the Viking presence in Derbyshire and surrounds.
Household finances
Thursday 2 May, midday to 4pm
Get information on handling household finances and managing debt from the money advisors at Citizens Advice Derbyshire District.
Treasure chests
Sunday 5 May, midday to 3.30pm
Make and take a treasure chest with local artist Creeping Toad. Allow 45 minutes.
Talk: Money talks – what hoards are trying to tell us
Tuesday 14 May, 2pm to 3pm
Join local curator and coin researcher Anja Rohde to discover the fascinating stories which can be revealed when we start to look closely at coins and hoards.
Grown up make and take: silk purses and sows ears
Wednesday 15 May, 10.30am to 12.30pm
Join local artist Sarah Males to make fabric and leather pouches, purses and pockets.
Giants, dragons and terrible traps
Sunday 26 May, midday to 3.30pm
Cartoonist Martin Olsson will help you draw your treasure and how you would keep it hidden! Allow 45 minutes.
Make and take: curious coins
Thursday 30 May, 10am to midday
Design your own coins with local artist Sarah Males. Who or what will you put on yours? Allow 45 minutes.
Silk purses and sow’s ears
Sunday 2 June, midday to 3.30pm
Make your own treasure bag with Creeping Toad, a special something to keep your coins in. Allow 45 minutes.
Household finances
Thursday 6 June, midday to 4pm
Get information on handling household finances and managing debt from the money advisors at Citizens Advice Derbyshire District.
Pottery pigs
Sunday 9 June, 11am to 4pm
Dove Valley Centre, Upper Whitle Farm, Longnor, SK17 0PR
Join local potter Sue Blatherwick to make your own ceramic piggy bank in this all day workshop. Free, please book online.
Talk: Talking torcs – the Leekfrith Hoard
Wednesday 12 June, 11am to midday
Join Teresa Gilmore, Finds Liaison Officer for Staffordshire & the West Midlands, to discover more about the Iron Age gold jewellery found in 2017 in the Staffordshire Moorlands.
Meet the experts
Tuesday 9 to Friday 12 July and Tuesday 16 to Friday 19 July 2019, 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.