Buxton Museum and Art Gallery

Buxton Museum and Art Gallery provides and interesting, fun, and free option to read about the Peak District through lots of permanent collections and changing exhibitions.The award winning 'Wonders of the Peak' gallery will need you and the kids on a journey through time, through the Big Bang to your era that is victorian. You can find 7 recreated surroundings to explore, detailed with sounds and smells, in order to wander in a forest that is prehistoric see a bear in an Ice Age cave, and 'meet' a mermaid! You'll be able to salute a Roman soldier, crawl inside a Neolithic burial chamber, and move to the study of a scientist that is victorian. You will also find proof of many creatures that are wonderful as sabre enamel cats and sharks, dragonflies and trilobites, and the many people which have walked these hills. The 'Time Moves On' audio trip will include another dimension to your visit too.There is a Derbyshire Police collection to explore which includes uniforms, many photographs, plus gear dating from 1833 to day that is modern. You will also see criminal activity related materials such as for instance counterfeit cash, medication paraphernalia, and weapons which are offensive. Other features consist of a art that is fine, attractive Ashford Black Marble items, plus Ice Age animal bones and teeth from the area. Kids will love the Randolph Douglas 'House of miracles' collection having its huge assortment of locks, secrets, and Houdini that is unusual product! Additionally, there are some minerals which are fantastic fossils to find out.