All these events are free. No tickets or booking needed - just drop by and join in.
Activities usually take 30 to 45 minutes to complete and materials are provided.
Thursday 25 July 2024 - In Prehistoric Seas
Making a rock pool from an ancient Derbyshire sea.
At the classroom, Buxton Country Park, Temple Road, Buxton, SK17 9DH from 10.30am to 3.30pm.
Free event - no tickets needed, just drop-by and join in.
What animals might we find on a walk along a beach 290 million years ago as our Derbyshire limestone was being formed under the waves? Trilobites and ancient fish, ammonites and belemnites, and beautiful corals. Make your own prehistoric rock pool!
Thursday 1 August 2024 - Mammoths and sabre-tooths
Make an Ice Age animal mask.
At the classroom, Buxton Country Park, Temple Road, Buxton, SK17 9DH from 10.30am to 3.30pm.
Free event - no tickets needed, just drop-by and join in.
Once there were mammoths here, and scimitar-toothed cats. We had wild horses and fierce wolves (and maybe a Museum Bear!) Make your own Ice Age Animal mask then go for a walk and take photos of our wild animals in the woods of Grin Low.
Thursday 8 August 2024 - The Haunted Houses and Lost Palaces of Buxton
Invent the streets we never knew we had!
At Pump Room, The Crescent, Buxton, SK17 6BH from 10.30am to 3.30pm.
Free event - no tickets needed, just drop-by and join in.
Inspired by the buildings of Buxton, we'll go to town and invent some new houses. There might be spectacular palaces, sinister dens, beautiful gardens and haunted houses. Then we can add the adventurous people of Buxton exploring their streets.
Thursday 15 August 2024 - Graceful Gargoyles and Fierce Faces
There is always someone watching you!
At Pump Room, the Crescent, Buxton, SK17 6BH from 10.30am to 3.30pm.
Free event - no tickets needed, just drop-by and join in.
There are carved faces all over Buxton: smiling kings, beautiful women, dragons, monsters... help us invent some new ones. With folded card or heads of clay we'll invent the characters we would like to meet!
Thursday 22 August 2024 - Mermaids and Fabulous Creatures
Make a world of underwater wonders!
At Buxton Library, Kents Bank Road, Buxton, SK17 9HW from 10.30am to 3.30pm.
Free event - no tickets needed, just drop-by and join in.
Buxton Museum's Mermaid is one of our favourite residents. While she is not available for visitors just now, help us create some glamorous new mermaids. There might be colourful fish, krakens and sea monsters as well! We'll make the inhabitants of a mysterious world!
Friday 23 August 2024 - Unexpected Treasures and Marvellous Wonders
Visit the pop-up museum and make your own display box.
At The Assembly Rooms, The Crescent, Buxton, SK17 9BH from 10.30am to 4pm.
Free event - no tickets needed, just drop-by and join in.
On this special day the museum's new pop-up collection will feature unusual finds from Buxton. From mastodon teeth to Buxton diamonds to paintings by Henri Matisse. Inspired by that collection, work with our artists to make your own Cabinet of Curiosity to take home to display your own collection of wonders. You can also make a colourful badge of your favourite discovery to wear.
Thursday 29 August 2024 - Victorians, Romans and Wild Cave People
Peg-doll people and colourful dioramas.
At Buxton Library, Kents Bank Road, Buxton, SK17 9HW from 10.30am to 3.30pm.
Free event - no tickets needed, just drop-by and join in.
From quick dioramas to adventurous peg-dolls, we'll make the landscapes and people of old Buxton. From the first residents of Poole's Cavern to Roman legionaries and inventive Victorians on penny-farthings, help us draw, shape and make the people of our town.