A wolf in shadow

 Old animals in older caves

Buxton Museum and Art Gallery

26th July 2018

 

As Buxton Museum's contribution to the Festival of Archaeology, we had a morning of working on “cave drawings” and generally being inspired by the animals we find in the bone pits and caves of the Peaks….

We shaped a wolf in paper,

Another stood, a darkness,

A mammoth haired with tissue,

A beaver slaps a card tail,

Newts sport dragon crests and colours,

Bears watch from cave walls and

A painted pug on a stone ledge waits.

Past rabbits, and rams horns, a well-browed moose,

Beyond a horse, reindeer and a rare cave fish,

Shadows hold the silence where the sabretooths wait.

With many thanks to all our artists and their wild imaginations and readiness to improvise and invent new ways of decorating cave walls…. 

 

Walking through history

Exploring Ancient Landscapes 

a walk through time

Saturday 25th March 2017

looking out at a wider world

Have you ever wondered what the grassy lumps in the field are, why the field hedge is where it is or what that old building was used for? From ancient beginnings, Castleton in the Hope Valley has grown and changed. Those changes can still be traced in the patterns of fields and footpaths, in long views of landscapesand the routes of paths and roads

Archaeologist and heritage interpreter Bill Bevan will help you identify and understand the clues from our past that survive in the landscape. The Hope Valley between Castleton and Hope is an excellent place to trace these changing fortunes of a village. The day will begin by looking at historic maps before walking and talking in the landscape itself on a circular walk between the two villages.

still changing: Castleton in 1951

“Exploring Ancient Landscapes” is one of a series of Knowledge Seeker workshops being organised as part of Buxton Museum and Art Gallery’s Collections in the Landscape (CITL) project. With a grant from the Heritage Lottery, the Museum is changing the way people can access the Collections. As well as physical changes to the Museum itself, collections are going on-line and a series of apps will encourage people to connect places with Museum treasures even when they are out walking in the Peaks

Times: 10 – 4 (please bring your own packed lunch)
Venue: YHA Losehill Hall, Castleton
This is a free event but places are limited so advanced booking is essential
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