The Victorian era was one of considerable and impactful change.  Industrialisation powered the expansion of cities predominantly through rural to urban migration, leading to accelerated [...]

By volunteer Louise Reasbeck From Roman “Unswept Floor” mosaics, through apples grasped by infants in Dutch masterpieces, to familiar but indistinct citrus shapes in impressionist [...]

Volunteer Sonja Seear discusses how Victorian painters created emotive pictures which express grief. Sonja has responded to some of the picture on display in our [...]

We asked aspiring artist Vian Kolhussein to create paintings in response to Evelyn De Morgan's paintings of the First World War. She created a beautiful [...]

Volunteer James Cox accompanied De Morgan Curator Sarah Hardy on a visit to Simon Gillespie's studio to learn more about picture conservation. Artemisia Gentileschi in [...]

Our volunteer Louise delves into the history and significant of this yellow summer flower 'The Sunflowers' by Van Gogh (1888) The showy sunflower [...]

On Friday, we will welcome our guest Speaker Susie Beckham to introduce the life and art of Anna Alma Tadema. To set the scene, our [...]

A rare three-handled vase was acquired by the De Morgan Collection through a pioneering Derbyshire County Council project funded by the Esmée Fairbairn Collections Fund [...]

We are delighted to welcome Rob Young to celebrate the acquisition of the three-handled Eagle Vase from Derbyshire County Council and Buxton Museums. When I [...]