Special Exhibitions

Special Exhibitions

  • Headhunter
    12 March -  January 2012
    'Headhunter' is the first exhibition in an exciting series exploring contemporary artists’ responses to our archaeological collection and heritage landscape.
    It displays a progression of intricate drawings by local artist E. J. Lance, whose work was inspired by the collection of animal bones at Creswell Crags Museum.
    Lower Ground Floor Gallery. Admission Free. 
  • Coming Soon. Erasipteron Bolsoveri; The Gracefully Winged of Bolsover
    Artists reconstruction of Upper Carboniferous

    Image copyright Natural History Museum

    Erasipteron Bolsoveri; The Gracefully Winged of Bolsover

    Creswell Crags will launch it's new exhibition on the Bolsover Dragonflies at the end of March 2012. The 300 million year old dragonflies were found in 1978 at Bolsover Colliery by two local miners. The exhibition will focus on how the discovery put Bolsover on the map and the reactions of the community to the discovery. Each fossil Dragonfly has a wingspan of over half a meter, this exhibition explores what the climate was like when these giant creatures were flying around. 

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