Tag Archives: events

Night time Adventures!

Posted on May 7, 2013 by sarah

This year, we’re having a full weekend of activities for Museums at Night, which takes place from 16-18 May. I’m very excited about the different events! We’ve split it up into the Thursday night for adults, and Friday and Saturday … Continue reading →

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And now we are FIVE!

Posted on March 28, 2012 by sarah

Well, as of this Friday we will have 5 venues open! How exciting!! As you can imagine this week has been absolutely manic trying to get everything ready for the opening of Dunbar Town House Museum and Gallery and the John Gray … Continue reading →

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Festival Of Museums Summer of fun…

Posted on March 15, 2012 by Guest

Hi Everyone, I’m Jenna, I have just joined the East Lothian museum team doing work experience as part of an Event Management college course. I am pretty new to ‘blogging’ so please bear with me. So far today during my first … Continue reading →

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2011 Highlights!

Posted on December 21, 2011 by sarah

As 2011 draws to a close, it’s time to reflect on the past year and pick some of my highlights! If you click on the links, you’ll be able to see what I’m raving about! 1. Multi-Cultural Day in September … Continue reading →

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Another note from Prestongrange

Posted on October 24, 2011 by Kevin

Despite the autumn leaves falling later this year and a freak few days of heat at the very end of September to throw us off, the end of the season is almost upon us. And what a season it’s been! … Continue reading →

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Quite literally, Lights Out Doors Open

Posted on October 6, 2011 by sarah

So last weekend was Lights Out, Doors Open weekend at our museums. On Friday evening in Musselburgh we had around 30 visitors join us in the darkness to explore the museum with their torches. Families were challenged to complete a … Continue reading →

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Notes from Prestongrange – Multicultural Day and such

Posted on September 23, 2011 by Kevin

Time for another quick post from Prestongrange and while the weather feels more wintry, the season is certainly not over yet. We have had an incredibly busy season so far, with our events bigger and better than ever before not … Continue reading →

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Notes from Prestongrange – Family Activity Day

Posted on August 23, 2011 by Kevin

A few moments for another dispatch from Prestongrange where on Saturday we had Family Activity Day, a typically busy but satisfying event for staff and (we hope) visitors alike. We had it all here from archery to ceramic painting, from bellydancing to … Continue reading →

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Sculptures in sand

Posted on July 25, 2011 by Kevin

Back again, this time in one of my other capacities with the Friends of John Muir’s Birthplace. The Friends are an organisation designed to assist John Muir’s Birthplace in their work, organising talks and preparing booklets about John Muir, amongst … Continue reading →

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Notes from Prestongrange – frogs and Princes

Posted on July 25, 2011 by Kevin

This is the first of what may be monthly post about the times and travails at Prestongrange Museum, one of what will soon be a vast number of East Lothian museums. I’m Kevin, one of the museum assistants here, and now … Continue reading →

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