Tag Archives: “John Muir’s Birthplace”

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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Our 2012 – a review…

Posted on December 19, 2012 by sarah

It’s been quite a year in museums, opening 2 new museums, and running our other 3 alongside them for the first time. We’ve also undergone a service review, seen jobs change and new staff come on board. So all in … Continue reading →

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An Elf learns from Spiderman about responsibility…

Posted on November 28, 2012 by sarah

Can you believe it’s December this weekend? I most definitely can’t!  Although saying that, I did spend last Sunday dressed as an Elf for our Victorian Christmas event in Dunbar. We were making willow Christmas trees with artist Tanwen, which … 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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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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My Work Experience!

Posted on October 14, 2011 by Guest

Hello, My name is Lauren and I’m a 4th year on work experience. Work experience is when you go out of school and into the working world for one week, you get to see all the different jobs that are … 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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And there April goes…

Posted on May 3, 2011 by sarah

Well, I don’t know about you all but for us in Museums April was a really quick month. It started rather well with the opening of the new museum in Musselburgh. Inside Musselburgh Museum It’s a really lovely, very modern … Continue reading →

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Dance Your Family Back in Time!

Posted on May 2, 2011 by sarah

Well, April’s been a short month, hasn’t it?! We have some really exciting events coming up which I hope you’ll come along to. Especially if your children have been looking at the 1960s, World War Two, or the 1980s as their topic in school. … Continue reading →

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