What’s on this summer…
☀️WHAT'S ON THIS SUMMER ☀️ Historic Dunkeld Summer events are now live, have a look at what we have planned for this year; 🏫 Royal School of Dunkeld Reunion 2026 - 25th of April 2pm-4pm - Tickets -...
What we’ve done this week…
We have been getting ready for tourist season beginning this week. The easter holidays are upon us and with that comes the increase in visitor numbers many museums and visitor centres experience in the warmer months. We started the week as we always do with our Monday...
What we’ve done this week…
Today is Charles MacIntosh (The Perthshire Naturalist)'s Birthday. Charles was born in Inver near Dunkeld on the 27th of March 1839, he was known for his contributions to the Perthshire Society of Natural Science particularly his contributions around fungi. Charles...
What we’ve done this week…
Elizabeth Kostova leading her writing workshop.Our update begins with the archaeology and history club events from last Friday and Saturday. Dr Kate Britton presented a fabulous talk on Palaeoarchaeology and archaeological science which was fantastically attended....
What we’ve done this week…
The Young Archaeologists' Club had a lovely time creating viking beads and oval brooches. This week we have been full steam ahead starting to organise our summer events. We are running events through our Archaeology and History Club as well as our Living History...
What we’ve done this week…
We have been very busy learning this week! On Monday we had our memories group, we were given a copy of a fantastic photograph of the Dunkeld and Birnam Women's football team from around 1946. Prior to this donation we had nothing in our collection relating to the...
What we’ve done this week…
A spectacularly unusual visitor popped in to see us this week, Karina the Barn owl travels with her owners and visits a variety of locations across the UK. If you are interested in Karina's travels, you can follow her facebook page here. Continuing the unusual theme,...
What we’ve done this week…
We will start this week's update by saying thank you to everyone who attended our archaeology and history club talk last Friday with Lindsey Gibb. This talk was about the history of the Fair Maid's House in Perth. Our Next event is a ceramic identification Skills...
What we have done this week…
The unveiling of the new Shakespeare trail statue, read more below! Photograph by Graham RobbWe wouldn't be able to function without our amazing volunteers. We are a small independent organisation and without the help of these fantastic individuals, we would not be...