What we have done this week…
This week began with Storm Floris battering the UK and an amber weather warning! We decided to close the archive on Monday due to this to keep our staff, volunteers and visitors safe. This meant that we missed another week of midweek memories! This means we are even...
Explore Dunkeld and Birnam!
We have lots of different maps for sale here in the archive, pop in to explore the options. From history to beautiful views there is a variety to suit everyone! The Stanley Hill trail and animated heritage walks were produced by Steven Goodison and Studio Puddock,...
Summer bugs and beasties
A sneak peek at the glamorous behind the scenes activities of a museum and archive... INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT!We take daily temperature and humidty readings to check the conditions within the archive and museum, but every 3 months we have to check our blunder...
Our Friday update
We started our week with a visit from Heather Doherty from Museums Galleries Scotland. Heather popped up to visit us as she is also part of the Tayside Museum Forum. It was lovely to see her and tell her about what we've been up to! Heather had a look at our case...
What we have done this week
Our 17th century soldier guided tours continued this week, next Thursday is your last chance to take part so don't miss out! The lovely photo above shows some of our attendees from Thursday's tour.Our next event theme will be the Jacobite era! Join us in Stanley...
What we’ve done this week…
This week we have had lots of research requests! We've had a great variety if requests and have had a loevly time helping people research everything from their famiy history to the war memorial in Dunkeld. We have had a lovely new aquisition of in depth research...
What’ve been up to this week
This week our Scottish Soldier in the seventeeth century tours began. Clan clashes,political plots and violent battles...Follow the life of a soldier through these trying times in Scottish history. Join Dale (in full 17th century costume) on a guided walk through the...
What we’ve done this week!
A visit from St Fillans' Heritage to see how our archive functions before they start their new development project. We have had a varied week and time flies when you're having fun! We started out with midweek memories on monday and had an excellent conversation...
What we’ve done this week
We held our 'Young Archaeologist Club Show & Tell' evening where parents and grandparents came to see the photos and finds from the kids training excavation. It was lovely to hear feedback from both kids and parents on how much they enjoyed the experience,...