What's on in Museums this March
Museums are a warm place with a friendly face
Free to visit with regularly-changing craft activities suitable for children and families as well as temporary exhibitions and reference books available to browse and read.
John Gray Centre (Museum) 15 Lodge Street, Haddington, EH41 3DX.
Thursday and Friday 10am to 1pm, 2pm to 5pm.
Saturday 10am to 1pm, 2pm to 4pm.
John Muir's Birthplace 126 High Street, Dunbar, EH42 1JJ.
Wednesday to Saturday 10am to 5pm.
Sunday 1pm to 5pm.
Dunbar Town House Museum and Gallery High Street, Dunbar, EH42 1ER.
Saturday 2pm to 4pm courtesy of Dunbar and District History Society volunteers.
NEW EXHIBITIONS
What’s the story?
This new exhibition brings together 35 art works including paintings, photographs, drawings and prints held in the collection of East Lothian Council. The earliest piece in the show is a watercolour drawing of the late 1700s showing Haddington Town Officers on parade with fife and drum; one of the most recent is a composite piece responding to the East Lothian landscape during the 2020 Covid pandemic. The Friends of the John Gray Centre have worked alongside museum staff to present this varied and exciting show. Volunteers will be present in the gallery to chat to visitors about the art on display.
John Gray Centre, 15 Lodge Street, Haddington EH41 3DX.
Thursday 13 February to Saturday 26 April 2025.
Admission free.
Open Thursday to Saturday.
A stitch in time. Recycle - Reuse - Create
A family friendly art exhibition which explores recycling materials in the context of an art project.
John Muir’s Birthplace, High Street, Dunbar, EH42 1JJ.
www.jmbt.org.uk
1 February to 9 March.
Admission free.
Working Lives at Dunbar Town House Museum and Gallery
Dunbar Town House Museum and Gallery, High Street, Dunbar EH42 1ER.
October to March, Saturdays 2pm to 4pm.
Display open courtesy of Dunbar and District History Society. Free admission but donations welcome.
Dunbar’s Town House or Tolbooth is more than 400 years old and touched the lives of many people through the Town Council, Police Station, Library, Registrars, Tourist Information, Housing Office, MP and MSP Office, Museum and many more!
Do you know someone who worked here? Have you been to a wedding here? We would love to hear your stories and see your photos.
Step back in time as we help you discover the hidden past of this iconic building.
Visit past exhibitions or explore our local history from the comfort of your home or a local library!
John Gray Centre East Lothian History
What’s so special about bogs? An exhibition from one of our partner organisations, the John Muir Trust, as part of their Peatland Appeal. Discover more about this slow-growing, water-packed ecosystem that’s fast becoming recognised as an amazing collector of carbon, a rich archaeological site, and home to unique species of wildlife.
John Muir, Earth, Planet, Universe This exhibition focuses on John Muir’s legacy and his role as an environmental activist and successful campaigner and his relevance for our situation today in addressing the climate crisis.
Muir Houses Through Time Museum Assistant David Anderson spent part of the 2020 lockdown amalgamating all his research on the buildings occupied by the Muirs on Dunbar High Street. What has emerged are tales of commerce, greed and deceit as we follow the lives of those who have occupied the site from the iron age onwards. First published as a series of blogs June to August 2020
Gardens of East Lothian An exhibition by Sheila Sim Photography. East Lothian has a long and proud heritage of gardening and has produced several horticultural pioneers. With its good climate and fertile soil, the county has often been called ‘the garden of Scotland’.
125 Years of the Sierra Club This exhibition curated by Friends of John Muir’s Birthplace gave an overview of the history of the Sierra Club with an emphasis on John Muir’s involvement in the founding, and ethos, of the organisation.
John Muir and Geology Another exhibition from Friends of John Muir’s Birthplace John Muir and Geology explores the Scottish heroes who helped unravel Dunbar’s geological history.