What we’ve done this week…
You guessed it, we've had another busy week! Monday memories had a productive day with two new attendees! We are always happy for new members to get involved so please contact us to join, or just come along to a session.Our Young Archaeologists' Club had been on a...
What we’ve done this week
A lovely visit we recieved from the Friends of Perth and Kinross Archive!This week we were in full swing organising our autumn and winter events!The first of our autumn/winter "Conversations with..." series of talks begin next week with Dr Allan Kennedy who is an...
What we have done this week
We had a brilliant Jacobite Festival weekend with the Sir Arthur Erskine Regiment from the 22nd to the 24th of August. Guided tours, a fantastic talk on the Taybank Terrace and a reenactment encampment in the park. We can't wait for next year's festival to do it all...
What we have done this week…
Here we have Ian Shields a member of Sir Arthur Erskine's regiment next to his 1992 painting of the Battle of Dunkeld. The battle of Dunkeld took place on the 21st of August 1689 as part of the Jacobite risings. Ian is in Dunkeld this weekend with the Sir Arthur...
What we have done this week
Another heat wave! It has been toasty hot in Dunkeld and Birnam this week (with the exception of a rather large thunder storm - with huge hailstones - on Thursday). The high temperature and humidty has kept us on our toes with our enivronmental controls to ensure the...
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...