Dunblane Museum

@DunblaneMuseum

Telling the story of Dunblane, its Cathedral and people through the centuries

Dunblane, Perthshire, Scotland dunblanemuseum.org.uk Joined December 2012

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Dunblane Museum @DunblaneMuseum Dec 4, 2024

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Dunblane Museum @DunblaneMuseum 22h

#OnThisDay 1850 celebrated Scottish novelist & poet Robert Louis Stevenson was born. A cave on Darn Walk inspired Ben Gunn's cave in "Treasure Island." His visits to Dunblane's Old Glassingall, home of Thomas Smith, provided real-life story for David Balfour in "Kidnapped”

Dunblane Museum @DunblaneMuseum 22h

#OnThisDay 1715 Jacobite Battle of Sheriffmuir took place on outskirts of Dunblane

Dunblane Museum has a display about the battle, including "Evening Post" newspaper from 1715 about movements of troops to Dunblane, & leather newspaper bag in which newspapers were carried

Dunblane Museum @DunblaneMuseum 22h

#Museum30 theme 13 is “Soft” - knitted character mice in Dunblane Museum are soft. Children search for them & listen in museum’s Bloomberg Connects Digital Guide to narrated mouse voice describing fun activities accompanying each, linked to museum objects
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#Museum30 theme 12 is “Last 12 Months” - building in which Dunblane Museum is housed is owned & maintained by Society of Friends of Dunblane Cathedral. This past year saw scaffolding up for months of external restoration work, & new limewash coating - completed in October