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Brand New Whats On booklet for 2014

Posted on March 12, 2014 by Sarah Cowie

East Lothian Museum Service is proud to launch a new What’s On booklet for 2014. The new booklet includes event and exhibition details for all of our museums, and there’s sure to be something for everybody! The King, the Queen & the … Continue reading →

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Where do I find a skeleton?

Posted on March 6, 2014 by Sarah Cowie

I had a request last week from a teacher asking to borrow a skeleton for their topic. Incase it’s useful for others, here’s my reply: The Museum Service don’t have a skeleton you can borrow, but there are a few other options: The … Continue reading →

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Presentation on Twitter from GEM conference 2013

Posted on September 6, 2013 by Sarah Cowie

This presentation is from the session on Thursday afternoon about connecting through Twitter. There are also notes on Twitter @ELMuseumService and @sarahcowie Click on this link to access the presentation: http://sdrv.ms/17cBleO 

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Your chance to win 2 free tickets!

Posted on June 10, 2013 by Sarah Cowie

Our series of monthly talks at Prestongrange Museum starts this Wednesday, 13th June, with an insight into the lost buildings of Prestonpans with Local History Officer Craig Statham. You could win 2 free tickets to this talk, simply by answering … Continue reading →

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Name our Miner!

Posted on March 13, 2013 by Sarah Cowie

Can you help us name our new miner mascot for Prestongrange Museum? Preston the Mole has been with us a for a few years now at Prestongrange, but we need a name for his friend the miner. You can email … Continue reading →

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Arabic Connections Project

Posted on February 6, 2013 by Sarah Cowie

We’ve got an exciting project starting in a few weeks that I thought deserved it’s own blog post to fully explain all the different sections! Ankur Productions got in touch with us last year to see if we fancied hosting … Continue reading →

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Budding Museum Security Guards Take Note!!

Posted on February 24, 2012 by Sarah Cowie

Sometimes classes are really interested to know if anyone ever steals anything from museums. I’m usually able to say, thankfully, no not from our museums. However, this week there have been two big stories about people trying to steal things … Continue reading →

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Answers to Christmas Quiz

Posted on November 28, 2011 by Sarah Cowie

And the answers to the quiz posted on Saturday are: Missing words: boughs, high, crown, come, comfort Problem Solving 50, 23, 33, 52 litres, Drumsticks, pipes and tree! How did you get on?

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Victorians Christmas Quiz!

Posted on November 26, 2011 by Sarah Cowie

Tomorrow (Sunday 27th November), we’re having a special Christmas event at Dunbar Town House. We’re going to have tours of the building, craft activities for children and displays about the history of Dunbar. It’s free and takes place between 3-5pm. … Continue reading →

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Dance Weekend!

Posted on May 2, 2011 by Sarah Cowie

Well, April’s been a short month, hasn’t it?! We have some really exciting events coming up which I think some of you might just be interested in coming along to. Especially if you’ve been looking at the 1960s, World War Two, or … Continue reading →

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