Fife Folk Museum

02/09/2024

The September 100 Club was drawn earlier at the Museum. The winners are as follows:-



1st Prize S. Kinninmonth

2nd Prize D. Stewart

3rd Prize W. Gray



Congratulations to all.

27/08/2024

Still a few places left.
To book email [email protected]

Our next Fife Folk Museum Evening Talk will be on Monday 2nd September 7pm

Speaker – Bruce Keith

Title of Talk – “Bridgescapes – Celebrating Scotland’s Bridgebuilding Heritage”.

Which is about Scottish Bridges – the structures and engineers who designed and built them, are an integral part of our heritage.

Our talks are free but as there are limited spaces, please book via the email [email protected] to ensure your place. And if you would like to dhow your apreciation by giving s small donation towards the upkeep of the museum and further events such as this it would be very much appreciated.

27/08/2024

Still a few places left.
To book email [email protected]

23/08/2024

The Fife Folk Museum is delighted to be part of Doors Open Day. The museum itself is open from 10.00am till 5.00pm but between 11.00am and 3.00pm Storyteller, Sheila Kinninmonth will be sharing tales of flax and linen for adults as well as children and Peter Bell, member of the Guild of Spinners and weavers, will be demonstrating handloom weaving and chatting about his craft.

22/08/2024

THURSDAY 22ND AUGUST

Please note that due to a private booking this afternoon we kindly ask that customers vacate the coffee shop by 2.45pm.

Still plenty of time to pop in and enjoy our home baking or a bit of lunch before then. Open from 10.30am.

Look at those scones 😍

10/08/2024

Our next Spoon Carving Workshop is on Sunday 1st Sept, 1100 till 1500, with Colin Harper.
Places are limited so book now to avoid disappointment by email [email protected]

09/08/2024

As well as crafting we had some dressing up fun during our last crafternoon this Thursday. Thanks to everyone who came to our activity sessions over the holidays.

09/08/2024

Our next Fife Folk Museum Evening Talk will be on Monday 2nd September 7pm

Speaker – Bruce Keith

Title of Talk – “Bridgescapes – Celebrating Scotland’s Bridgebuilding Heritage”.

Which is about Scottish Bridges – the structures and engineers who designed and built them, are an integral part of our heritage.

Our talks are free but as there are limited spaces, please book via the email [email protected] to ensure your place. And if you would like to dhow your apreciation by giving s small donation towards the upkeep of the museum and further events such as this it would be very much appreciated.

06/08/2024

Craig Cameron, Estate Factor, Teasses Estate, Ceres delivered a very interesting and enjoyable talk, ‘Forgotten stories of the Barony of Teasses’ at Fife Folk Museum last night.

Teasses estate has a long and exciting history. The Lands of Teasses were first recorded in the 13th C. with a castle on the site and extensive acreage, all gradually reduced over the following centuries. There is evidence of Neolithic activity; during the 16th century the lands were the property of famous privateer, Admiral Sir Andrew Barton and a later landlord, Norman Leslie, was charged as lead conspirator in the murder of Cardinal Beaton at St Andrews castle in 1546.
When the Morrison family took ownership in 1996, the estate and its Victorian mansion had fallen into disrepair and they embarked on an ambitious programme of refurbishment. The gardens at Teasses are some of the finest to have been created in Scotland in the last 20 years.

05/08/2024

Fife’s Museums club together to reach more people in Fife Family Focus

28 June 2024

Fife has a wealth of museums and heritage centres, from volunteer-run gems to exhibitions showing objects of important national and international significance. Now,locals and tourists alike will find it easier to find great places to visit in Fife, through a new leaflet that will become commonly accessible across the Kingdom.

Funding from Museums Galleries Scotland has helped the Fife Museums Forum produce an eye-catching and accessible way for more people to find out about where they can visit and what they can see in their local area.

Freshly designed by Lochgelly-based Mint Modern, 15,000 of the leaflets have been printed and will be popping up in local museums, libraries, information and visitor
centres in and around Fife. The leaflet provides key information and access details for 16 museums across Fife.

As a collaborative effort the production of the leaflet has brought together many Fife museums, large and small.

Fife’s museums include OnFife venues, Kirkcaldy Galleries, St Andrews Museum and Dunfermline Carnegie Library & Galleries, which display objects from Fife Council collections as well as changing temporary exhibitions. There are places that
connect Fife’s special cultural heritage to the world; including the Scottish Fisheries Museum, and the R&A World Golf Museum in St Andrews. Then there are some truly unique collections accessible at the Scottish Vintage Bus Museum, Fife Folk Museum or the Museum of Communication in Burntisland.

The leaflet also includes a QR Code direct to Welcome to Fife’s website where
website visitors will be able to access all the venues’ latest exhibitions and events.
Fife Museums Forum Chair, Jane Freel, says: “I'm delighted the forum have worked
together to create this beautiful leaflet. I am glad more people are able to pick up a
copy and find out what Fife has to offer.”

Smaller and community run museums are also benefiting from being part of the
leaflet. Pam Cranston from Save Wemyss Ancient Caves Society (SWACS) says:
“We truly welcome the opportunities the new Fife Museums Forum leaflet offers us to
advertise our local history museum and tours of the famous caves and carvings
more widely. The new leaflet has the potential to enable many more visitors to
access both our museum and visitor centre and the caves-site itself.

Lucy Casot, CEO of Museums Galleries Scotland, said:
“This new leaflet from Fife Museums Forum is an excellent example of museums
partnering to raise their profile and attract new audiences. We’re pleased to have
supported this creative collaboration through our Forum Connections project, which
was made possible with The National Lottery Heritage Fund.

“As Scotland’s national development body for museums, we look forward to
continuing our work with Fife Museums Forum as we make progress towards our
shared goals of a more resilient and inclusive museum sector.”

Contact: Jane Freel, recent Chair, Fife Museums Forum
[email protected] 03451 55 55 55 ext 473080

05/08/2024

The August 100 Club was drawn earlier at the Museum. The winners are as follows:-



1st Prize C. Foote

2nd Prize M McSeveney

3rd Prize J. Van den Berg



Congratulations to all.

05/08/2024

Our final Family Crafternoon session will be held this Thursday, 8th August 1230pm till 330pm.
All free and drop in so no need to book.

02/08/2024

Reminder. Still a few places left. Email [email protected] to book.

The next Fife Folk Museum evening talk will be held on Monday 5th August at 7pm.

Craig Cameron, Estate Factor, Teasses Estate, Ceres will deliver a talk as follows:-
Title: Teasses, Forgotten stories of the Barony of Teasses

We hope you can join us at the museum on the 5th August.

27/07/2024

Fife Folk Museum have a table at the Cupar in Bloom coffee morning at the Cupar Corn Exchange , this morning. Come along and join us there..

26/07/2024

From Linda McIntosh..

"Time to harvest the peas we planted with you! Thankyou very much it’s a bumper crop and they are very sweet!"

The green fingered young ladies pictured are Eden and Bodhi, with their bumper harvest.

25/07/2024

Next Thursday, 1st of August we will be hosting the second of our Family Crafternoons. All free and drop in. No need to book!

Donations towards the maintenance and upkeep of the museum would be greatly appreciated

25/07/2024

Busy fun Origami workshop this morning with Jess from the Ricketty Desk. Thanks to all who came along.

18/07/2024

Many thanks to Bill McSeveney for delivering another wonderful printing workshop and thanks to the children who came along. Here is what they produced

10/07/2024

Our next Spoon Carving Workshop is on Sunday 4th August, 1100 till 1500, with Colin Harper.
Places are limited so book now to avoid disappointment by email [email protected]

09/07/2024

The next Fife Folk Museum evening talk will be held on Monday 5th August at 7pm.

Craig Cameron, Estate Factor, Teasses Estate, Ceres will deliver a talk as follows:-
Title: Teasses, Forgotten stories of the Barony of Teasses

We hope you can join us at the museum on the 5th August.

08/07/2024

The next in our series of childrens summer break workshops will be on Thursday 18th July

Bill McSeveney – Print The Sea Art Workshop

Limited spaces so booking is essential.

Book by email at

[email protected]

08/07/2024

This Thursday 11th July will be the first of our drop in Family Crafternoons. Suitable for all ages, and free.
Join us in the Museum annexe between 12.30 and 3.30.
Love to see you there.
For more information cal 01334 828180 or email [email protected]

08/07/2024

The July 100 Club was drawn earlier at the Museum. The winners are as follows:-



1st Prize P. Martin

2nd Prize J. Van den Berg

3rd Prize J. Van den Berg



Congratulations to all.

05/07/2024

Keen weavers at this week's summer workshop

And this is what they produced on the loom. Well done all.

04/07/2024

The St Andrews Memory Group visited the Folk Museun this month and spent a pleasant afternoon blethering about farming and rural life while browsing through some old photos and drinking tea of course

03/07/2024

Monday evenings monthly talk was “Competitive Ploughing” by Willie Grieve.

The talk was well attended and Willie told us of the organisation process for his last competitive trip to Latvia in 2023

Willie has been ploughing since an early age, having been introduced to competitive ploughing by his father and grandfather.

He has won many trophies and medals over the years but was delighted to become Scottish champion in 2022 thereby qualifying to represent Scotland at the world ploughing match in Latvia in 2023.

He was also reserve champion at the Scottish Championships on 2023.

01/07/2024

Our first Children’s Summer workshop will be held this Thursday 4th July, 10.30 to 12.30.

"Handloom weaving with Jan Shelly - Textile Designer"

ALL FREE but donations appreciated.

Places are limited so booking essential

email [email protected] to book a place.