Andrew Carnegie Birthplace Museum Andrew Carnegie was a weaver's son who became the richest man in the world and gave his wealth away for the benefit of mankind.
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The birthplace of modern philanthropy, the museum tells his inspiring story which is still relevant today.
Operating as usual
Although we've only got a couple weeks left before we close for 2020, we're still working hard behind the scenes.
We're happy to say that on the 5th December we'll be hosting some Autism Friendly Visitor Slots. The slots are free to book and will be Covid safe, have a look at the event for a few more details or get in touch with us.
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Help keep Dunfermline beautiful by joining the #PowerToThePickers initiative! Plastic Free Dunfermline has over 20 litter pickers and litter bags that we want to lend out to our members to do small scale clean ups in your neighbourhood over the next few months. More info 👇
Help us keep Dunfermline beautiful by joining our #PowerToThePickers initiative!
About a month ago we asked if you would be interested in attending an organised group litter picking event. Thank you for the positive response to our poll! Not even Covid-19 can stop us making a difference in our local neighbourhood or greenspace.
Head out with other members of your household and do a quick clean in your local area. Every piece of litter you collect makes a difference!
Plastic Free Dunfermline has over 20 litter pickers and litter bags that we want to lend out to our members to do small scale clean ups over the next few months.
Join us – it’s easy!
1. Get in touch via Facebook or [email protected] and arrange to pick up your litter picker(s)
2. We will send out a short guidance sheet for you to have an enjoyable litter pick
3. Collect your pickers and bags
4. Do your clean up and arrange collection
5. #PowerToThePickers - Post on here to tell us how you went! How much litter did you collect? What did you find? Anything strange? (don’t forget to tag us!)
Get in touch for more information.
Why not send your family and friends a little piece of Dunfermline this Christmas? These beautiful prints by Cara Shanley Art are available both framed and unframed in our museum shop. You do not need to book a ticket to visit our museum shop. Pop in any time during our opening hours 🤩🎄
Hands up if you've already got your tickets to our online Bobbins sessions next week! 👋
We've still got some spaces left for each session, so reserve them quickly!
Bobbin Babies 0-2 https://bit.ly/2IHbzfN
Bobbin Bigs (3-5) with a special guest appearance by old St Nick! Don't tell your kids if you book them a ticket, we want it to be a surprise!
https://bit.ly/3pB8X3J
We're happy to say our Bobbin sessions are back! (on Zoom!)
We're halfway through #BookWeekScotland and we've got a brand spanking new book-themed blog for you! 📚
We thought we'd look at the Carnegie's bookplates, you don't really see bookplates anymore but they're a really interesting as you can see who owned a book in the past and understand them a bit better. 📜
We've even asked some of our team to design their own bookplates and think about what they'd include in theirs. What special or personal things would you put in yours - heck, why not drawn your own and send us a pic? ✏️
https://bit.ly/2IzoUXL
For this year’s Book Week Scotland we’re going to take a closer look at the Carnegies’ beautifully designed bookplates. Bookplates are sometimes called ‘ex libris’, meaning ‘from the library of’ in Latin.
Our end of season sale is now on! Come browse and find some lovely gifts for the whole family & support your local museum! 🥰🏛
You do not need to book a ticket to visit the shop - just pop in anytime.
Gosh it's getting quite hard to keep motivation going with the shorter days, chillier nights and frankly, soggy weather.
But never fear! We've got some new online Bobbin sessions coming up that are sure to keep your little ones' spirits high! There'll be plenty of songs, stories, and creative play - so make sure to book your ticket quickly so you don't miss out. 🎟️
This month's theme is Winter Wonders - perfect to get you in the mood for Christmas! 🎄
Book for Bobbin Babies (0-2)
⏰ 9.30-10.00am 24th Nov
https://bit.ly/2IHbzfN
Book for Bobbin Bigs (3-5)
⏰ 10.15-11.00am 24th Nov
https://bit.ly/3pB8X3J
If you're not sure about joining in, why not watch a snippet of the last session we recorded to see if it's suited for you and your baby!
https://youtu.be/Hg8mZT4WuqQ
We're delighted to be bringing back our popular Bobbins sessions (on Zoom!)
A huge thank you to everyone who has left clothes donations for Children's Clothing Bank Dunfermline already! You are superstars! 🤩 Please note that you can leave donations even when the museum is closed.
Happy Book Week Scotland everyone! We're sure if Andrew was still around, this would be one of this favourite weeks of the year!
Look at what the busy bees at Book Fairies Fife have been doing, once again leaving wonderful books and bookmarks in our little free library to celebrate this week 📚 ✨
Pop by our museum and see what books you can find!
It's Book Week Scotland and the Scottish Book Fairies are celebrating by hiding copies of books written by Scottish authors, published in Scotland or set in our beautiful country.
A copy of Rachel McCormack's @r_mccormack Chasing the Dram has been hidden in the Little Free Library @carnegiebirthplacemuseum in Dunfermline. Were you the lucky finder?
About the book: Whisky is Scotland's national drink and has been for over five hundred years, since then becoming a global phenomenon. It is a drink that is a profound and important part of Scottish life and culture but, unlike other countries and their national libations, it has hardly been used in food. Rachel McCormack is going to change that with this book. Limiting whisky to a drink, she believes, is similar to the traditional Presbyterian attitude to sex; it should only be done with the lights off and in the missionary position. Rachel believes that there is an entire Karma Sutraof whisky use out there and she has put it in this book.
Interspersing an engaging mix of anecdotes, history and information on distillers and recipes, this book will appeal to everyone from the cooking whisky connoisseur, to the novice whisky learner looking for some guidance on what to eat and cook. Rachel travels the length and breadth of Scotland, discovering a myriad of unique and interesting people and facts about this remarkable drink, with interviews with the key people who create it around the country, as she visits the famous distilleries of her country, as well as the more home-grown variety.
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Delighted to say we are now stocking some Sketching Fife prints! We're over the moon to have some of her beautiful sketches in our shop. 🎨
We have a mixture of framed and unframed drawings from around Dunfermline, including the wintery Glen, Pittencrieff House - and of course our lovely museum! Some have even been hand finished with gold, so they're extra sparkly for Christmas. ✨
It's very hard to pick a favourite! Which one do you like best?
Framed £20
Mounted £15
Please note that you can visit the museum shop without booking!
Thank you, students from Woodmill High School Department of Additional Support for creating this beautiful portrait of Andrew Carnegie!
The portrait will be on display at the museum until the museum closes for winter on 6 December.
Dear all,
We're supporting Children's Clothing Bank Dunfermline this year in the run up to Christmas by becoming one of their drop-off sites until the 6th December. 🎄
They are looking for donations of new, unused children's clothes. The items they are particularly short of include:
Girls' clothing ages 2-18
Boys' clothing 9-18
Especially pyjamas, girls' tights, socks and underwear
Remember the clothing bank will be distributing all year around so non-Christmas goods are preferred. 😊
We'd also be greatly appreciative if this list could be shared far and wide - so get clicking!
Thanks for your support in advance, whether that's sharing or donations.
The Museum Team
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Please see more information about the Abbey Church's fundraising plea 👇
It's not until difficult times that we question how our precious and most loved buildings are financed. Buildings which are very expensive to maintain. It costs nearly £600 a day to pay for The Abbey Church of Dunfermline and the pandemic means they have a hugely depleted congregation. They're asking for a little help until things get better.
There's only a few more weeks left to visit us before we close for the season! 🎄
To reserve your free space, follow the Eventbrite links below. You never know, you might also find some lovely local Christmas gifts in our gift shop too. We've lots of lovely things, from EATS Beeswax wraps, Jo Walker Ceramics and Clarabella Christie scarves - certainly something for everyone so remember to #ShopLocal this year! 🛒🛍️
This week > https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/carnegie-birthplace-timed-entry-slots-9th-nov-15th-nov-tickets-119228526733
Next week > https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/carnegie-birthplace-timed-entry-slots-16th-nov-22nd-nov-tickets-119231842651
We're delighted to have reopened to the public!
Look at these beautiful knitted dinosaur decorations we've have in stock! 😍
Okay so we know it's November, but with 2020 being such a stinker we thought we needed some bright and colourful Christmas decorations in our shop! Aren't they cute? 🦖🦕
Now just the tricky task of picking one, hmmm which is it going to be? 🤔
We've got plenty of availability this week if you're looking to do something fun and free on your doorstep! Check out how to book via our website www.carnegiebirthplace.com
And of course if you visit us, remember to bring a face covering with you! Although we think our Museum Assistant Ronnie has ~perhaps~ taken this point a wee bit to the extreme!
Andrew's 'Big Heed' by Gemma Coyle
On 31st October 1910, Andrew Carnegie was sent a letter from Kaiser Wilhelm II concerning the foundation of the German Hero Fund. The 'Carnegie Stiftung für Lebensretter Trust' was founded in late 1910 and operated until 1934.
“We live in a heroic age,” Andrew Carnegie wrote in 1904. “Not seldom are we thrilled by deeds of heroism where men or women are injured or lose their lives in attempting to preserve or rescue their fellows.”
Many Carnegie Hero Funds are still operating around the world - you can find out more about them here: https://www.carnegiehero.org/resources/european-hero-funds/.🎖️
Carnegie Hero Fund Commission
We hope you enjoyed our Fossils in Fife session with Dr Katie Strang last week. You can now follow her on Facebook and find out more about weird and wonderful fossils in Scotland.
If you weren't able to join us for our first digital Bobbins session (delivered live by Nicola Dibley on Wednesday), you can now catch the recorded session on Youtube!
Enjoy our interactive 'Room on the Broom - on Zoom!' session with your little ones for free below! 🧹
https://youtu.be/Hg8mZT4WuqQ
Join Nicola Dibley for our first digital under 5s Bobbins session! October's theme was Room on the Broom - a wonderful story by Julia Donaldson about a frien...
We've got plenty of spaces coming up this week! Come have a nosey and learn something about Dunfermline's greatest son whilst you're here.
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/carnegie-birthplace-timed-entry-slots-26th-oct-1st-nov-tickets-119223168707
We're delighted to have reopened to the public!
Those who have visited the museum may have spotted the display board mentioning Andrew Carnegie’s support of African-American education, and one of its leading figures, Booker T. Washington. In recognition of Black History Month (UK), let’s find out more about his achievements.
➡️ https://www.carnegiebirthplace.com/blog/2020/10/14/andrew-carnegie-and-booker-t-washington
#BlackHistoryMonth
Those who have visited the museum may have spotted the display board mentioning Andrew Carnegie’s support of African-American education, and one of its leading figures, Booker T. Washington. In recognition of Black History Month (UK), let’s find out more about his achievements.
We've still got some spaces left for next week's online under 5s Bobbins sessions! 👶
We'll be exploring Julia Donaldson's bewitching 'Room on the Broom'. The perfect book for Hallowe'en! 🧹
Tickets for Bobbin Babies https://bit.ly/2Hs79II
Tickets for Bobbins Bigs https://bit.ly/34eottH
Reserve your FREE slot before they're gone!
The 22nd October 1902 marks the day when Andrew Carnegie was installed as Rector of the University of St Andrews 🎓
Andrew was installed as University Rector twice, once in 1902 then again on the 17th October 1905. His official portrait as Rector hangs in our museum, alongside his academic robes. He was also declared a Freeman of St Andrews too and made numerous donations to the university.
Donations went towards a Willis organ for the University Chapel of St Salvator's, the recreation park on Hepburn Gardens, the Women’s Union in 1904, the Gymnasium, and an extension to the old library in St Mary's Quad. 🗝📚🎼
More great books from the book fairies! 🧚♀️
Last night I dreamt I went to Manderley again...
Book Fairies across the UK are celebrating the film adaptation of Daphne du Maurier's classic novel, Rebecca, on Netflix.
A copy of the book has been hidden in the Little Free Library outside @carnegiebirthplacemuseum in Dunfermline. Will you be the lucky finder?
About the book:
Working as a lady's companion, the heroine of Rebecca learns her place. Her future looks bleak until, on a trip to the South of France, she meets Max de Winter, a handsome widower whose sudden proposal of marriage takes her by surprise. She accepts, but whisked from glamorous Monte Carlo to the ominous and brooding Manderley, the new Mrs de Winter finds Max a changed man. And the memory of his dead wife Rebecca is forever kept alive by the forbidding housekeeper, Mrs Danvers...
Not since Jane Eyre has a heroine faced such difficulty with the Other Woman. An international bestseller that has never gone out of print, REBECCA is the haunting story of a young girl consumed by love and the struggle to find her identity.
The new major Netflix movie of Rebecca is released TODAY and stars Lily James, Armie Hammer and Kristen Scott Thomas!
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Say hello to our lovely visitors of the day! 👋
Meet Max Bosworth who travelled from Perth with Donna to visit the museum! Max had a great time learning about Andrew Carnegie and trying out our interactives! Thanks for visiting both of you, Gordon and Annie were delighted to meet you. Come again soon! 🎉
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The Scotland Loves Local campaign is a national initiative designed to encourage all those who live in Scotland to think local first and support their local town centres and high streets safely and in line with public health guidelines https://lovelocal.scot/scotland-loves-local/
We, at Visit Dunfermline, could not think of a better campaign to support. Through our various social media platforms, we showcase and highlight the unique offerings and local businesses we have right here in Scotland's Ancient Capital #VisitDunfermline #LoveFifeAgain #ScotlandLovesLocal
Some of our favourite products in our museum shop are these beautiful silk scarves by talented local designer Clarabella Christie. Her patterns are inspired by Dunfermline's architecture, and the colours of this collection are inspired by vintage Vogue photography. Which of them do you like best?
If one of her scarves has sneaked on your Christmas list, you can purchase them from our museum shop! More info here: https://www.carnegiebirthplace.com/shop-pick-collect
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Don't forget to enter our #CheerUpDippy competition for your chance to win your very own orange Dippy (RRP £29.99) We've already had some lovely entries, so don't forget to get yours in before the 4th May 5pm. Entry details: https://bit.ly/DippyComp
Wishing all our followers a lovely holiday period with your families, friends and loved ones. See you on the other side in 2020!
Thank you to everyone who came and visited us during 2019! We've achieved a lot this year, including: 💯 Commemorated the centenary of Andrew Carnegie's death 🎨 Welcomed many children to our family events! 🎫 Held our first 3 autism friendly relaxed sessions. 🦕 Hosted a giant Lego dinosaur build! 👨🎨Welcomed Scottish artist Calum Colvin to create an amazing portrait of Andrew Carnegie. … And finally, only gone and won the Kids in Museums Family Friendly Museum Award 2019! 🎉🎉🎉 Here's to next season (and time for a well earned rest!) 😴
Happy Birthday to Mr Andrew Carnegie, born on this day in 1835 making it his 184th birthday 🎂🎁🎈🎉 Thank you for all the things you gave back to Dunfermline and not forgetting the Auld Grey Toun 🏴
Watch this fab video about Calum Colvin's art commission, created by Karina, a Journalism student at Edinburgh Napier University as part of her coursework. Calum's installation is on display until 1 December - pop in the museum and have a look! To find out more about Calum's work, why not come along to our artist talk on 21 November! More info here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-constructed-worlds-of-calum-colvin-tickets-78392384733 RT Dunfermline Delivers Visit Dunfermline VisitScotland @welcometofife (Video: Karina Caulfield)
We’ve been getting tecchy down at the museum and experimenting with creating a time lapse of our portrait project! Calum Colvin has been making some excellent progress down at the museum - come pay us a visit before the end of the season and have a look! He’ll be working every Monday and Thursday 🎨🎨🎨
Some visitors got a sneaky peek during rehearsals for tonight’s Cromlit's Lilt concert. Still spaces available, tickets £8/6 concessions are available on the door!
Thanks to all who came along to our #AutismFriendly sessions yesterday! We hope you all had a great time. We have more #AutismFriendly sessions up our sleeve as part of our partnership with National Museums Scotland! We've also tried our hand at making a little video about why we want to make our venue more #Accessible for all. Now we'll just keep ourselves occupied and wait for our Oscar nomination...
Who’s excited for tomorrow’s Carnegie Creators session? We’ve been practising making our own shooting stars - pop down tomorrow anytime between 11am-1pm to make your own! (We do not take responsibility for kids driving their adults crazy with these afterwards) 😉💫☄️
The best way to spread Christmas cheer is singing loud for all to hear!!
Jurassic World is in cinemas now AND IN OUR BACK GARDEN! DISCLAIMER: No animals were harmed in the making of this film.
Sensatronic Lab are here ! Come on down!
Sprogs playing the bicycle wheel! It’s our Festival of Museums event, come and join us, it’s on until 4pm
Festival of Museums! Come and join us!
Today? Well, we just pottered about really...
Burns and Carnegie live
Ninjas are ready to take over the museum tomorrow! Come and craft your own between 11am-2pm for free!
Andrew Carnegie is practicing his dance moves for the Festival of Museums! Join us on Saturday, 20 May! http://www.carnegiebirthplace.com/festival-of-museums-day/
Cookie Monster has helped us find a winner for the inflatable Apatosaurus! A massive thank you to everybody who took part in our Dippy about Dinosaurs prize draw last Saturday. And congratulations, Robinson family!
Whilst preparing for this year's Festival of Museums, we found this lovely video from our last year's big event! This year's event will be just as much fun! So we look forward to seeing you on 17 May!!
Despite the cheerful looks, this Elmo is very sad as he has no friends! Could you help us craft some? Make Your Own Elmo workshop takes place tomorrow, 2-4pm and is free of charge!
Here is Cookie Monster again - all ready for tomorrow! Don't forget to visit the museum at 11.30am tomorrow to hear Sally Magnusson read a Horace the Haggis story. We are also hosting a cupcake decorating workshop in the afternoon.
Cookie Monster is already lurking around the museum - will he find any cookies before Saturday? Or has Horace the Haggis eaten them all? Join us at the museum at 11.30 this Saturday to meet Sally Magnusson and Horace and make some Cookie Monster cupcakes!!!!!!!!!!!
Only 12 more days until our new season's opening! We are starting off with a fantastic event (more information available soon). Meanwhile, here is a sneak peek at one of our furry guests from America who is staying in Dunfermline until May!
BAM - Dunfermline Museum & Art Gallery
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Shed47 Railway Restoration Group
M90 commerce park
Dunfermline Carnegie Library & Galleries
1-7 Abbot Street