East Lothian Council Museums Service

24/06/2024

26/04/2024

⭐️ Work with us! ⭐️

East Lothian Council Museums Service are looking for a part-time permanent Visitor Services Officer (28 hours a week) to work front of house and behind the scenes at Prestongrange Museum and the John Gray Centre Museum. The closing date for applications is Sunday 5th May.

We are looking for someone with:
💫 enthusiasm
🦋 creativity
🍄flexibility
💐 great communication and organisational skills
🥰 and a passion for delivering great customer service

The successful candidate will supervise and lead their team of staff and volunteers to effectively manage the day to day operations of two museums ensuring visitor and facility safety and security whilst assisting with a range of things such as exhibitions, events, activities, learning and promotion behind the scenes.

For more information about the role and how to apply take a look at the MyJobScotland website:

View details and apply for this arts / museums / libraries role in Various Locations In East Lothian with East Lothian Council on myjobscotland

19/03/2024

12/03/2024

This little one had great fun dressing up while visiting our Harvest of the Sea exhibition. The last chance to see this exhibition will be this Saturday 16th March 2-4pm @ Dunbar Town House Museum and Gallery.

13/01/2024

We're looking for Seasonal Museum Assistants to support visitors to John Muir's Birthplace, Dunbar Town House Museum and Gallery, Prestongrange Museum, and the John Gray Centre Museum to start from 1 April.
Full details of posts available online: https://orlo.uk/gWiaS

04/01/2024

❗️Opening hours update for Thursday 4th January❗️

Due to unforeseen circumstances the John Gray Centre museum will be opening late this morning at 11.30am. We will be back to our regular opening hours on Friday 5th January. We are sorry for any inconvenience this will cause.

23/12/2023

There is an exiting opportunity to join the museums service as a permanent member of staff at John Muir's Birthplace! Take a look at the vacancy below:

View details and apply for this arts / museums / libraries role in Dunbar with East Lothian Council on myjobscotland

11/11/2023

Please be aware that due to operations taking place on the Prestongrange Museum site 13-17 November there will be restricted access to some areas (in red). Due to vehicle movements all dogs should be kept on leads, advisory signage observed and instructions followed at all times.

05/11/2023

22/08/2023

10/12/2022

🌍 CALL FOR EXHIBITIONS 🌊

We are looking for exhibitors to be part of our 2023 'Climate Call to Action' programme. Please do pass on!

🌳 a series of exhibitions to encourage climate action
🌱 looking for a diverse range of experiences and practices
🍄 opportunity to host meet the artist sessions and workshops
🍂 Dunbar High Street location with 10m wall space and case
🍎 expressions of interest by 15th January 2023

More information on the poster below and please don't hesitate to be in touch with any further queries. We're open to both first-time and seasoned exhibitors - no question is too silly!

30/11/2022

Seeing as how quickly the temperatures have plummeted...

Take a look at this beautiful All British Valor Oil Heater! 🤩 Do you have a memory of these? They produced by way of a reservoir of paraffin drawn through a dipping wick to a burner. Skilfully made from black enamelled metal, they were largely produced for domestic use, and were all the rage in the Roaring 1920s! ♨️

Thanks to SCRAN for sharing this today! 👍🙌

East Lothian Council Museums Service Scran
http://ow.ly/fF3650LpJyk

16/11/2022

A still life class at Dunbar Craft Centre took inspiration from some of our natural history collection this week.

The classes run on Tuesday evenings at the Craft Centre and produce some marvellous work!

08/09/2022

East Lothian Provost, John McMillan, leads the county's tributes to HM the Queen following the announcement of her death earlier today.

Full tributes and information on how to send your condolences: https://orlo.uk/4vTcg

25/07/2022

We have a temporary (6 months) post available for a Collections Officer to join our Museums Service. We're looking for someone with enthusiasm, flexibility, good communication skills, team work skills and a passion for museum collections to co-ordinate the delivery of collections care and documentation. Full details available online: https://orlo.uk/G8qtI

05/06/2022

One of our staff took a Ration Book recipe to a street party today.

27/04/2022

20/02/2022

Museums jobs
• We are looking for a Visitor Services Officer to work at Dunbar Town House Museum and John Muir Birthplace, Dunbar. Full details - https://orlo.uk/DYWrV
• Seasonal Museum Assistants (April - October) Full details - https://orlo.uk/MANuE

16/02/2022

Please note that due to an amber weather warning for wind this afternoon (Wed 16 February) we will be closing at 4pm this afternoon. Take care out there everyone!

04/01/2022

We have had some interesting enquiries regarding our Climate Call to Action for our 2022 exhibition programme in John Muir's Birthplace. Please contact us for more information about the spaces available [email protected]

03/01/2022

In 2022, Dunbar Town House Museum & Gallery will be sharing new information on the buildings past through an exhibition about crime & punishment. The gallery will also host a variety of art exhibitions and we have a full programme of community exhibitors on the first floor with a wide selection of art and craft.

02/01/2022

Looking forward to 2022. This year, John Gray Centre Museum will be hosting exhibitions about medicine & health, fashion inspired by fishing, agriculture and art from Poldrate Arts and ELC Art.

01/01/2022

to all our followers. Thank you to everyone for your support through a very strange time, let's hope for better things from 2022. We would like to kick the year off with some amazing news!
John Muir’s Birthplace has secured Year of Stories funding to develop two new events aimed at families with older children and groups with Year of Stories Community Stories Fund support from . Find out more about Year of Stories 2022 here: www.visitscotland.org/news/2021/yos-events

31/12/2021

As 2021 draws to a close, we finish our countdown to the new year with a look back at COP26.

Climate Emergency was explored at John Muir’s Birthplace through the exhibition John Muir Earth Planet Universe. John Muir’s Birthplace was the starting point for the COP26 Pilgrimage which followed the John Muir Way to Glasgow as participants reflected on the climate and ecological crisis ahead of the 26th UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties. Understanding from this will be used to refresh some of the main exhibition at John Muir’s Birthplace as a ‘Call For Climate Action’.

30/12/2021

Day 9 of our countdown to 2022, looking back at the last year in East Lothian Museums. At the end of September, Doors Open Day weekend at Dunbar Town House saw visitor numbers nearly triple as people booked in for a guided tour of the historic cells and Council Chamber with volunteers from Dunbar & District History Society. We also made this short video tour of the building for those who could not come in person.

https://youtu.be/ZMao0D7NsjY

29/12/2021

Day 8 of our countdown to 2022, reflecting on the last year in our Museums. International visitors returned to John Muir’s Birthplace in late summer as they combined family time with a visit to the museum. A first since the start of the pandemic.

28/12/2021

Day 7 of our Countdown to 2022 . Earlier this year we were very excited to host Discovering Ancient Egypt, a National Museums Scotland Touring Exhibition at John Gray Centre, Haddington. This exhibition brought together fascinating objects and hidden stories from the collections of National Museums Scotland, uncovering how ancient Egypt captivated Scotland over 200 years ago.

image © National Museums Scotland

27/12/2021

Day 6 of our countdown to 2022. Today we relive the launch of Poems to Prestongrange. This book was the culmination of weekly workshops during the summer of 2019 that explored Scotland's first industrial estate and the stories of those who passed through, from monks to miners, from pit ponies to potters. The book is available at the Prestongrange Visitor Centre Shop.

26/12/2021

Thinking of taking a Boxing day walk? For day 5 of our countdown to 2022 we are celebrating that the John Muir Way long distance walking and cycling route had lots of completers collecting their certificates at John Muir’s Birthplace during the year.