Exhibitions

The Museum Committee puts on exhibitions, yearly or two-yearly, in Musselburgh' s Old Town Hall, selecting different themes for each from the museum's collection.  Previous exhibitions have included:

1988      Fishing Exhibition
1989      Musselburgh Then and Now
1990      Romans in Inveresk
1991      Tawse were the Days
1996      The Mighty Mills of Musselburgh
1997      Wild about Musselburgh
1998/9   Lost Musselburgh Remembered
2000      2000 Years in Musselburgh
2001      Fisherraw, the Walk and A’
2002      Schooldaze
2004      The Roman Story in Inveresk and Musselburgh
2005      Wartime in Musselburgh 1939-45: The Home Front
2007      Pastimes

Our current exhibition , I Kent His Faither, is part of the Homecoming Scotland 2009 celebrations. It is on daily (except Sunday) from 10.00am to 5.00pm in the Old Town Hall, High Street, Musselburgh. Admission is free.

“I kent his Faither” celebrates the contribution that Musselburgh's people have made to major events through the ages. With over two thousand years of history, from the Romans to the present day, Musselburgh's Homecoming Scotland 2009 story is of golf, historic national figures, nationally renowned sculptors and writers,industrial developments, world-wide links and much more.

This exhibition forms part of an exciting programme of events throughout the year in East Lothian.