Musselburgh Museum

Forthcoming Lectures	8:50 PM, Dec 11 2011
Watch this space to learn the details of a series of three lectures associated with the Romans Exhibition currently running in the Museum. The lectures will cover aspects of Arcaeology and detail the history of the Romans in Musselburgh and Inveresk. Images and details of the recent important local finds will be incorporated by the two key speakers East Lothian Archaeologist Andrew Robertson and Dr. Fraser Hunter of the National Museums of Scotland. Mark the dates of 18th January and 9th February in your diaries now as places at these FREE lectures will be at a premium.
Festive Season Opening Hours	8:29 PM, Dec 11 2011
The Museum will be closed during the Christmas and New Year period from 17th December and will reopen on 5th January 2012. The Roman exhibits will still be on display from then until Easter.
The Romans are here!	8:29 PM, Dec 11 2011
The new exhibition In the Footsteps of the Romans opened on 17th November in the Museum at 65 High Street, Musselburgh and will run until March 2012. All the items on display have been loaned courtesy of the Trustees of the National Museum Scotland and tell the story of life in the Roman fort at Inveresk and the surrounding local area of Musselburgh. The Museum is open on Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays from 10 am until 3.30pm each day. Come along and see a bit of Musselburgh's hidden history revealed.
The Romans are coming!!	8:31 PM, Dec 11 2011
Inveresk and Musselburgh have a long association with the Romans there having been a fort at Inveresk and a settlement in the surrounding area. Over the years many artifacts of Roman origin have been unearthed during excavations particularly so recently at Lewisvale Park, the development at Tesco and the new Musselburgh Health Centre. Musselburgh Museum, with objects on loan courtesy of the Trustees of the National Museums Scotland, is mounting a new exhibition telling the story of the Roman fort and settlement in Inveresk and Musselburgh. The exhibition is open to the public on 17th November and will have over 90 Roman items that have been found locally over the years many of which have never been seen by the public before. In addition information and photos of the recent finds will also be on display. This exhibition will generate much interest and will run through the winter until March of 2012. The Museum is open on Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays from 10am until 3.30pm each day
Musselburgh Museum opens!	11:33 AM, Jun 27 2011
We are officially open to the public from Friday, 1st April 2011! Opening hours will be: Thursday-Sunday, 10am-3.30pm. And ... admission is FREE! We look forward to welcoming you to your new museum.
Update on New Museum	3:07 PM, Mar 29 2011
Premises at 65 High Street, Musselburgh is being converted to accommodate the new Museum. The work is nearing completion and is scheduled to be completed early in January 2011. Whilst the work has been going on a sub-group of the Museum Committee has been working in close co-operation with the Consultants, Hamilton Design, to research, locate and prepare materials for display. The internal layout planning is in place and the delivery of museum cases and other items is due. An opening date has not yet been agreed but we are hopeful that late February early March will see this ambitious project come to fruition. Meantime if you would like to volunteer to help with the stewarding of the Museum please send us an email. Further we are always on the look out for relevant items relating to Musselburgh for display or to supplement our archive. If you have any items of interest do let us know. Read More
Good News	11:13 AM, Mar 06 2009
Musselburgh Museum Committee is delighted to learn that the proposal for a permanent museum for Musselburgh has moved a step forward. Members are pleased that East Lothian Council has fulfilled its intention to plan for a museum in Musselburgh and that money has been earmarked over the next five years for this purpose. The Committee looks forward to learning more about this exciting new initiative and will co-operate with the Council and its Museums Service to take this project forward.