St Andrews Heritage Museum & Garden

Check out this recently launched fab free resource for exploring museums across Fife! Useful for planning trips over the school holidays ☀️

FIFE’S MUSEUMS CLUB TOGETHER TO REACH MORE PEOPLE IN FIFE

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 Museum and 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 Creative , 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. Welcome to Fife have added a QR code to make it even easier to discover more about each of the venues.

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https://industry.welcometofife.com/thenews/fifes-museums-club-together-to-reach-more-people-in-fife/

MUSEUM ROOF UPDATE

Lots of important work has been taking place recently to repair and restore the roof at 12 North Street. This week our contractors have focused on the chimneys, and we are delighted with the sympathetic stonework repairs made to preserve the west chimney. A brilliant job done! Our east gable chimney is in such a sorry state that a full rebuild is required, however the works will ensure our 17th century building is safe and restored for the long-term future.

Thanks to all who are supporting us on our journey to preserve this historic building!

Here and There in St Andrews by J.N. Bonthron dated 1916 was created as a souvenir showing some of the popular places and spaces in St Andrews. Is your favourite spot shown on this poster?

Spaces still available for this week's Guided Tours - book now to explore the East End of St Andrews with us!

St Andrews Heritage Museum & Garden St Andrews Heritage Museum and Garden at 12 North Street is set in a charming 17th century house and garden, a stone’s throw from St Andrews Cathedral and St Andrews Castle. Our Museum and Gardens are located in the oldest settlement of St Andrews and is one of the earliest domestic dwellings in t...

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⭐️We had a totally amazing day yesterday at our annual fundraising event. We’ll be in our counting house later today finalising the figures, but for now we can safely say that we have welcome the highest number of pre-paid, non-members of the Trust to Hidden Gardens in 2024. ⭐️

Thank you for coming and for making the day such a success!

Gorgeous day for Hidden Gardens! Open today from 11am - tickets available from 46 South Street.

🌻 Hidden Gardens 2024 takes place TOMORROW! Although the museum is closed this year, the team will be at 46 South Street with our fisherfolk pop-up and other goodies! Looks set to be a fantastic day - are you coming along?

🌸 Come and leaf your worries behind at the Hidden Gardens event on June 23! Discover beautiful gardens, live music and more. 🌿
🎟️ Tickets: £6.50 members, £8.50 non-members. Free parking at Boys Brigade Hall.
🔗 Learn more: https://tinyurl.com/hg2024

👣 Just 1 hour left to book tickets for today’s tour at 2pm! Join us to explore the historic east end of St Andrews with our amazing guides.

Meeting at St Andrews War Memorial at the top of North Street. Booking essential:

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/921838653227?aff=oddtdtcreator

It's International Picnic Day, so we'd like to share with you this interesting photo from our collection. This picture dates back to 1928, where three ladies enjoying their picnic are approached by a curious cow. We're unsure of the exact location in this photo, but the cow is believed to be an Ayrshire. She even still has her horns!

While the current forecast might not encourage the sentiment, are there any areas around St Andrews that you like to go picnicking? Craigtoun Park is one of our favourites!

🌷 Don't miss out on this garden-tastic event! The Hidden Gardens of St Andrews is back on June 23. Come for the flowers, stay for the fun! 🌿

🎟️ Tickets: £6.50 members, £8.50 non-members. Free parking at Boys Brigade Hall.
🔗 Details here: https://tinyurl.com/hg2024

Today is the final post for the 40th Anniversary of Volunteer's Week, discussing how Lizzie feels about her time as a volunteer with us at the Heritage Museum.

Since she started volunteering with the museum in November, Lizzie has been working with the collections. She was initially involved with the decant and is now working her way through a backlog of uncatalogued material recently discovered in the museum store. She finds this enjoyable and interesting as the objects she catalogues are so varied. Lizzie says, “It's lovely getting to work alongside the rest of the team and continually develop my cataloguing skills.”

A continuation from yesterday's post, today we will be hearing about Marjorie's experience as a volunteer in our museum store for the 40th Anniversary of Volunteer's Week!

Marjorie has volunteered for us for over 10 years, assisting with our collections. She enjoys spending Wednesday mornings at our museum store in Cameron, being able to examine the objects and artwork closely. Marjorie likes that different areas within the store are dedicated to the different objects, pictures and costumes, with the latter section being her favourite. She particularly enjoyed unpacking and hanging items from the costume collection. Marjorie said that she finds it interesting to come across artefacts that she hasn’t seen before, learn where they came from and who donated them.

In celebration of the 40th anniversary of Volunteers' Week, some of our volunteers have discussed with us the parts they enjoy best about their time working with the St Andrews Heritage Museum & Garden. Today, we will hear what Cailin has to say.

Cailin is our newest volunteer here at the Museum. Her placement with us contributes towards her Museum and Heritage Studies course with the University of St Andrews. Having obtained an undergrad degree in Scottish History, Cailin enjoys the work experience she receives with us as she is able to handle objects and artefacts from our collection and learn about their history, such as the Preservation Trust’s camera collection. Very different from her internship at a local art museum in her hometown of Midland, Texas, she sees this as a great opportunity to gain insight into niche parts of history, such as the religious history e.g. protestant reformations and the local fisherfolk communities.

Thank you to those who attended our volunteer social this afternoon! We had a great discussion about the objects that will be exhibited upstairs once the museum redevelopment is finished.

Also happy Volunteers' Week! We'll be posting more for this over the next couple of days, so stay tuned!

Step back in time & explore the historic East End of St Andrews with our guided tours taking place this Thursday, Friday and Saturday, 2pm, starting at the war memorial. Book online or in-person at the Visit Scotland iCentre on Market Street!

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/heritage-tour-east-end-of-st-andrews-tickets-919590388607?aff=oddtdtcreator

We have published a new article on our website today. Our digital marketing apprentice reflects on his first Museum/Trust event, the fundraising quiz night. Does anyone else have thoughts they'd like to share about how it went?

https://standrewsmuseum.com/fundraising-quiz-night-a-reflection/

What a wonderful turnout! Many thanks to all who attended our fundraising quiz night yesterday and supported the Museum's redevelopment. We were glad to see so many faces, both familiar and new!

We would also like to thank The New Golf Club for providing us with the lovely venue and The R&A World Golf Museum and Topping & Company Booksellers of St Andrews for the winning prize tickets.

Let us know in the comments if you came along, and what you thought about the quiz!

Do you know the History of St Andrews Fishwives? Pictured is Joan Clark, the last St Andrews Fishwife c1920.

In the image she is wearing the traditional costume of striped skirt, blouse and shawl, Joan sold fish from her barrow around the east end of the town. She lived in a cottage with just one room at 11 South Castle Street until her passing in 1927.

Tomorrow night at 7pm, the doors will open for our fundraising quiz night! We still have 16 spaces left, enough for 4 teams of 4, for those who were interested in attending. You can follow the link below to purchase tickets for you and your team (up to 4 people) or get in touch via email to reserve a place and pay at the door tomorrow night. We hope to see you there!

Tickets: https://tinyurl.com/TrustQuizTickets

More info:
https://standrewsmuseum.com/events/fundraising-quiz/

Thanks to the attendees who came along for our first guided tour on Saturday - it was lovely to explore the East End of St Andrews!

Our next guided tour will take place this coming Thursday 30th May, 2pm starting from St Andrews War Memorial. Tickets available online or from the VisitScotland iCentre on Market Street :)

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/heritage-tour-east-end-of-st-andrews-tickets-902298217257

We have been identifying objects in store for future display and came across this pewter measure.

The object record tells us that it is from the Union Parlour (1835-1854) on Golf Place, a clubhouse for the R&A prior to the building of the R&A clubhouse in 1854. An amazing find that we look forward to displaying as part of our exhibition on the origins & development of St Andrews!

Less than a week now until our Fundraising Quiz Night! We have enough space left for 4 teams of 4 so if you are interested in attending, please get in touch. Tickets can be purchased through the link below, or you can contact us via email to reserve a place and pay at the door.

https://tinyurl.com/TrustQuizTickets

The wonderful Sheila Kinninmonth, Teller of Stories will be your guide around the historic east end of St Andrews this Saturday 25th May, 2pm, starting at St Andrews War Memorial. From the origins of St Andrews to the lost community of fisherfolk of the Ladyhead, Sheila's tour explores centuries of local history and stories!

Tickets are available online from the link below, or from the VisitScotland iCentre on Market Street.

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/heritage-tour-east-end-of-st-andrews-tickets-902298217257?aff=oddtdtcreator

Only a few tickets left - don’t miss your chance to win one of our fabulous prizes 🏅- or the wooden spoon 🥄

Our lovely friends at VisitScotland in Market Street have created a beautiful display to advertise our Hidden Gardens event on 23rd June - tickets are available now from the Trust website, on the day at 46 South Street or from the till point beside this cute display ! 🌸🍄🍀

👣 Walking tours starting next weekend - exciting!

Join our local guides for a stroll around the east end of , exploring key historic sites and legendary stories.

All proceeds raised support the work of the Trust in preserving the historic character and social history of the Town.

Heritage Tour: East End of St Andrews at St Andrews Heritage Museum, St Andrews | What's On Fife Enjoy a fascinating Heritage Tour of the East End of St Andrews and explore the rich history of this beautiful area with knowledgeable and local guides! What's On Fife - your guide to events in Fife!

An unusual find in the museum store today, but can you guess what it is?!

We will admit we had to look it up on the database, we were stumped!