During COVID lockdown in 2020 we published a series of blogs on the history of the Muir buildings in Dunbar.  These proved extremely popular and we have combined them into an online exhibition to be enjoyed at your leisure.

We know a lot about John Muir’s life in Dunbar, but what about the house he lived in? The Muir family were not the first occupants of the plot.  There are tales of commerce, greed and deceit as we follow the lives of those who have occupied the site from the Iron Age onwards.

• Muir Houses Through Time – Part 1 The Archaeology of the Site
• Muir Houses Through Time – Part 2 Let Building Begin
• Muir Houses Through Time – Part 3 The Fate of the Falls
• Muir Houses Through Time – Part 4 An Avaricious Aunt
• Muir Houses Through Time – Part 5 Inheritance and ‘The New Built House’
• Muir Houses Through Time – Part 6 The Absentee Landlord
• Muir Houses Through Time – Part 7 The End of Dr Wightman
• Muir Houses Through Time – Part 8 The Post Muir Years
• Muir Houses Through Time – Part 9 More Post Muir Years
• Muir Houses Through Time – Part 10 Muir Rediscovered