John Muir’s Birthplace is taking part in the Heritage Seed Relay!
The relay celebrates 50 years of the Heritage Seed Library, which has been preserving, propagating, and planting over 800 rare... Read More
Hampden Football Museum and Sporting Memories
Here is our second ‘football stories’ post from Sue Healy, Museum Assistant and Collections Volunteer. In our last football post... Read More
FLOW workshops and exhibition
FLOW begins this weekend. Celebrating of the role of creativity in climate and nature action. Every Sunday, Sustaining Dunbar and... Read More
Dunbar United stories
Here is our first ‘football stories’ post from Sue Healy, Museum Assistant and Collections Volunteer. This is an exciting year... Read More
Happy Women’s History Month
Did you know that March is Women’s History Month? We are celebrating some of the incredible women who made important... Read More
We are hiring!
East Lothian Council Museum Service are hiring seasonal Museum Assistants to support us across different museums, including here at John... Read More
Call Out for Exhibitions at John Muir’s Birthplace
Deadline: 2nd December 2025 John Muir’s Birthplace would like to invite exhibitors from across the UK to be part of... Read More
Hiding in Plain Sight
We finally know exact location of John Muir’s first school! Read all about how this discovery came about in this... Read More
John Muir’s Birthplace is open as usual!
You might have noticed our building looks a bit different at the moment! This is because we are having work... Read More
April at John Muir’s Birthplace
We’ve got an exciting programme of events lined up to celebrate John Muir’s birthday month. Firstly, there will be a... Read More






