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Cockburnspath Primary P6 & 7 Get their John Muir Awards!

25 Jun 2018
  Pupils from the senior class at Cockburnspath Primary have been working hard throughout this year to get their Discovery... Read More

Teddies travel to Yosemite!

24 May 2018
We were delighted last week to receive some photographs of John Muir Way Teddies from our shop which had found... Read More
Keith - Hetch Hetchy side canyon

William Keith and John Muir: Kindred Souls

28 Mar 2018
Curated by Friends of John Muir’s Birthplace, the theme of the exhibition is the life of artist William Keith and his... Read More
Keith - Hetch Hetchy side canyon

William Keith and John Muir: Kindred Souls

28 Mar 2018
Our next exhibition due to open in 1 April 2018 will be curated by Friends of John Muir’s Birthplace. The theme... Read More

Weekend Family Fun – Happy Birthday John Muir!

28 Mar 2018
Celebrate John’s 180th Birthday by making your very own John Muir Beard! Don’t forget to take a selfie and share... Read More
JMA21 exhibition

John Muir Award – 21 Years On

14 Feb 2018
The public launch of the John Muir Award took place at Dunbar Leisure Pool on 26 February 1997. Twenty-one years later... Read More
Mueums Health and wellbeing

National Museums & Wellbeing Week

24 Jan 2018
Come and see us at the Bleachingfield Centre on 13 March 2pm – 4pm. We are happy to discuss different... Read More
John Muir Signature

First Editions on Display

18 Jan 2018
Some time ago, ‘Friends of John Muir’s Birthplace’ were gifted a first edition copy of John Muir’s first book ‘Mountains... Read More

Interesting Comments

11 Jan 2018
On cold, damp January days, when visitor numbers are not quite reaching the heady numbers we can see in the... Read More

Weekend Family Fun – Tell your Family Story

01 Nov 2017
Did you know that November has been designated Family Stories Month?  When John Muir’s family left Dunbar to go to... Read More
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Recent News

John Muir’s Birthplace is open as usual!
15 May 2025
April at John Muir’s Birthplace
10 Apr 2025
Service update – early closure 19th March
19 Mar 2025
High Street road closure Monday 10th March – Wednesday 12th March
07 Mar 2025
A Stitch in Time
05 Feb 2025

John Muir’s Birthplace

126 High Street
Dunbar
East Lothian
EH42 1JJ
Scotland

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