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September 2018
Weekend Family Fun – Leafy Mobile
Drop in anytime to make your own leafy mobile and say hello to Autumn.
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An Ingenious Whittler – John Muir The Inventor
Our ever-popular temporary exhibition returns celebrating the amazing machines that John Muir invented to make life easier. His designs included clocks and barometers to plans for study desks and 'early rising machines'. Sit on the loafer's chair for a noisy surprise or draw up a blueprint for your own invention!
Find out more »Weekend Family Fun – Marvellous Marble Run
To go along with our John Muir: An Ingenious Whittler exhibition, drop in anytime to have a go at building an ultimate Marble run - have far can you make them go?
Find out more »Weekend Family Fun – Marvellous Marble Run
To go along with our John Muir: An Ingenious Whittler exhibition, drop in anytime to have a go at building an ultimate Marble run - have far can you make them go?
Find out more »Weekend Family Fun – Doors Open Day 2018
Drop in anytime to try our family trail especially put together for Year of Young People and Doors Open Day 2018. Try to find the answers to questions about John's Childhood in Dunbar, as well as finding out about John's own children!
Find out more »October 2018
October Holiday Family Fun – Inventions!
What does John Muir have in common with Wallace and Gromit? They both invented a machine to get them out of bed in the morning! Drop in any time over October half term and explore our temporary exhibition John Muir - An Ingenious Whittler. Have a go at making and designing your own inventions - can you make an early rising machine? What about a clock a table saw or a barometer? These were all ingenious inventions by John. What…
Find out more »Weekend Family Fun – Scootchers and Scary Stories!
Drop in anytime this weekend to find out about the scootchers and scary stories John and his friends would play. Who were the Dandy Doctors? Why was John so scared of them? Once you have explored you can do some Halloween colouring and word searches to take home!
Find out more »November 2018
Weekend Family Fun – Time
Visit our exhibition all about John Muir's inventions, see his clock on display in our permanent gallery and have a go at making your own paper plate clock which will help younger childer learn to tell the time. Decorate in any way you like!
Find out more »Weekend Family Fun – Time!
Visit our exhibition all about John Muir's inventions, see his clock on display in our permanent gallery and have a go at making your own paper plate clock which will help younger childer learn to tell the time. Decorate in any way you like!
Find out more »Weekend Family Fun – Leaf Mobiles
Take some time to celebrate autumn and make this lovely leafy mobile to hang anywhere in the house an easy way to make use of all the leaves lying around right now!
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