Celebrating #InternationalDayOfHappiness with something that's cheered us up! Presenting the O-FISH-AL souvenir postcard of Elgin (ELGNM: 1968.13), recorded by our #NLHF-funded Inventory Project Manager. Inside are 12 B & W photos of Elgin. It was made in the early 1900s by Valentine & Sons.
Celebrating a significant milestone in our NLHF-funded Inventory Project...we've reached 20,000 items! 🎉 The 20,000th item is this photo labelled "Elgin City Football Club" (ELGNM: 1994.52.4). If you know anything more about this photo, we'd love to hear from you - please get in touch #HeritageFund
Love knows no rest by night or day,
In shower or sunshine he will play,
Great in his own sweet roundelay,
Has he the secret sweet to play,
To lure and steal our hearts away.
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This Valentine reads: Love sheds a pure and holy light
On us, with heavenly halo bright,
Vowing by day, and still by night,
Eternal truth and faith to plight,
Sacred alone to Hymen's right.
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💕Happy Valentine's Day from Elgin Museum! 💕
This Valentine in our collection dates from the early 1840s
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New on our Museum Musings blog, Volunteer Janet shares her thoughts on a hot topic in the world of museums: Disposals!
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The Winter 2025 Update from Elgin Museum is out now - follow the link in our bio to read! Want to get this straight to your inbox? Sign up to our mailing list via the Elgin Museum website 🎄
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2 tracks in Hopeman Sandstone Formation, Elgin, Scotland. Small Permian reptile trackway overidden by larger reptile. Same day, same morning?, big animal chasing the smaller one?? #ichnology #permian
In-situ late Permian stem-mammal trackway in the Hopeman Sandstone Formation, Elgin, Scotland.
Vote for The Moray Society to make sure Elgin Museum has a chance to win in the Movement for Good December prize draw! Follow the link below to vote, thank you! 💕
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It was great to be back! Ou loved meeting & working with some terrific LEGO builders. Everybody who built an object should be really proud. The displays look braw! And whae kent it was possible to build a floral hat fae LEGO bricks! 😁
Thanks to @learninghoolet.bsky.social for delivering such a fantastic session!
A huge thank you to all of our LEGO™ builders for building such fantastic replica artefacts at Elgin Museum last weekend! You can see all the model artefacts on display at No3 High St (next door to Elgin Museum), Elgin Library & Elgin Cathedral Gift Shop
There's still time to book online or in person tickets for this Saturday's archaeology conference!
Book now: bit.ly/EMConference...
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Our Volunteers are also looking forward to working with the staff and pupils from Speyside High School on some fantastic outreach activities inspired by our coracle!
Read more here: elginmuseum.org.uk/spey-coracle/ 3/3
Our coracle, over 200 years old, is the last of kind and an iconic item in our collection. It will be conserved and redisplayed by the Scottish Conservation Studio. Read more here: elginmuseum.org.uk/spey-coracle/ 2/3
Thanks to the generous support of AIM Museum Fundamentals funded by Pilgrim Trust and The Julia Rausing Trust, we are delighted that we will be able to secure the future of our Spey Coracle! Read more here: elginmuseum.org.uk/spey-coracle/ 1/3
Join us for this full day conference for updates on a wide range of archaeology projects from across Moray. Hear from speakers from NMS, NTS, University of Aberdeen, AOC Archaeology & more! Attend in person or online.
📍AGB Centre at UHI Moray
🗓️ 13th September, 9am - 5pm
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Elgin Museum Archaeology Conference 2025:
BREAKING NEW GROUND: SHARING ARCHAEOLOGICAL DISCOVERIES FROM MORAY
📍Alexander Graham Bell Centre for Digital Health (AGBC) at UHI Moray
🗓️ 13th September, 9am - 5pm
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Visit us at Elgin Museum this weekend! Our Volunteers are excited to welcome you on Friday, Saturday and Sunday, 1pm - 4pm (last entry 3.30pm). Entry is free but donations are welcomed 😊
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Why wait for the premiere when you can explore the original legends yourself? No ticket needed - just curiosity!
Open 18th, 19th, 20th July, 1pm – 4pm
Free Entry
Can’t make it this weekend? We’ll be open again in August – check our www for info
Elgin Museum is back this weekend - just in time for your own starring role in an Odyssey of discovery!
While Hollywood’s cameras roll nearby, our galleries are ready for their close-up: 380-million-year-old fossils, epic archaeology and stories that rival any blockbuster!
Elgin Museum Fundraising Quiz
Join us for a fun night that will test your general (and local) knowledge! Suitable for over-16s only.
🗓️Friday 15th August 2025
⏰6.30pm – 10pm (Doors open 6.15pm)
📍Elgin Ex-Servicemens Club
🎟️Adults £5 / Moray Society members £4
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Sign up to our Museum mailing list or visit our website to keep up to date on future opening hours and for progress on our funded projects. 🧵6 /6
At present, group and individual visits are still possible by appointment, subject to volunteer availability, and we hope to be able to open in a limited capacity during the summer school holidays. 🧵5/6
Ongoing preparations for the renovation work means that the Museum’s opening hours are currently limited, however as the project develops there will be new opportunities to see important collections via events, activities and a pop-up museum. 🧵4/6
This bold £10 million construction project will be one of the biggest projects in the our 182 year history. The grant from the Heritage Fund and appointment of staff marks a key milestone ensuring the momentum of this critical project continues. 🧵3/6
