Elgin Museum
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Elgin Museum is Scotland’s oldest community-run museum. Showcasing exhibits about Moray and its people. Currently open by appointment only (subject to availability). Email us to enquire.
www.elginmuseum.org.uk
www.elginmuseum.org.uk
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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December 20, 2025 at 10:11 AM
New on our Museum Musings blog, Volunteer Janet shares her thoughts on a hot topic in the world of museums: Disposals!
Follow the link to read on:
bit.ly/EM-MuseumMus...
#ElginMuseum #MuseumMusings #ScottishMuseums
Follow the link to read on:
bit.ly/EM-MuseumMus...
#ElginMuseum #MuseumMusings #ScottishMuseums
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
November 1, 2025 at 10:11 PM
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
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
August 27, 2025 at 8:03 AM
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
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
🎟️ bit.ly/EMConference...
BREAKING NEW GROUND: SHARING ARCHAEOLOGICAL DISCOVERIES FROM MORAY
📍Alexander Graham Bell Centre for Digital Health (AGBC) at UHI Moray
🗓️ 13th September, 9am - 5pm
🎟️ bit.ly/EMConference...
August 22, 2025 at 9:15 PM
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
🎟️ bit.ly/EMConference...
BREAKING NEW GROUND: SHARING ARCHAEOLOGICAL DISCOVERIES FROM MORAY
📍Alexander Graham Bell Centre for Digital Health (AGBC) at UHI Moray
🗓️ 13th September, 9am - 5pm
🎟️ bit.ly/EMConference...
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 😊
#ElginMuseum #Moray #ScottishMuseums
#ElginMuseum #Moray #ScottishMuseums
August 21, 2025 at 3:50 PM
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 😊
#ElginMuseum #Moray #ScottishMuseums
#ElginMuseum #Moray #ScottishMuseums
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!
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!
July 16, 2025 at 12:27 PM
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!
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
👉BOOK TICKETS: bit.ly/ElginMuseumQ...
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
👉BOOK TICKETS: bit.ly/ElginMuseumQ...
July 7, 2025 at 7:19 PM
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
👉BOOK TICKETS: bit.ly/ElginMuseumQ...
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
👉BOOK TICKETS: bit.ly/ElginMuseumQ...
We're delighted to announce we've been awarded £67,000 by The National Heritage Lottery Fund. This award will fund 2 staff posts, a Redevelopment Project Manager & Independent Inventory Project Manager, essential to drive our redevelopment plans forward, laying the groundwork for our future! 🧵1/6
June 19, 2025 at 8:22 AM
We're delighted to announce we've been awarded £67,000 by The National Heritage Lottery Fund. This award will fund 2 staff posts, a Redevelopment Project Manager & Independent Inventory Project Manager, essential to drive our redevelopment plans forward, laying the groundwork for our future! 🧵1/6
Find out all the latest news from Elgin Museum in our Summer Update!
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June 16, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Find out all the latest news from Elgin Museum in our Summer Update!
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Our Museum Volunteers have put together a new display in Elgin Library about VE Day in Moray, commemorating the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II in Europe - visit www.moray.gov.uk/moray_standa... for info on opening hours
#VEDay #veday80thanniversary
#VEDay #veday80thanniversary
May 5, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Our Museum Volunteers have put together a new display in Elgin Library about VE Day in Moray, commemorating the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II in Europe - visit www.moray.gov.uk/moray_standa... for info on opening hours
#VEDay #veday80thanniversary
#VEDay #veday80thanniversary
Conservation was possible thanks to funding from the Idlewild Trust and the Gordon Fraser Paper Conservation Fund. Both maps have also been framed, protecting them from further deterioration.
April 30, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Conservation was possible thanks to funding from the Idlewild Trust and the Gordon Fraser Paper Conservation Fund. Both maps have also been framed, protecting them from further deterioration.
We were able to conserve our embroidered map of the world, from the era of Captain Cook, and a hand-drawn geological map from 1853, showing the locations of important fossil discoveries.
April 30, 2025 at 7:37 PM
We were able to conserve our embroidered map of the world, from the era of Captain Cook, and a hand-drawn geological map from 1853, showing the locations of important fossil discoveries.
We're delighted to welcome back two historic maps from our collection, following their conservation at the Scottish Conservation Studio.
April 30, 2025 at 7:37 PM
We're delighted to welcome back two historic maps from our collection, following their conservation at the Scottish Conservation Studio.
Thanks to everyone who took part in our Easter Town Trail during the school holidays - we hope you all had fun! The correct answer was "Easter Eggs Are Lovely". Elgin Museum goodie bags will be going to our two prize draw winners, Hamish and Ramsay.
April 20, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Thanks to everyone who took part in our Easter Town Trail during the school holidays - we hope you all had fun! The correct answer was "Easter Eggs Are Lovely". Elgin Museum goodie bags will be going to our two prize draw winners, Hamish and Ramsay.
Read the latest news from Elgin Museum in our Spring Update! Follow the link below or email us to sign up to our mailing list:
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April 1, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Read the latest news from Elgin Museum in our Spring Update! Follow the link below or email us to sign up to our mailing list:
bit.ly/EMSpringUpdate
bit.ly/EMSpringUpdate
Our Easter Town Trail can be found in Elgin town centre between 29th March - 13th April. Complete the trail for your chance to win a Museum goodie bag! Head to our website to download a trail map & entry form: elginmuseum.org.uk/learning-and...
Hop to it!
#ElginMuseum #EmbraceElgin
Hop to it!
#ElginMuseum #EmbraceElgin
March 28, 2025 at 9:53 AM
Our Easter Town Trail can be found in Elgin town centre between 29th March - 13th April. Complete the trail for your chance to win a Museum goodie bag! Head to our website to download a trail map & entry form: elginmuseum.org.uk/learning-and...
Hop to it!
#ElginMuseum #EmbraceElgin
Hop to it!
#ElginMuseum #EmbraceElgin
Wishing you great romance on Valentine's Day! A favourite from our collection, this folded paper Victorian “Puzzle Purse”. Written round the edges: "My dear the heart that you behold, Will break when you these lines unfold, Even as my heart with lovesick pain, Sore wounded is and breaks in twain".
February 14, 2025 at 9:48 AM
Wishing you great romance on Valentine's Day! A favourite from our collection, this folded paper Victorian “Puzzle Purse”. Written round the edges: "My dear the heart that you behold, Will break when you these lines unfold, Even as my heart with lovesick pain, Sore wounded is and breaks in twain".
Would you like to become part of the Elgin Museum team? The Moray Society (Elgin Museum) is looking for a Treasurer to help take our organisation through what will be a significant few years of change and development.
Find out more: www.elginmuseum.org.uk/trustees
Find out more: www.elginmuseum.org.uk/trustees
January 8, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Would you like to become part of the Elgin Museum team? The Moray Society (Elgin Museum) is looking for a Treasurer to help take our organisation through what will be a significant few years of change and development.
Find out more: www.elginmuseum.org.uk/trustees
Find out more: www.elginmuseum.org.uk/trustees
Glimpses of winter's past from the collections of Elgin Museum in our new photo display at Elgin Museum @ no3 High Street - curling on the river Spey, skating on the river Lossie, what's your favourite winter memory?
January 6, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Glimpses of winter's past from the collections of Elgin Museum in our new photo display at Elgin Museum @ no3 High Street - curling on the river Spey, skating on the river Lossie, what's your favourite winter memory?
