Museum
of Edinburgh Celebrates the City's History
The Museum of Edinburgh celebrates the city's history with
some weird and wonderful events, planned this summer as part of the Old Town
Festival 2009.
Events are
free and they are sure to delight by helping bring alive the history of Edinburgh and the people of yesteryear:
At home with Mrs Doig : Free Admission
Travel back to the Georgian times and meet
Mrs Doig, an upwardly mobile merchant's wife who dreams of a home in the New
Town. Find out about Edinburgh life in the 1780s and learn the etiquette required by polite society
and be outraged at the seedy goings-on in the closes and wynds. Would you prefer the bustle of life in the
Canongate or the grand society of the New Town?
Thursday 18,
Saturday 20, Sunday 21 and Tuesday 23 June 2009
performances
from 10.30am - 1.00pm and 2.00pm - 4.00pm
Chairman's
Tales : Free Admission
Join Donald Black, purveyor of the city's
most comfortable sedan chair, for tales and gossip about the people of Georgian
Edinburgh. Take part in Chairman's Challenge, test your knowledge of Old
Edinburgh and win a prize!
Thursday 25 - Sunday 28 June 2009 performances at 11am, 12pm 2pm and 3pm
The Speaking House Speaks... : Free Admission
Thursday 25 June 2009 at 2.00pm
A great chance
to find out about the fascinating building that houses the Museum of
Edinburgh. What do the King's goldsmith, a quarrelsome brewer, a
dowager duchess, a
spirit dealer killed by cholera and a property tycoon slater have in
common? Join our expert to find out
something about the buildings in and around Bakehouse Close, their
owners and
the people who lived in them. This event
is free and booking is recommended by telephoning 0131 529 3962/3.
- The Museum of Edinburgh is a series of interconnected 16th and 17th century buildings
situated on the Royal Mile in the heart of Edinburgh's Old Town. - Formerly known as Huntly House, the museum specialises in the
history of Edinburgh from the earliest settlement to the present day. - The museum is packed with artefacts that illustrate the development
of the city including the original plans for Edinburgh's New
Town drawn by architect James Craig. - The permanent collection includes:
The National
Covenant, the great petition for religious
freedom signed by Scotland's Presbyterians in 1638, is housed in the museum.
Greyfriars Bobby, the little Skye terrier whose dogged devotion to his dead master
touched the hearts of mid 19th century Edinburgh,
is represented by his feeding bowl and collar.
- The museum also houses a spectacular collection of Edinburgh glass,
silver and pottery.
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