Monthly Archives: December 2013

Your photographs of Leith

Posted on December 17, 2013 by edinburghmuseumsoutreach

John Dickson has very kindly sent me two more photographs of objects showing the Leith coat of arms. If you have any Leith photographs or paintings you would like to share please email me at diana.morton@edinburgh.gov.uk or add to the Citizen Curator … Continue reading →

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Nominate Edinburgh’s sporting heroes

Posted on December 17, 2013 by edinburghmuseumsoutreach

The curators at the Museum of Edinburgh are looking for nominations for groups or individuals to feature in an “Edinburgh’s Sporting Heroes” gallery. These will appear in the ‘Sporting Edinburgh’ exhibition which will take place 5 July 2014 – 23 September 2014. … Continue reading →

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Citizen Curator- Your images of Leith

Posted on December 16, 2013 by edinburghmuseumsoutreach

These great images of Leith and Leith objects have been sent in by John Dickson. If you would like to submit any photographs or paintings linked to Leith, please contact me at: diana.morton@edinburgh.gov.uk.

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Images of Leith

Posted on December 15, 2013 by edinburghmuseumsoutreach

I took these photographs during the development of the Citizen Curator exhibition. If you have any photographs or artworks of Leith you would like to share online or in the exhibition, do get in touch: diana.morton@edinburgh.gov.uk. You can find out … Continue reading →

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Queensferry Memories

Posted on December 11, 2013 by edinburghmuseumsoutreach

On Monday I went out to South Queensferry to run a reminiscence session with Queensferry Churches’ Care in the Community. The group had lots of amazing memories of Ferry Fairs, the Forth Road and Rail Bridges and the old Ferry … Continue reading →

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Kate Downie- New artist in residence for the Forth Road Bridge

Posted on December 9, 2013 by edinburghmuseumsoutreach

I am very excited to hear that Kate Downie is the new artist in residence for the Forth Road Bridge. You can read more in this article in the Scotsman. I love her work and two of her paintings of … Continue reading →

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More of your Citizen Curator comments- keep them coming!

Posted on December 5, 2013 by edinburghmuseumsoutreach

Lovely comment about the three pigeons from ‘A Leith Walk’ by Shona Kinloch: ‘So nice to see the FAT pigeons again!! Also to see artists from all over the world see the beauty in Leith!’

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Your Leith memories

Posted on December 5, 2013 by edinburghmuseumsoutreach

If you have been along to the City Art Centre to visit Citizen Curator, you will have noticed the space in the corner where you can write down your memories and comments. This has been fascinating reading, so I thought … Continue reading →

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Do you know your dolls from your diabolos?

Posted on December 5, 2013 by edinburghmuseumsoutreach

Try a new quiz based on the Museum of Childhood collections. A bit of nostalgia for me. As a child I owned the toy in this picture. Do you know what it is? http://talesofonecity.wordpress.com/2013/12/03/name-that-toy/

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Conservation training for staff

Posted on December 3, 2013 by edinburghmuseumsoutreach

Today we had staff training on object conservation. This is John, our Volunteer Coordinator Intern, learning how to conserve silverware. John is working with us as a part of the MGS Interns scheme. We also learned how to clean objects … Continue reading →

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