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Burns House Museum - Dumfries

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7-8 September 2019

The simple sandstone house where Robert Burns spent the last years of his brilliant life is celebrating the centenary of its opening to the public as a museum. A costumed historical roleplay, 'Meet Mrs Burns', provides an opportunity to encounter Jean Armour. The house gives us a picture of how he and his family lived in the late 18C and the chance to feel the immediacy of standing by his desk and chair in the study where he wrote his best known poems before he died here in 1796, aged just 37.

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Annan Museum

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This family friendly museum houses a permanent exhibition on the history of Annan and the surrounding area. A fascinating journey through time takes visitors from the prehistoric period up to the era of nuclear fission. Displays include costume, First World War memorabilia, town regalia and a remarkable collection of paintings depicting Annan and the Solway shore. Look out for a 4000 year old Bronze Age burial urn, mummified baby crocodiles and the 110 year old piece of chocolate! The museum also hosts a lively programme of special exhibitions and events throughout the season, together with visitor information and a shop stocking pocket money buys as well as local history books and greetings cards by local artists.

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Balmaclellan Church

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7 September 2019

A harled, T-plan kirk, the body built around 1750 with the north aisle added in 1833 by William McCandlish. Gordon Webster stained glass window of 1928. Covenanter grave. Statue in churchyard of Sir Walter Scott’s ‘Old Mortality’.

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Caerlaverock Wetland Centre

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7 September 2019

WWT Caerlaverock Wetland Centre A rugged and beautiful destination offering open space and tranquil wildlife watching. The wild wetland reserve at WWT Caerlaverock is an important home to wildfowl and wetland wildlife.

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Cally Gardens - Gatehouse of Fleet

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7-8 September 2019

One of the earliest walled gardens constructed in the south of Scotland and also one of the earliest to use brick. Over 1 hectare in size, the 15 ft high walls shelter over 4,000 different plants gathered from around the globe. www.callygardens.co.uk

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Cat Strand Theatre - Arts and Visitor Centre

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7-8 September 2019

CatStrand Arts & Visitor Centre is an innovatively converted former primary school in the conservation area of the historic Royal Burgh of New Galloway at the gateway to the Galloway Forest Park.

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Creetown Heritage Museum

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7-8 September 2019

You’ll find Creetown Heritage Museum on the main street of Creetown, a village once known as ‘Ferrytown of Cree’ because ferries used to cross the River Cree here, right back to the days when pilgrims made their way to the shrine of St Ninian at Whithorn.Creetown Heritage Museum has a large collection of old photographs alongside period artefacts telling the story of Creetown’s peoples and industry across the last 200 years. We have old ledgers and registers with records invaluable for genealogy/family tree research.

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Cruck Cottage

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The cottage is of the 'cruck' construction, common in this area in the 18th century. The main supports consist of oak crucks or trunks, which support the roof. These are held together with counter tie beams, with birch rafters, laid with heather turf, and thatched with wheat straw. The original walls would be clay or turf, but are now built with rubble and lime mortar. The cottage is owned by Solway Heritage, and maintained and run by the Cruck Cottage Heritage Live music and displays by local craft people. Tea, coffee cakes and biscuits will be available during the weekend

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Dalbeattie Museum

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Dalbeattie Museum is in the heart of the Town Centre and manned by enthusiastic and knowledgeable volunteers. It is an eclectic collection of objects and artifacts from far and wide. A warm welcome awaits the visitor.

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Dalry Church

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7 September 2019

Traditional T-shaped building of 1771, modifications in 1831 including addition of bell tower. Alongside are remnants of the earlier 1546 church - the Gordon aisle, the burial place of the Gordons of Lochinvar. Covenanter stones in churchyard.

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Devil's Porridge Exhibition

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7-8 September 2019

The Devil’s Porridge Museum tells the story of the greatest factory on earth during World War One and continues the history of our area with displays on the Home Front in World War Two and Chapelcross: Scotland’s first nuclear power station.

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Dryfesdale Lodge Visitors' Centre

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7-8 September 2019

Next to Lockerbie Disaster Memorial Garden Dryfesdale Lodge Visitor Centre is not just a memorial to the disaster. The Centre explains Lockerbie’s history from the stoneage to the modern age as well as having an exhibition room for local artists.

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Dumfries Historic Buildings Trust

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7-8 September 2019

This Victorian building was formerly a warehouse for pianofortes, then cheese and hams, and now converted to a hub for the Dumfries Historic Buildings Trust, a charity who aim to preserve buildings of architectural and historical interest in the town.

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Michael Macleod
1 Harbour Street
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Tel: 07802571278
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Dumfries DOD Programme 2018.pdf