Looking for ideas for the school holidays? Why not visit Elgin Museum in Miniature! We're open Fridays - Mondays (until 31st October), 1pm-4pm and entry is free! #ElginMuseumInMiniature #ElginMuseum #ScottishMuseums
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Welcome to #ElginMuseum! From Sat 1st August: Elgin Museum in Miniature opens in our Side Hall! Fri-Mon, 1pm-4pm. Sign up for more info: www.elginmuseum.org.uk Visit from home via our website & YouTube.
We've applied for a Coastal Communities Fund grant to help repair our rear gallery roof - but we need your help! The public decides who will be awarded funding, so we'd love it if you could spare a few minutes to view for us!
We've applied for a Coastal Communities Fund grant to help repair our rear gallery roof - but we need your help! The public decides who will be awarded funding, so we'd love it if you could spare a few minutes to view for us!
🚨 It's klaxon time again! 🚨 We've reached the 40,000th object in our Inventory Project! Our milestone item is ELGNM: 1957.60.7, a decorated pottery sherd dating to the Early Bronze Age. It is 1 of 8 pottery sherds of an EBA beaker recovered from a cist discovered near Hopeman in 1866.
Congratulations to Theo, who completed our children's Mini Visitors Quiz and is our August prize draw winner! To be in with a chance for the September prize draw, visit Elgin Museum in Miniature - open Fridays - Mondays, 1pm-4pm and entry is free! #ElginMuseumInMiniature
💬 Evening Talk: Against the Current: Keeping a Coracle from Crumbling 📍 Elgin Museum Side Hall 🗓️ Friday 21st August ⏰ 7pm (doors open 6.45pm) 🎫 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/against-th...
Want to know why we've created Elgin Museum in Miniature? Watch this 👇
Making plans for the weekend? Be sure to include a visit to Elgin Museum in Miniature! Don't just take our word for it, see what our visitors have to say! Elgin Museum in Miniature is open Friday, Saturday, Sunday & Monday, 1pm - 4pm. Entry is free! #ElginMuseum #ElginMuseumInMiniature
"Lights of Olden Days" Could this be the most boring souvenir museum postcard? We think so 🤣 A challenge to other museums - can you beat this, our dullest museum postcard? #ElginMuseum #MuseumPostcards #SnailMail
Elgin Museum in Miniature is now OPEN! We had a great first day today. We're open Fridays - Mondays, 1pm-4pm. Come along to find out what it's all about! #ElginMuseumInMiniature #ElginMuseum
We're delighted to announce the opening of Elgin Museum in Miniature on Saturday 1st August! Hosted in our Side Hall, our volunteers have brought together highlights from our most popular collections, displayed in a new and unique way. From 1st August, our opening hours will be Fri - Mon, 1pm-4pm.
Counting down to the opening of Elgin Museum in Miniature!
With Greetings from Buckie! Have you sent a holiday postcard yet this year? We found this postcard from Buckie in our collection recently, sent to Lhanbryde - with a very brief message that the sender is "Enjoying myself fine". The postage stamp dates the card to 1911 - 1912.
COMING SOON: Elgin Museum in Miniature! A brand new pop-up experience bringing together highlights from our most popular collections across a variety of subjects, displayed in a new & unique way. Find & follow us on social media, keep an eye on our website or sign up to our mailing list for updates!
Places are still available for our family friendly Elgin Marbles event on Saturday 25th July - all other family sessions are sold out! A few tickets left for our 4 adults only sessions, book now...before they sell out! bit.ly/EMcreate Www.elginmuseum.org.uk #ElginMuseum #RSA200
Get creative at Elgin Museum this summer in celebration of #RSA200 We have 4 family sessions and 4 adults only sessions to choose, available to book now...and tickets are selling fast! bit.ly/EMcreate #ElginMuseum
Read all the latest news from Elgin Museum in our Summer 2026 Update - click on the link to find out what's been going on, or why not sign up to our mailing list to get newsletters direct to your inbox! bit.ly/EMSummer2026
Ready to test your trivia skills? Join the Elgin Museum Quiz Night! 📅 Saturday 4th July 2026 ⏰ 6:30pm – 10:00pm 🎟️ Adults £6 | Members £5 🔞 Age 16+ Enjoy general knowledge rounds, local trivia, snacks, and a raffle. Bring a team or join one on the night! 👉 Book your tickets now! bit.ly/EMQuiz2026
New on the Elgin Museum "Museum Musings" blog, Volunteers Stewart and Dave talk about a silver tea set with a bit of a back story! Go to the bitly link or elginmuseum.org.uk/museum-musin... #MuseumMusings #ElginMuseum #SilverStories #TimeForTea
Last Friday, a conference was held in memory of the influential and much missed Prof Ken Glennie at Aberdeen University, organised by the University of Aberdeen School of GeoSciences Geology Department and the Aberdeen Geological Society. 1/5 #ScottishGeology
New on the Elgin Museum "Museum Musings" blog, Volunteer & Geology Group member Dave shares the story of a noted early visitor and his connection to our Museum! elginmuseum.org.uk/museum-musin... #MuseumMusings #ElginMuseum #HughMiller
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
💕Happy Valentine's Day from Elgin Museum! 💕 This Valentine in our collection dates from the early 1840s (1/3) #ElginMuseum #Valentine #ValentinesDay #stvalentinesday❤️
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
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 🎄 bit.ly/EMWinter25
Elgin Museum Update Winter 2025
Dear Museum Volunteers, Moray Society members and other friends and supporters of Elgin Museum,
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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
