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⭐ ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Perth Museum is delighted to announce that the museum has been awarded 5-star status as a visitor attraction by
@VisitScotland
!
Read the full story at
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Have you spotted these two magnificent items of jewellery? The Glen Lyon brooch and the Breadalbane brooch are currently on loan from the
@britishmuseum
.
#PerthMuseum
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Oh, go on then, here's a sneak peek of what to expect when we open our doors on Saturday!
Plan your visit here
📸
@RobMcDougall
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👀 When you appear as a question on
#TheChase
does that mean that you've made it?
Asking for a friend. We're the friend. 🦄
@bradleywalsh
@itvchase
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Delighted to say we had over 3,000 visitors through the doors on our first day!! A big thanks to everyone who joined us yesterday. 👏 👏 👏
Coming along today? We open at 10am.⏰
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This 66lbs curling stone, 'Black Meg', was previously owned by the Coupar Angus and Kettins Curling Club. Tracing its origins to 1749, the club is one of the oldest in Scotland. Possibly imported by Dutch merchants, curling is likely to have become popular from the 16th century.
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We're delighted to announce that Perth Museum will open its doors on Easter Weekend 2024. Read more on our website -
#TheHomeOfDestiny
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Perth Museum is not all about the wonderful new displays, have you spotted the many original features of the building?
#PerthMuseum
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📰 Press view day!
Which means unveiling the museum to photographers for the first time! 📸
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"In the Scottish city of Perth, Dutch studio Mecanoo has given its former city hall a new lease of life as a museum that hosts the Stone of Destiny" via
@arch_today
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Perth Museum review – a magical display of rampant unicorns and naked Picts | Art and design | The Guardian
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And breath.
The first day is over, we will go again tomorrow. Don't forget, we open at 10am tomorrow.
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The new Perth Museum will open its doors in the spring of 2024, and to start the countdown, we have launched a new website highlighting the objects and stories that put Perth and Kinross at the centre of Scotland's story.
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There's not long to wait until we open our doors! 🚪
Entry to the museum will be free for everyone.
Plan your visit:
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This early medieval sculpture, the Pictish St Madoes cross-slab, dates to the eighth century. Its imagery symbolises the authority of the church and features biting dogs and two lion-like creatures facing each other across the top of the stone.
#PerthMuseum
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The Carpow Logboat – the oldest and best preserved in Scotland – has been radiocarbon-dated to around 1,000 BCE. With a crew of two, the boat could readily have moved cargo up to a tonne in weight, around the estuary and along the Rivers Tay and Earn.
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Have you visited Perth Museum? We'd love to know what your favourite part of the new museum is. Post in the comments below.
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We were delighted to welcome the Carpow Logboat back to Perth today after essential conservation work was carried out at
@NtlMuseumsScot
.
Read more on our website
📷 Julie Howden
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As we draw closer to the opening of Perth Museum on March 30th, we will be looking back at the history of the building through a series of photos over the past 125 years in the upcoming weeks.
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⏰ It's almost time...
We open our doors to the public at 12pm on Saturday 30 March, and we can't wait to see you! 🤩
Here's some info to help plan your visit 👉
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Yesterday, the 1st object from the collection was moved from
@PerthArtGallery
to Perth Museum. Thanks to the expert assistance from the team at
@constantineltd
in ensuring that the Inuit Kayak made a safe journey.
Help us care for collections by donating
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We're delighted to announce today that free tickets to view the Stone of Destiny on the opening weekend, 30 and 31 March 2024, will be released online at 10am on 22 March 2024 via Perthshire Box Office. 📷 The Stone of Destiny. ©
@histenvscot
Read more -
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This set of dominoes and the box they are stored in were made by French prisoners of war housed at the Depot, Perth (now Perth Prison) during the Napoleonic Wars. Prisoners would spend part of their day making intricate objects of bone, straw, or metal to sell to local people.
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We are delighted to announce that Perth Museum will be opening on 30 March 2024 with our debut exhibition, Unicorn. Find out more about this exhibition and book your tickets via our website.
Tickets are now available with
@PerthshireBox
Office.
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These 4,000-year-old Dagger and Knife were excavated from an Early Bronze Age cist burial in Forteviot. They are made from various valuable materials; bronze, horn, gold, and sperm whale tooth. Modern replicas show how they would have looked when buried.
#PerthMuseum
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Who is visiting us today?
Open Easter Monday, 10am to 5pm.
Plan your visit
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Delighted to reveal our new staff uniform, designed by
@tangentgraphic
, and our amazing new team that will welcome you through the doors on Saturday 30 March. 🤩
Read more here
📸 Julie Howden
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Have you spotted our toilet seat? 🚽
This seat from 1275-1325 CE, was probably cut down from a two-seater plank. At one end there is incised decoration of chevrons and diamonds, probably cut idly while someone was using the toilet.
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This is the only surviving example of a Glover's Dance Dress, typical of the elaborate sorts of civic performance costume dating back to the medieval period across Europe's towns
& cities. This example was worn in 1633 for the river dance performed for Charles I's visit
to Perth.
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No plans for a wet and dreich Bank Holiday Monday?
Come and visit Perth Museum, we're open today from 10am to 5pm. Plenty to keep the kids occupied. Plan your visit
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Discover Scotland's intriguing history and witness the legendary Stone of Destiny's return to Perthshire after 700 years at the upcoming Perth Museum, set to open in Spring 2024. Learn more on our newly launched website.
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⚔️ Fancy discovering Perth's medieval past? Come join our Medieval City Tours on Saturday 13 April and walk in the footsteps of history!
Our tours start at 10.30am, 12 noon, 2pm, & 3.30pm from Perth Museum. Book here
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Nothing to do with the kids in the school holidays? We open at 10am every day this week.
And it's free to enter.
Plan your visit
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Morning folks!
We're opening our doors now. Few things to know!
✅Advance tickets for the Stone of Destiny are sold out
✅Tickets for the Stone of Destiny are available in venue, however on first come first serve basis.
✅Entry to the museum is free
✅Unicorn tickets £8/£10
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🔜 Not long to go, just adding the finishing touches...
⏰ We open our doors at 12pm tomorrow!
📝 Plan your visit:
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⚔️ Fancy a stroll through Perth's past? Join our Medieval City Tours TODAY to discover why the city played a key role in Scotland's history.
Our tours start at 10.30am, 12 noon, 2pm, & 3.30pm from Perth Museum. Book online at or in person at the museum.
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What a beautiful sunny morning! 🌞
👨👩👦👦 Visiting us when we open on Saturday? Entry to the Museum will be via the main entrance on the north side of St John’s Place.
Plan your visit here
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After travelling the world promoting the Hammer House of Horror film, 'The Mummy (1959), this fibreglass recreation of an ancient Egyptian sarcophagus, loosely based on the sarcophagus of Tutankhamun, is now on display in
#PerthMuseum
. Come and have a look.
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From neolithic stone balls to cups of coffee, we've got you covered.
Open seven days a week from 10am.
Plan your visit:
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🏵️ Fancy walking in the footsteps of Perth’s past and discovering a little of its connections to the Jacobite Wars. We have additional tours today at 2pm, & 3.30pm. Book here
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From only £4 a month, you can see our new 'Unicorn' exhibition as many times as you like. Just like our friends here
What a lovely day for a family photo 📷 ☀️
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Have you met Bawsie Broun? He is very friendly, and you can give him a gentle pet.
Bawsie has been made for us, almost entirely out of wool, by artist Amy Thornton. Bawsie is based on one of the complete surviving dog skeletons from medieval Perth.
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🍔 Sundays are for Brunch & Lunch at Stone Café!🍽️
From Sunday 19 May, Stone Café at
#PerthMuseum
will offer its range of breakfast rolls for a lazy Sunday brunch from 11am until 1pm and a great Sunday Roast with all the trimmings from 1pm.
Vegan options are always available.
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One of the most significant elements of the collection is the finds recovered from numerous excavations in
#Perth
since the mid-1970s.
This knife handle is made of ivory, a luxury material, and was carved by a highly skilled craft worker in a workshop in Perth.
#PerthMuseum
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🌟 ONE WEEK TO GO! 🌟
We open to the public at 12pm on Saturday 30 March.
What are you most excited to see? Expect to see old favourites and stunning new spaces!
Plan your visit 👉
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We've partnered up with
@StoryScotland
who has put together a few reasons why you should visit Perth Museum. Read more on our website -
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Join one of our City Tours and uncover Perth’s past from clan battles to the murder of a King, the punishment of a Wolf, and Jacobite Wars.
💮 April 6 - Jacobite City Tours
⚔️ April 7 - Medieval City Tours
⚔️ April 13 - Medieval City Tours
Details here
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These glass models were made by Dresden-based glass artists, Leopold & Rudolf Blaschka. In the 1870s they sold a range of about six hundred models of sea creatures. Later they switched production to making glass plant models for museums, zoos & aquaria.
#PerthMuseum
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Excited by our Unicorn announcement? Feeling that you want to add your own magical take on this exhibition? Well, you can! Click the link and find out how you can be part of Unicorn -
#Unicornucopia
#BeMoreUnicorn
🦄 🌈
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ICYMI, we've unveiled our opening programme and announced that tickets will be made available for The Stone of Destiny next Friday at 10am. Read more here or download our programme here -
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Have you spotted the Perth Town Drum?
The drum is painted with the town coat of arms and the motto "pro rege lege et grege" meaning "for King law and people". The drum was used to attract attention and call notices in the town including royal proclamations and market days.
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In case you missed it, we will be opening on 30 March 2024 with our debut exhibition, Unicorn.
Find out more about this exhibition and book your tickets via our website.
Tickets are available in partnership with
@PerthshireBox
.
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If you visit us over the weekend or next week, see if you can spot these beautiful insects from the collection in a 'secret' location!
#PerthMuseum
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⚔️ Fancy walking in the footsteps of Perth’s past and discovering why the city has played a key role in Scotland’s medieval past? Then join one of our Medieval City Tours today.
Our tours start at 10.30am, 12 noon, 2pm, & 3.30pm from Perth Museum.
🎟️
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Perth Museum are delighted to announce that its new website is now live! Please visit to learn about the new museum project, the Stone of Destiny and the fascinating collection that will go on permanent display in 2024.
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Our CEO Helen Smout is interviewed for
@attractionsmag
this month. Read the interview on their website
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Are you passionate about Scotland’s history? Looking for a new challenge? Why not join us at Perth Museum on Wednesday 15 November to find out more about the exciting new visitor experience roles on offer.
Full details available here 👇
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Discover Scotland's intriguing history and witness the legendary Stone of Destiny's return to Perthshire after 700 years at the upcoming Perth Museum, set to open in Spring 2024. Learn more on our newly launched website. 📷 © Historic Environment Scotland.
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Happy
#UnicornDay
! 🦄
To celebrate, why not come and be enchanted by our debut exhibition, Unicorn, which explores the story of Scotland’s national animal.
Tickets are £10/£8 (under 10s are free) and available here:
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Have you visited the Perth Museum website recently? We've added more content, including a short history of City Hall, blogs, and we're shining a spotlight on some Star Objects
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This view of the City Hall from King Edward Street is from c.1914. The City Hall was designed by Harry Edward Clifford and Thomas Melville Lunan in an 'Edwardian classical' style.
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One of the works that will be on display in our 'Unicorn' exhibition is the renowned 'The Lady and the Unicorn' by Luca Longhi (1507-1580), on loan from Castel Sant’Angelo. This will be the first time the work will be displayed in the UK.
🦄 Tickets
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Congratulations to our colleagues
@ScottishCrannog
who opened today. Be sure to make a trip to see them during the Easter break, after you've visited us of course!
@VisitScotland
Iron Age village rises from the ashes of crannog fire
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Madainn mhath Alba! A bheil thu a’ tighinn dhan taigh-tasgaidh an-diugh? Tha sinn gar feitheamh.
#PerthMuseum
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"Top 14 museum openings & expansions in 2024 - From a new Nintendo Museum to the long-awaited opening of the Grand Egyptian Museum, there is a lot to look forward to this year" featuring ourselves! Via
@Blooloop
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Wee update for today, 31 March 2024. Walk up tickets for the Stone of Destiny are selling out fast. The next available time is 2pm. Tickets are first come first serve. You can prebook via
@perthshirebox
. New tickets are released on Monday
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Earlier this week we shared some images of a piece of gold-coloured silk excavated from medieval Perth in Kirk Close. This short video below shows the fabric replica being made on a traditional hand-operated loom.
We've been working on this with
@Arte_Seta_Lisio
.
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🏵️ THEY'RE BACK! 🏵️
Let us take you through history with a fascinating walking tour of Perth! Join us on Thursday 20 June and discover the city's past connections to the Jacobite Wars.
Tours at
⌚ 11am & 2pm
👛 £9 (excl booking fee)
🎟️'s
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📢 WE'RE HIRING!
📍 Visitor Experience Assistants
Culture Perth and Kinross are looking for enthusiastic, dedicated people to join our Front of House team at our brand-new attraction – Perth Museum – opening Easter 2024.
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Our conservator, Anna Zwagerman, spent a day at
@NtlMuseumsScot
Conservation Studios cleaning a silver-mounted cricket ball trophy for display in the museum.
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Stone tickets are sold out for today.
Tickets are released every Monday at 10am in weekly batches, up to 14 days in advance of your visit.
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Did you know we welcome visits to
#PerthMuseum
from organised tour groups and travel operators? If you are looking to visit, we can work with you to develop bespoke packages to meet the needs and interests of your client group.
Discover more here
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This wonderful painting is a portrait of St Bartholomew, patron saint of skinners & leather workers, and in Perth specifically, of the Glover Incorporation. Originally painted in 1557, little of the original painting survives due to subsequent re-paintings.
#PerthMuseum
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@DigItScotland
@culturepandk
@EarlyScotland
@NorthAges
And available to view in colour as well! 😍
📸
@RobMcDougall
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There are no more than five of these costumes in the world; worn in Tahiti by the chief mourner after the funeral of an important person. For the duration of mourning the wearer was able to kill or maim anyone within his or her reach.
#PerthMuseum
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Have you tried our wildlife interactives? Come and discover more about Perthshire wildlife past and present. Open from 10am every day.
#PerthMuseum
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Ouch! Who remembers this? Until 1987, Scottish schools frequently used a leather strap called a "tawse" to discipline children for "bad behaviour." The punishment involved teachers beating the outstretched hands of children. This tawse was used at Caledonian Road School in Perth.
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Did you know our cafe, Stone, uses specially roasted coffee beans supplied by
@TheBeanShopUK
?
#PerthMuseum
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With war approaching and the terror of poisonous weapons being dropped by aircraft, the British Government began issuing gas marks to families across the UK. This one, designed for children under 2 years old, was issued to a family in Scone.
Infant gas mask, 1938
#PerthMuseum
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Are you following our friends
@HMSUnicornShip
? On 30 March 2024, Perth Museum will open its doors and delve into all things Unicorn, but at 46 metres long and with 4 decks, HMS Unicorn is definitely the biggest Unicorn in Scotland!
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We'll be showcasing some of the star objects you'll be able to see in Perth Museum, when it opens on Easter Weekend, over the next few weeks on our social media channels. First up, the Strathmore Meteorite. ☄️
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📸 Leather Wallet with bullet damage c. 1915
Soldiers often carried mementoes of home with them on the Front. This wallet belonged to Private Alexander Malcolm of the Black Watch. It contains his wife Grace's photograph, a lock of her hair and her silk handkerchief.
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The countdown is on until the new Perth Museum opens in 2024, Scotland's newest heritage attraction. The Museum will be the new permanent home of the Stone of Destiny, which is being used today in Westminster Abbey for the Coronation of King Charles III.
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On a rainy August day last year, the Carpow Logboat was removed from
@PerthArtGallery
to head off to Edinburgh for conservation work. Can't wait to see it next year in
#PerthMuseum
!
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>> DON'T MISS OUT! << Our debut exhibition Unicorn opens in the stunning new Perth Museum on 30 March 2024!
🎟️ Tickets £10/£8
🚸 Children under 10 are FREE
🔗
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Over the next few months, we'll be sharing some behind-the-scenes content of conservation work taking place as we prepare for opening Perth Museum.
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Join
@icon_scotland
for a conservation-focused tour of Perth Museum and find out more about the conservation, curation, and exhibition design of the building.
🗓️ Friday 21 June
⌚ 11am-12.30pm
🎟️ Register:
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One of the objects on display next year at Perth Museum will be Bonnie Prince Charlie’s solid-silver hilted broadsword made by Perth craftsman James Brown. It was believed to have been given to him in 1739 by James Drummond, the 3rd Duke of Perth.
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⚖️ You might remember in 2020 we had the scales out, weighing the portrait of the 6th Duke of Atholl. If you were out & about in the city centre last Tuesday, you may have seen our collections, exhibitions and operations teams moving the frame to its new home in Perth Museum. 1/2
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Tickets are now on sale for 'Imagining Joseph Knight', a panel discussion chaired by
@peggybrunache
, featuring
@MatildaWK
,
@maysumb
, NKem Okwechime and James Robertson.
🎟️ £6/£8
📆 2 November
🕡 6.30pm
🏛️
@perthartgallery
🔗
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🎺 You can now book your tickets for the Stone of Destiny Experience for the opening weekend. Book now with
@perthshirebox
📷
@histenvscot
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This week we'll be looking at the Carpow Logboat. Last summer the logboat, was safely removed from Perth Art Gallery, ahead of conservation work at
@NtlMuseumsScot
Centre for Conservation & Analytical Research.
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