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Treasures in our Archive: George Bruce Scrapbook
Treasures in our Archive: George Bruce Scrapbook [...]
Museum Redevelopment Project – Community Survey
Museum Redevelopment - Community Survey Launched! We are [...]
Treasures in our Archive: Byre Theatre Slides
Treasures in our Archive: Byre Theatre Slides Over [...]
Recent Acquisition: Step Rock Pool by J F Walker
Recent Acquisition: Step Rock Pool by J F Walker [...]
Retracing our Roots
The process of rebranding the museum and creating this dedicated website gave us the opportunity to reflect on our own origins. In 2022 the museum will celebrate its 40th year of officially opening as a public museum, dedicated to displaying the social history of St Andrews. But its history goes back further than this. Drawing on our own archive material, Trust minute books and the excellent 2012 publication by former Curator Jennifer Reid titled 12 North Street: A Short History of the Museum Building, we can reflect on how we got to where we are today and carve out a vision for the future.
St Andrews had a lifeboat station
Some people may not be aware that St Andrews had a lifeboat station at one time. David Fenton was a member of the lifeboat crew for 40 years and had been coxswain for 8 years prior to his retiral in 1938, when the station was closed down.