Exhibitions

The following museums, galleries and organisations are planning a series of exhibitions in 2007. Select a heading below to jump down to more information.

Clackmannanshire Council Museums
Cromarty Courthouse Museum and Highland Council
Dumfries and Galloway Council – Stewartry Museum
Dumfries Museums and Camera Obsura
Glasgow Museums
Heartstone
McLean Museum and Art Gallery
Museum of Edinburgh
National Museum of Scotland
National Trust for Scotland
Scottish Maritime Museum

Clackmannanshire Council Museums

Cromarty Courthouse Museum and Highland Council

Cromarty Courthouse Museum are planning an exhibition and school based outreach activity throughout Highland 2007, Scotland’s year of celebrating Highland Culture.

Dumfries and Galloway Council – Stewartry Museum

A new exhibition in the Stewartry Museum, Kirkcudbright, marks the 200th anniversary of the abolition of the transatlantic slave trade in Britain.

Dumfries Museums and Camera Obsura

Dumfries Museum is hosting an exhibition researched by the historian, Frances Wilkins to mark the 200th anniversary of the abolition of the slave trade from Great Britain.

Although there was no trading from Dumfries and Galloway directly, the people were involved in several aspects of the trade, from captains and crew of slave ships, merchants supplying goods to exchange for slaves to local people who own plantations in the Americas.

The exhibition will run from the 1st September 2007 until 6th October 2007. This event is free and available to the public and schools.

For further information please:

Tel: 01387 253 374

Email: dumfiresmuseum@dumgal.gov.uk

Glasgow Museums

Heartstone

The new Heartstone exhibition on the theme of slavery 'Five Continents, Then & Now' will be launched from the City Chambers in Edinburgh at 4pm on the 25th March 2007. The exhibition comprises engravings of the period and artefacts which will present the story but placed in the context of what was taking place in the world at the time with the oceans as a linking theme. The full exhibition will be ready in October 2007 and the 25th sees the start of the linked Scotland-wide education project.

The Event will take place on Sunday 25th March 2007 from 4pm until 6pm. This event is free and available to the public and schools.

For further information please:

Tel: 01349 865 400

McLean Museum and Art Gallery

Museum of Edinburgh

The Museum of Edinburgh in the Canongate is hosting an exhibition to mark the Bicentenary.

Edinburgh has many links with the slave trade, from the tobacco, rum and sugar, which came in from the Scottish owned plantations, to the Edinburgh residents who sailed to the West Indies in search of their fortunes. Slaves were even brought back and sold in Edinburgh! The exhibition will show that Edinburgh both profited from the slave trade, and was actively involved in its abolition.

There will be a programme of lectures and events associated with the exhibition. Please check our website or events leaflet for details.

www.cac.org.uk

National Museum of Scotland

The NMS are planning a series of talks and events, such as themed tours, of the Museum of Scotland in Chambers Street to coincide with Black History Month.

National Trust for Scotland

As part of the National Trust for Scotland's 'This is Our Story' project, a display is travelling round NTS places in the West of Scotland: Pollok House, Greenbank Garden, Culzean Castle, Brodick Castle and the David Livingstone Centre.

The display describes connections between NTS places and the slave trade. David Livingstone is also covered.

Check the NTS website for dates - or phone your chosen site to check: Pollok House: 0844 493 2202; Greenbank Garden: 0844 493 2201; Culzean Castle: 0844 493 2148; Brodick Castle: 0844 493 2152; David Livingstone Centre: 0844 493 2207.

Scottish Maritime Museum