Dunblane Museum

23/06/2026

🗓️⚔️ 1314 the first day of the Battle of Bannockburn took place - Dunblane Cathedral's Precentor, Maurice, was chaplain to the Scottish soldiers under Robert the Bruce, giving words of encouragement to the soldiers prior to the beginning of the battle. Maurice became Bishop of Dunblane Cathedral and is commemorated in the war memorial stained glass window in the Chapter House of Dunblane Cathedral

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🕥 10.30am-4.30pm (last entry 4pm)
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21/06/2026

🗓🛹 It's today. Dunblane’s skatepark in the Laighhills Park was officially opened on 11 May 2007

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20/06/2026

🗓️📞 1877 Alexander Graham Bell installed the world's first commercial telephone service in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. Telephone services were introduced into Dunblane in July 1890. There were four subscribers: the Hydro Hotel & three retailers (one housing the public call office, and one housing the exchange). A separate exchange was opened in Bridgend in 1898. A new telephone exchange for Dunblane was opened in the Millrow in 1914 (converting from manual to automatic in 1939). This was replaced by the exchange on the current site in Stirling Road (as in the image) in May 1976 (& updated in 1992)

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19/06/2026

🛤️ 1876 Sir Nigel Gresley was born. He designed some of the most iconic steam locomotives in Britain. This photograph from 1964 shows the steam locomotive Sir Nigel Gresley, named after him, passing through Dunblane Station. The locomotive was shedded in Aberdeen, working the Aberdeen to Glasgow Buchanan Street station express.

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🕥 10.30am-4.30pm (last entry 4pm)
🆓 Free admission - donations invited

17/06/2026

The special exhibition until 27 June in Dunblane Museum celebrates Central Scotland School of Jewellery 10th anniversary.

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16/06/2026

🗓📺 Did you know that Lord Reith (who died 1971), founder and first Director-General of the BBC, lived for a time with his mother in Dunblane in “Dunardoch”, St Margaret's Drive, & later rented “St Ola” on Doune Road, Dunblane.

Hear Irene Godfrey, Dunblane Museum Trustee, tell you about this in this short video

🔗 https://youtu.be/fleeBe5mLmY

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🗓️ Open Monday-Saturday
🕥 10.30am-4.30pm (last entry 4pm)
🆓 Free admission (donations invited)

Did you know that Lord Reith (1889-1971), founder of the BBC, lived...

15/06/2026

💷 On today please consider helping make sure Dunblane Museum is here for future generations - you can donate online via our online PayPal donation page https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=QEJSMXQVF7258

All support is much appreciated - thank you

14/06/2026

👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 It's today. Did you know that any genealogist researching ancestry in Dunblane should be grateful to William Rae?

Hear Irene Godfrey, Trustee of Dunblane Museum share about this in this short video

▶️ https://youtu.be/Yo4C014nnhY

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Did you know that any genealogist researching ancestry in Dunblane ...

13/06/2026

🧵 Did you know that it's today? Dunblane Museum has some sewing machines dating back to the late 19th century as well as early 20th century.

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07/06/2026

1868 renowned Scottish architect Charles Rennie Mackintosh was born. One of his architectural masterpieces, the Hill House in Helensburgh, was a commission by Dunblane’s Walter Blackie who was a director of the family publishing firm in Glasgow. He and his wife Anna lived in Dunblane in St Brydes, Kilbryde Crescent, but in 1902 they were looking for a bigger house nearer to where they could also enjoy sailing on the River Clyde. So they found a prime site in Helensburgh and engaged Charles Rennie Mackintosh to design their house. The result was the Hill House and they moved there in 1904 with their five children. Blackie loved the house and lived there until his death in 1953 at the age of 92.

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