Dunblane Museum

01/06/2026

🔎 It's
today, so visit Dunblane Museum to complete the knitted mice characters trail taking you round the museum. When you've completed that, have a go at the Find Robert Leighton Quest" which also takes you into Dunblane Cathedral and Dunblane's historic Leighton Library, both just a few steps away from Dunblane Museum. And be sure to ask in the Leighton Library for a sticker as a reward when you've completed this trail! Oh, and even more! The Leighton Library has a LEGO® Minifigure Trail, and Dunblane Cathedral has trails to search for parts of the building on photo-trails. All perfect for today 🔍

And they are all free!

Dunblane Museum is free to visit Monday-Saturday 10.30am-4.30pm (last entry 4pm)

30/05/2026

If you’re heading to the Dunblane Fling by the River today (starts at 12 noon) then why not pop into Dunblane Museum beforehand

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

29/05/2026

It's today. So here's the connection between a biscuit tin, Dunblane and World War II.

During World War II the Atlantic Wall consisted of a series of concrete defensive features, including lengths of blocking walls, gun emplacements, pillboxes, trenches, tank traps, bunkers etc. stretching across the western coasts of Norway, Denmark, Holland and France. The wall was being built by the Todt Organisation – the German military engineers.

In 1941/42 a plan of the Atlantic Wall was stolen by the French resistance from the Todt HQ and smuggled across the English Channel to British Intelligence in a biscuit tin! This information allowed Allied Army Engineers to build replica concrete walls and structures in various parts of the UK. These were then used for essential training and testing prior to the invasion of the Normandy beaches on D-Day – 6th June 1944

On Sheriffmuir just on the outskirts of Dunblane we have a replica of the Atlantic Wall built in 1943. The remains of this wall still exist. You can find out more about this in an interactive digital resource in Dunblane Museum (and on our Youtube channel where we have a playlist of videos about this https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLa7RFWw9tIgrwRIEbBDy96ErEmF1t8Yp9).

http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/home-news/secret-wall-that-played-vital-d-day-role-in-defeating-nazis.24819446

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

Look closely and you can see the holes where explosives were planted and at one point there is a massive gap where it was blown apart by a tank.

24/05/2026

Did you know it's today? So here's a Dunblane-themed scavenger hunt! Share your responses in the comments (photographs not required, but feel free to include)

1. Something golden coloured in Dunblane (the easy one to start off, it's just a few steps away from Dunblane Museum!)

2. A street name in Dunblane with the letter K in it

3. Somewhere in Dunblane you can buy flowers

4. A bridge in Dunblane crossing flowing water

5. A Dunblane school building taller than Dunblane Museum

6. A footbridge in Dunblane which does not cross over water

7. A 20th century Dunblane building for children

8. A building in Dunblane built before Dunblane Hydro Hotel

9. A Dunblane building with a longer length than the length of the Leighton Library

10. A public space in Dunblane with more than 5 trees

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

23/05/2026

It’s the last few days of Dunblane Museum special exhibition for May of artworks by artist Catherine Froy. It’s on until 29 May

🗓️ Dunblane Museum is open Monday-Saturday
🕥 10.30am-4.30pm (last entry 4pm)
🆓 Free admission - donations invited

22/05/2026

1859 Sir Arthur Conan Doyle was born. Bring your young children to Dunblane Museum to be Sherlock Holmes super sleuths and search together for the hand-knitted mice characters located around the museum! There’s other activities for children too - dressing up costumes, building toys, embossing stamps and more

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

21/05/2026

📜 MEMO: Visit Dunblane Museum as it’s
today

To: Everyone who loves history, mystery, and a good story
From: The Universe (and also Dunblane Museum)
Subject: Your next adventure awaits!

So here's your official reminder: history is cool, museums are awesome, and Dunblane Museum is FREE!✨

✅ See a 4000-year-old child’s necklace (yes, it’s older than your Wi-Fi woes!)
✅ Step back to medieval Dunblane Cathedral & unravel Jacobite tales
✅ Marvel at the Murray brothers’ tennis triumphs & visit THAT gold postbox nearby
✅ Discover Scotland’s oldest purpose-built independent library, just across the road

🗓️ Open Monday–Saturday
🕥 10:30am–4:30pm (last entry 4pm)
🆓 Free admission—donations welcomed!

💡 MEMO to self: Visit Dunblane Museum. Find inspiration

20/05/2026

It’s today. Dunblane and Stirling Beekeepers’ Association (DSBA) has been in existence for more than 70 years, promoting the importance of bees in the environment, and supporting the development of skills in people to look after bees, and in the production of honey. Members of Dunblane and Stirling Beekeepers’ Association meet regularly over the winter months in Dunblane Cathedral Halls to listen to guest speakers talk on a wide range of bee-keeping topics. You can find out more at their website: https://dunblanebeekeepers.com/

🗓️ Dunblane Museum is open Monday-Saturday
🕥 10.30am-4.30pm (last entry 4pm)
🆓 Free admission - donations invited

18/05/2026

It's
today. Each of the themed rooms in Dunblane Museum tells stories from the long history of Dunblane, from a 4000-year-old child's necklace, to the beautiful medieval Cathedral, the Jacobite Battle of Sheriffmuir, the achievements of tennis stars Jamie and Andy Murray (we are just a few steps from his Gold Postbox, Dunblane Cathedral and Dunblane's historic Leighton Library, Scotland's oldest purpose-built independent library)

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

17/05/2026

1810 Paisley weaver poet Robert Tannahill, a contemporary of Robert Burns, died. Tannahill penned one-time famous Dunblane love song "Jessie the Flower of Dunblane" which first appeared in print in 1808, was immediately a public hit and for over a century was one of Scotland's best known love songs. Tannahill worked for a short while on one of the local estates in Dunblane. The music is by Robert A Smith. The object of Tannahill's affections was Jessie Duncan who lived in Braeport in Dunblane, and who is buried in the grounds of Dunblane Cathedral

🗓️ Dunblane Museum is open Monday-Saturday
🕥 10.30am-4.30pm (last entry 4pm)
🆓 Free admission - donations invited