The Chapter House Museum & Dunkeld Community Archive

18/06/2026

We need your help!

As part of our redevelopment project we are undertaking some community consultation, your opinion matters to us and we want to know what you'd like to see from our new heritage centre.

Please fill out the form below and sign up to one of our online sessions if you are able. Every response is greatly appreciated.

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15/06/2026

Valentine's postcard showing The Birnam Hotel and the base of the Birnam Glen Road in the in the 1950s.

12/06/2026

It's that time again, here is our Friday update! Have a read and find out what we've been up to this week...

What we’ve done this week… by dunkeldcommarchive | Jun 12, 2026 | Local History In true Scottish summer style, we have had a weird and wonderful week of weather in Dunkeld. From hailstones and thunder to glorious sunshine we’ve seen it all this week. Lucky for us we have plenty to do safely in...

11/06/2026

⚽The 2026 FIFA World cup starts today!⚽

In honour of this momentous occasion we have a photograph of a Scottish Horse football team and their coaches photographed around the 1930s.

The individuals in this photograph are unnamed, please let us know if you recognise anyone.

09/06/2026

Join The Historical Herbalists on the 28th of June from 10am-3pm in the Perth Arms Hotel, Dunkeld for an 18th Century Apothecary workshop.

Explore real herbal medicines and the ingredients, both strange and familiar, evoking the working world of an eighteenth-century Scottish healer. Drawing directly from surviving herbal receipt books, the display explores traditional Scots plant remedies for ailments of body and mind, from simples and syrups to poultices and distilled waters. Visitors can discover how remedies were prepared, stored and prescribed, and learn about the women and household practitioners who safeguarded this knowledge. An immersive, evidence-based interpretation of Scotland’s living medicinal heritage that survives in the herbal healing arts today.

Refreshments, lunch and materials will be provided.

Tickets are £80 plus booking fee.

Click here to book - https://www.eventbrite.com/e/18th-century-apothecary-workshop-tickets-1984960539407?

08/06/2026

A James Valentine postcard showing Station Road, Birnam, around 1906.

The Birnam Institute can be seen on the right of the image, now known as the Birnam Arts after the building of their extension which opened in 2001.

05/06/2026

Here is our Friday update, we have exciting updates inside about our summer plans. Click the link to find out what is going on.

What we’ve done this week… by dunkeldcommarchive | Jun 5, 2026 | Local History And just like that, another week has passed! We started as we always do with a visit from Monday Memories, this week the group had a look through newspaper clippings from the 1990s and early 2000s from the local area....

04/06/2026

This week we have some photograph's from our collection belonging to Colonel William Brown (pictured here in uniform). Colonel Brown served with the 1/1st Scottish Horse Field Ambulance in Egypt, 1916 where these photographs were taken.

There is a wide range of images within Colonel Brown's collection, from inside hospital tents to chameleons catching flies. It gives a snapshot view of his experience with the regiment at this time.

01/06/2026

A Millar and Lang postcard showing Little Dunkeld, the Bridge and Tay Terrace.

This postcard is undated but predates the building of the new A9 Bypass in the 1970s.

28/05/2026

Our weekly update is now live! It has been a busy week with many activities, including our new guide Robyn's first tour.

What we’ve done this week… by dunkeldcommarchive | May 28, 2026 | Local History Congrats to Robyn, our new tour guide, who completed her first tour on Wednesday. Robyn is just about to graduate from her history degree, and we are very excited to work with her. We have a few more tour guides join...