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Please support Dunblane Museum at the Museum’s Annual Fund-Raising Coffee Morning where you’ll find home-baking, tombola, book stall, and a range of gift items from Dunblane Museum shop 📍Dunblane Cathedral Hall 🗓️ Saturday 31 October 🕙10am-12 noon

#OnThisDay 1849 Polish composer & virtuoso pianist Frédéric Chopin died. Jane Stirling from Dunblane's Kippenross had very close association with Chopin. He stayed in Dunblane while he was recuperating from illness He dedicated nocturnes to her youtube.com/watch?v=LcdpowaE…

It's #SewingLoversDay today. Dunblane Museum has a sampler of 1821 when girls were required to demonstrate different kinds of stitches. Religious messages were included in exercises. This sampler was created by Jane Kinross with biblical quotations along with letters & numbers

For the school holidays, Dunblane Museum has special tour in free Bloomberg Connects Digital Guide which adds narrated mouse voice describing fun activities to our very popular mice characters search - each linking to a nearby museum object dunblanemuseum.org.uk/digita…

All are welcome to the special exhibition until 23 October in Dunblane Museum: “A Fine Line & A Piece of Old Rope” - fine line drawings and printmaking by Christine McIver and Peter McIver Dunblane Museum is open Mon-Sat, 10.30am-4.30pm (last admission 4pm) - free admission

It's #WorldPostDay #PostDay. This image shows thatched Post Office at foot of Dunblane High Street in 1888. That was replaced 1892 with top-right building (image from c1907, now Charisma). Later moved to current Stirling Road (image bottom-left)

It's #NationalGolfLoversDay #NationalGolfDay #GolfDay #GolfLoversDay. Dunblane New Golf Club's 18-hole course was designed by Major Cecil Hutchison & James Braid 1922, play starting 1923, officially opened 1924. It's called 'new' as replaced 9-hole course, at what is Laighhills

All are welcome to special exhibition until 23 Oct in Dunblane Museum: “A Fine Line & A Piece of Old Rope” - fine line drawings & printmaking by Christine McIver & Peter McIver Dunblane Museum is open Monday to Saturday, 10.30am to 4.30pm (last admission 4pm) - free admission.

For parents with children visiting Dunblane Museum there’s a special tour in the free Bloomberg Connects Digital Guide which adds fun activities to our very popular mice characters search 🗓️ Open Mon-Sat 🕥 10.30am-4.30pm (last entry 4pm) 🆓 Free admission - donations invited

#OnThisDay 1902 Scotland’s William McGonagall died. He was widely acclaimed as the worst poet in history, and he composed many poems including about the Jacobite battle at Dunblane, "The Battle of Sheriffmuir"

Last chance to visit special exhibition for September in Dunblane Museum - “Totally Unique - an exhibition of textile art” presented by Scottish Textile Art Group until 29 Sep 🚶Visit Dunblane Museum 🗓️ Open Mon-Sat 🕥 10.30am-4.30pm (last entry 4pm) 🆓 Free admission

Today is #MuseumDay so visit Dunblane Museum, telling stories from Dunblane’s past 🗓️ Open Mon-Sat 🕥 10.30am-4.30pm (last entry 4pm) 🆓 Free admission - donations invited Dunblane Museum is open specially for Doors Open Days on Sunday 27 September 11am-4pm

🚶 Visit Dunblane Museum 🗓️ Open specially for Doors Open Day on Sunday 27 September 11am-4pm 🆓 Free admission - donations invited #Scotland #ScotlandIsCalling #VisitScotland #ExploreScotland #ScotlandIsNow

#OnThisDay 1593 Bishop of Dunblane William Chisholm II (son of James Chisholm of Cromlix) died He ordained Scottish Protestant Reformation leader John Knox as Catholic priest Mary Queen of Scots employed him in mission in 1565 to get Pope's leave for her marriage with Darnley

You’ve just got a few days left to visit special exhibition for September in Dunblane Museum - “Totally Unique - an exhibition of textile art” presented by the Scottish Textile Art Group until 29 Sep 🗓️ Open Mon-Sat 🕥 10.30am-4.30pm (last entry 4pm) 🆓 Free admission

It’s #WorldRiversDay today. River Allan or Allan Water through Dunblane provided power for mills in Dunblane since 15th century. In 1600 there were 7 corn mills and 3 waulk mills but by 1800 most of the mills of the area were spinning and weaving yarn and wool

#OnThisDay 1756 Scottish engineer & inventor of "tar macadam" road surface John McAdam was born. Dunblane roads did not begin to be surfaced until the beginning of the 20th century and these images illustrate roads in Dunblane prior to this time

It's #WorldCarfreeDay #CarfreeDay. Dunblane Museum is at heart of beautiful walks in Dunblane. Combine a walk with visit to Dunblane Museum (with Dunblane well served by rail & bus links), Dunblane Cathedral & Dunblane's historic Leighton Library dunblane.info/1448-walks-dun…