In June 2024 we announced that, after many years of negotiation, Aberdeenshire Council had agreed to a Community Asset Transfer of the ground floor of the Tolbooth building to the Stonehaven Tolbooth Association (STA). Little did we realise the ensuring complexities in bringing this decision to a successful conclusion. The Tolbooth is a grade A listed building which was totally owned by the Council and whilst the ground floor was licenced to STA to operate as a museum, the first floor is...
We have a new book in stock, visit our Online Store for more information.All monies received help with the running of our museum.An informative book which traces the development of Stonehaven harbour from the early 1600’s to the present day. It also delves into the houses, shops and trades that existed, or still exist, in the area. Lavishly illustrated with 45 images this book is a must read for anyone interested in this aspect of Stonehaven’s history.A5 size. 55...
In March 2011 Aberdeenshire Council decided that they could no longer afford to run the museum situated in Stonehaven's Tolbooth building; accordingly it was closed. A group of local volunteers disagreed with this decision and re-opened the museum in May of the same year as a community effort. Over the last 13 years the museum has gone from strength strength and is now one of the main tourist attractions in Stonehaven. Unfortunately the Council has always been a little hesitant about the...
Museum Galleries Scotland (MGS) has been collating information about the various fossils located in Scottish museums and they have just produced a comprehensive report which provides some online detail for those interested. The report is some 50 pages long but below is a link to cutdown version which documents the museum collections in the North East which, of course, includes the Tolbooth museum as we have fossils as part of our geological exhibition. All 11 of our fossils are on display and...
With a general easing of the covid-19 restrictions we are delighted to announce that the Tolbooth museum will re-open on Saturday 1st May. Initially we will only be open at the weekends but we hope to progress to our normal six days a week as soon as possible.During the lock down we have altered some of our displays and in particular we have a re-vamped section of historical photogrpahs of old Stonehaven. We also have new displays about Capt. Barclay and the Open Air Pool. The rest of the...
In June 2024 we announced that, after many years of negotiation, Aberdeenshire Council had agreed to a Community Asset Transfer of the ground floor of the Tolbooth building to the Stonehaven Tolbooth Association (STA). Little did we realise the ensuring complexities in bringing this decision to a successful conclusion. The Tolbooth is a grade A listed building which was totally owned by the Council and whilst the ground floor was licenced to STA to operate as a museum, the first floor is...
We have a new book in stock, visit our Online Store for more information.All monies received help with the running of our museum.An informative book which traces the development of Stonehaven harbour from the early 1600’s to the present day. It also delves into the houses, shops and trades that existed, or still exist, in the area. Lavishly illustrated with 45 images this book is a must read for anyone interested in this aspect of Stonehaven’s history.A5 size. 55...
Museum Galleries Scotland (MGS) has been collating information about the various fossils located in Scottish museums and they have just produced a comprehensive report which provides some online detail for those interested. The report is some 50 pages long but below is a link to cutdown version which documents the museum collections in the North East which, of course, includes the Tolbooth museum as we have fossils as part of our geological exhibition. All 11 of our fossils are on display and...
