The Tolbooth museum has been fortunate to gain a student placement this year. Amanda is studying for a museum based degree at Aberdeen University and is spending a considerable part of her summer break working at the Tolbooth. Amanda's first project has been to review our asset register and bring it up to date. Not an easy task ! Once this project is completed we hope that Amanda will have sufficient time left to provide advice on the best way to display some of our artefacts, work on a...
A historic Mearns visitor attraction has proved so popular it will have to double in size, say volunteers.
A planning application has been lodged to Aberdeenshire Council for a significant expansion of the Tolbooth Museum on Stonehaven Harbour.
The Stonehaven Tolbooth Association (STA) which runs the facility hope the plans will cement it as an “iconic” building.
Aberdeenshire Council has just released the annual footfall figures for those attractions operating under the umbrella of their Museum Services. It is very pleasing to report that for the third year running the Tolbooth is the top destination for visitors as measured by numbers entering the attractions. The Tolbooth museum entertained 22,574 visitors with the runner up (The Farming Museum) reaching 15,074. It was not exactly a level playing field last year as the Farming Museum was closed...
Continuing our policy of refreshing/improving our current displays we are pleased to report that the fishing section in the museum has been augmented with the purchase of navigational equipment that was in extensive use prior to the introduction of the satellite GPS sysytem. We have acquired a Decca Navigator Mk 21 display unit from a source in the south of England. The Decca system was developed during WW2 and became, along with LORAN, the primary navigational tool for fishermen in the North...
We recently had a visit from Darren Wright who specialises in creating virtual tours of various local buildings and the results of his efforts can be seen on our Virtual Tour page. Have a look to discover what the museum can offer and then pay us a visit to see the artefacts in greater detail.
We are grateful to Darren for his photographic skills and permission to show the images.
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