Carnegie Inverurie Museum

The Square
Inverurie
AB51 3SN

 

Access and Parking

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NEW opening hours 2009 - Free admission open all year round. Mon, Wed - Fri, 12.30 - 3.00 and Sat 10.00 - 1.00 & 2.00 - 4.00 CLOSED Tuesdays, Sundays & Public Holidays

MGC Registered Museum

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Step into the past at this museum at the heart of Aberdeenshire, and learn about:

• Flint arrowheads, beaker pots and a bronze age sword
• Civic Regalia
• Collection of weapons from the Battle of Tel-el-Kebir
• Aberdeenshire Canal and railway links

Archeaological finds from the Inverurie area stretching back in time to the Mesolithic era, 10,000 years ago. To the iron age.

 

 

 

Shooting Prizes won by William morrison of the Donside Volunteers. The Silver Trophy you will see, is one of four that were commissioned by Queen Victoria in 1882/83.  Of the other three, one is in the Queen’s collection, one in the Victoria & Albert Museum, and the third in a Welsh museum.

 

 

 

This sword, made by 'Hobson & Sons, London & Woolwich' and decorated for use by one of the Officers of the 2nd Aberdeen Rifle Volunteers.  It has a pierced guard with crowned bugle horn (their insignia), fish-skin grip, triple-wire bound. Its highly ornate and decorative single fullered blade, 82cm (32”) displays both the makers name and possibly name of owner ‘Thomas Marshall’ which is housed in a two-ring scabbard.  It follows the style of Cavalry Officer’s sabre 1822.

These 2nd Aberdeen Rifle Volunteers were first formed in 1864, mainly as an Admin Battalion until 1880.  They covered the areas of Oldmeldrum, Tarves, Ellon, Fyvie and Methlick.  In 1884, they became the 2nd Volunteer Battalion (Reserves) to the Gordon Highlanders.

 

Access

Parking: behind Town Hall.

Access: ramped access to Library on ground floor; Museum on first floor location, with chairlift provision for wheelchair users.

 

Exhibitions

 

A North East Story

Scotland, Africa and Slavery in the Caribbean

18th November - 11th December 2009

 

This exhibition has been organized by a local Bicentenary Committee to commemorate the 200th anniversary of Britain’s outlawing of the African slave trade in 1807. It follows on from a service of commemoration and a series of public lectures sponsored by the Committee in 2007. Aberdeenshire Heritage has augmented this exhibition with objects from the collections of Aberdeenshire Council.

Many of the commemorative events in the UK in 2007 explored the big history of transatlantic slavery and the fight of British and African activists to end it. This exhibition seeks to show how that big history links to the history of North East Scotland.

Transatlantic slavery is not simply something that happened to other people in another part of the world. Many North East Scots promoted and profited from it, while many others campaigned courageously to end it. It is both world history and our local history.

The text and images from the exhibition panels may be viewed online at the Aberdeen University website. The website, includes extra information about the people and topics featured in the exhibition.

 

Please watch this page for future up and coming exhibitions.

For further details tel: 01771 622 807.