Auld Reekie Retold is a major three year project which connects objects, stories and people using Museums & Galleries Edinburgh’s collection of over 200,000 objects.
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What links an old family Bible, a tiny model boat and a small boy riding a donkey? They all tell the story of Edinburgh and its remarkable people, and are all discoveries made by the Auld Reekie Retold project team.
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In this blog, Lyn Stevens, curator at the Museum of Childhood explores the origins of a much loved Edinburgh institution, the Royal Hospital for Sick Children which recently moved to a new location.
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In this blog, Collections Assistant Gabriella Lawrie explores the story of Portobello bathing pool.
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In this Auld Reekie Retold blog, Decorative Arts Curator Helen Edwards has been looking at an intriguing box of photographs. The photographs were found in an old house in Newhaven in the early 1970s, shortly before it was due to be demolished.
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Volunteers Week takes place from 1 - 7 June and to celebrate we’d like to highlight some of the amazing work that our volunteers do.