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Annan Museum

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Opening Times
 Open Monday - Saturday, 11am - 4pm (please note the museum may be closed during exhibition changeovers).

- Fully accessible to wheelchairs.
- Children always welcome.
- Group bookings welcome.

Location Details
The Annan Museum is conveniently placed in the centre of Annan, just off the High Street. It is 3 minutes walk from the train station and 5 minutes walk from the main bus stop.

From Dumfries drive into town and turn right at the town centre traffic lights. The museum is on your left and a free car parks can be found throughout the town.

Contact Details
Annan Museum, Bank Street, Annan DG12 6AA
T: 01461 201384
E: AnneRa@dumgal.gov.uk

ANNAN MUSEUM exhibitions 2009 (entrance to all exhibitions is free):

The Age of Dinosaurs

  • Monday 30 March – Sat 16 May
    The Age of DinosaursDiscover what dinosaurs ate, where they lived and why they might have disappeared. Become a palaeontologist and study a model of an Iguanodon from the BBC's Walking with Dinosaurs.

  • Free one day event – Zoolab
    Thursday 9 April
     Limited seats, TICKETS ONLY, please contact the museum to book.

  • Schools workshops: 23 March- 3 April

Annan Amateur Art Club

  • Wed 20 May – Sat 13 June
    After a two year break our local art club is back with an all new exhibition. Most works for sale.

Homecoming: Work, rest and play

  • Wed 17 June – Sat 8 August
    A snap shot of everyday life through 250 years of history. With displays on local industries, including Cochrans and the Woolsey, and local notables such as Robert Burns and Thomas Carlyle.

Provisional - Free lecture on Thomas Carlyle by Dr Ralph Jessop.

  • 11am Wednesday 17th June,
    Victoria Hall, Annan (please enter via the museum)

One day event - Beyond Hadrian’s Frontier. The Romans in Southern Scotland.

  • Sat 27 June 10am-2pm
    You are invited to join our Roman re-enactors to learn about military and civilian life in the first and second centuries AD.
  • Also: 10.30-.12.45: Guided bus tour of Birrens and Burnswark. Very limited seats – book through museum.
  • 2pm free lecture: "The Roman army beyond the Wall; Redesdale and Annandale compared" by Jim Crow, Professor of Classical Archaeology and Head of Archaeology at Edinburgh University. Victoria Hall, Annan (please enter via the museum)

Operation Pied Piper: Evacuees of WWII

  • Wed 12 August – Sat 3 October
    In the first four days of September 1939, nearly 3,000,000 people, mainly children, were transported from towns and cities in danger from enemy bombers to places of safety in the countryside. This exhibition looks at the life of these uprooted people and those around them. Schools workshops 31 August - 11 September.

In remembrance: Annan War Memorial

  • Wed 7 October – Sat 14 November
    This poignant memorial, based on the photograph of a local soldier, is a focal point of Annan Town Centre. This exhibition celebrates and commemorates those represented on this fine monument and on monuments around the region.

Annan Museum Craft Fair

  • 20/21/22 November

Schools and group bookings welcome anytime throughout the year.

Annan MuseumThe Annan Museum also houses a permanent exhibition on the history of Annan. Thanks to a generous grant from the National Lottery the Annan Museum refurbished the permanent exhibition in 2008. It displays more of the town's collection including costume, photographs and the town regalia. 

This fascinating walk through time, from stone age  technology to nuclear fusion, includes interactives and children's activities.  It is open to the public during normal hours, but is available to group/coach bookings anytime.

 
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