Remembering the Accused Witches of Scotland

Join us for our 1st online book chat of 2026, with author Steven Veerapen and his book Witches- A King's Obsession. On Wednesday 3rd June 7pm. Tickets are FREE but DONATION option welcome, can be ordered here skiddle.com/e/42421283

All set up at Museum HQ, and getting underway at the Kirk of St Bride with Dr. Louise Yeoman - that's us open for the season! We're open 1-4 today, so why not pop down and say hello!

We've had an absolutely brilliant Opening Day! Thanks to the local Kirk for having us, to Louise Yeoman for the wonderful talk, to David McGovern for his fab carving display - and to all of you who braved the rain to come along!

Loads of fun events coming up over the summer cos Jewel Keepers .... if you're in or near Paisley this one will be funnn with @emmacowing and it's pay what you can cos Paisley Bookfest are always decent. Tix here: renfrewshireboxoffice.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/sh…

Remembering the late Professor Christina Larner, Historian and Professor of Sociology from Glasgow Uni who sadly died #otd 1983 at only 49 yrs old. Author of the seminal "Enemies of God: the witch-hunt in Scotland" & co-author of the first Scottish #Witchcraft survey in 1977

A huge step forward for the national memorial to all the accused witches of Scotland

Wee reminder about our Opening Day events on May 2nd (with the web address spelled correctly this week 🤣). Tickets for Louise's talk via our website; it's free by you will need a ticket to attend. No tickets needed for David's demos - pop in & have a chat!

We will also be running talks and workshops in the libraries next month and a planned exhibition in September! To do this WE NEED YOUR HELP! Anything you can donate to our memorial fund even if its £1 will be greatly appreciated THANK YOU! crowdfunder.co.uk/p/dumbarton-pr…

While doing this we are running a competition with the winning design being made into a memorial which will be place in situ in Dumbarton on the grass behind council building car park. We will also be running talks and workshops in the libraries next month

we are currently raising funds towards our Dumbarton project, were we are working with council, schools and community groups to educate and raise awareness of the witch trials in the area.

My talk is the week after next, a few tickets still remaining! alexanderthomsonsociety.org.uk/events/allthat… #Graveyards #Glasgow #DeathHistory

Kirk Session records are available to view free on Scotland’s People. These church records offer a fantastic insight into the daily lives of people all over Scotland, covering almost 350 years. Our church records officer explains more 👉bit.ly/KirkSessionsNRS

Looking forward to my Linlithgow event at Far from the Madding crowd, bookshop, tinyurl.com/mfd5pk4k

Another great night last night launching A History of Scottish witches ( @penswordbooks ) at The Great Tapestry of Scotland

I'm pleased to announce that Creative Scotland have just awarded our new arts magazine, Cutter, a grant! Meet the team.

Right now in the Archive you'll find a fascinating display all about early women doctors in #Orkney, with a selection of documents, photographs and other items. You can see the display during Archive opening hours and you can all about it on our Blog at: orkneyarchive.blogspot.com

An architectural plan of a bridge proposed for Dumbarton in 1684. Search thousands of Scottish maps, plans, surveys, technical drawings and much more in our collections 👉bit.ly/SearchMapsSP