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Titanic Exhibition: Your Last Chance To See It!

Our hugely popular Titanic exhibition is almost done and you only have until the end of the month to see it! Saturday the 27th of May is the final Saturday of the exhibition and Wednesday the 31st of May is officially the final day of the exhibition. If you haven’t had a chance to see it then this is your …

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Titanic Days at the Heritage Centre

We have some exciting Titanic events coming up at our Heritage Centre in Saltcoats! On Thursday the 6th of April bring your children to this kids-orientated Titanic experience! They can dress up, handle objects and learn from our Titanic-historian Sean Szmalc. On Thursday the 13th of April come along and enjoy a tour of Titanic which will be given by …

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‘Down Your Way’ Exhibition at West Kilbride Museum

Be sure to check out the latest exhibition at West Kilbride museum before it departs! Currently on display is the ‘Down Your Way’ exhibition, which shows the history of the shops of West Kilbride through a range of artefacts and also includes a photography exhibit. The exhibition runs until the 11th of April. We have heard that the next exhibition …

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Titanic Honour & Glory Exhibition Video Preview

Our latest exhibition, ‘Titanic Honour and Glory’ has been a huge hit and we created this preview video to entice you further! If you haven’t managed to visit the exhibition, give this video a watch to get a taste of what there is to see! If you’d like to learn more about the exhibition, click HERE.

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Our New Joseph Russell Stained Glass Windows

Have you seen our two beautiful stained glass windows that we recently installed? We want to share with you their fascinating story and to do so, we have to tell you about an e-mail we received and then go back to the 19th century. In 2019 we were contacted by Dr Andrew Russell, who explained that we had some stained …

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Wallace Hartley: Titanic Exhibition

Maria Robinson was the fiancée of Titanic’s bandleader, Wallace Hartley. Wallace gave Maria this brooch and locket which contained his photograph on the occasion of their engagement. The brooch is gold with an inlay of pearls in the form of a “W” for Wallace. In April 1912 Wallace Hartley was offered the position of bandmaster for RMS Titanic, a position …

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Our Latest Exhibition is Here! Titanic: Honour & Glory

Visit our Heritage Centre in Saltcoats to see our latest exhibition: ‘Titanic: Honour and Glory’, which follows the history of one of the most infamous ships ever made. From construction in Belfast, to the fateful maiden voyage, the exhibition features video interviews and a wide variety of artefacts including some of the beautiful china dinner plates upon which meals were …

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Our Latest Exhibition: Little Black Dress

The North Ayrshire Heritage Team and volunteers at Dalgarven Mill Museum of Country Life and Costume have been working in partnership to bring you the latest exhibition at North Ayrshire Heritage Centre in Saltcoats. The Little Black Dress exhibition is a celebration of that staple garment from the time the phrase was coined in the 1920s until the mini dresses …