Linlithgow Museum in LEGO?!! Our lovely LEGO workshop participants did a stellar job recreating some of our objects (and some from Linlithgow Palace) as miniature and real-life LEGO models. 😎🤩Come see! On display until Sunday 24 November. 😃
It's the Linlithgow LEGO Museum Build! Spaces are going quickly so book now and build your own LEGO object to form part of our mini LEGO museum exhibition. historicenvironment.scot/vis…
We have not one, but TWO new exhibitions starting this weekend - Unseen Objects and Valerie Spence's Historical Costumed Dolls. Pop in and visit us to see these unique collections!
It’s Star Trek Day! #StarTrekDay#StarTrekScotty
Celebrate by visiting Linlithgow, the future birthplace of Chief Engineer Montgomery Scott aka ‘Scotty’. See our Scotty plaque and take part in a Star Trek Scavenger Hunt! Opening times: 10am-4pm Friday/Saturday, 1pm-4pm Sunday
📷 Our Collections Team recently transferred some of Linlithgow Palace's treasures to a temporary new home - just around the corner!
You can see loan items including medieval pottery, stone sculptures and decorated tiles on display in a new exhibition at @LinlithgowH
ALT Two members of the HES collections team carefully remove a piece of carved stone from a glass display case
ALT Two members of the HES collection team wear protectove gloves as they wrap an artefact in bubble wrap
Do we have some exciting news for you! Join us and @HistEnvScot Aug 2-5 for The Big Linlithgow Palace Lego Build! Help us build a model of the palace, learn about architecture, construction and scale. Booking is essential. historicenvironment.scot/vis…
Linlithgow Museum is a great family visit and today I met with staff and volunteer Board members to thank them and saw the famous Scotty Birth plaque and the remarkable High St Tapestry on show this Sat Sun 10-4pm @LinlithgowH
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ALT Colourful Trip Advisor owl logo with 'Review us on' written above in black.
There are still a few tickets left for our Shine and Shade: Photography Workshop this Sat at 10am. Free as always but booking is essential! Link in bio. Thanks to @HWEngage and @royalsociety for making this all possible through #placesofscience
Googly eyes and feathers everywhere - another successful day of arts and crafts at the museum. Pop in and see us 10am - 4pm Thurs - Sat or 1pm - 4pm Sun! #linlithgow @Whatsonscotland @WhatsOnFamilies
Nice time at @LinlithgowH trying out the Easter kids activities - the 4 and 9 year olds both thoroughly enjoyed them.
Pop in during the rest of the Easter holidays to try them out yourself!
Coming up @LinlithgowH next Saturday 15th is a #creative workshop with #artist Jen Collier. Join us for this family art and science workshop bringing together old photographs and current scientific research, to explore the fun of #photography! Book via bit.ly/40K84YR
ALT 12 cameras all lined up facing forwards. Three along and four down format. All are different sizes, designs, colours with a variety of lens and clicker formats
🤖RESISTANCE IS FUTILE🤖
But just how close to the Borg are we currently? Join us as we explore the blur between science fiction and the latest work being conducted in prosthetics and human augmentation.
Book now: linlithgow-museum.arttickets…
In partnership with @HWEngage
ALT An anthropomorphic robot wearing a mesh suit against a blurred background showing a blue lit laboratory.
It's been a great start to February half term @LinlithgowH with a creative workshop of stamping your own pet robot! Some really exciting creations from our participants 🎨🖌️ Thanks to all who came along to make some #robot#artwork!
ALT A group of children is gathered round an artist who is explaining what the workshop activity will be. There is a projector in the background reading 'let's print' and everyone is silently listening
ALT Blue, silver, yellow and pink stamping in an assortment of swirling and geometric shapes to create a skinny robot body
ALT Black, gold, pink and green arrangements of linear shapes have been used to create a robot body. It has a circle body with a smiling face
ALT Green bodies robot with hands on hips and blue hair-like head. It is on a blue table cloth and is labeled with its various functions
We have been busy this morning with our lego scavenger hunt round the museum. There's plenty more chances to take part this weekend so why not pop in and see us! Free as always and all ages welcome! #linlithgow@SeeWestLothian