Town Hall – Battle of Prestonpans 1745

Jacobite Festival 2025

We are just days away from Scotland’s second nationwide Jacobite Festival, a collaborative initiative led by the Battle of Prestonpans (1745) Heritage Trust. The week-long programme features events at the […]

Tapestry Takeover!

We enjoyed a very special day on Saturday (19 July), as we opened our new display of the whole Prestonpans Tapestry. As our visitors will be aware, we usually have […]

“We Saw the Enemy”

This weekend saw the opening of our new exhibition, “We Saw the Enemy: the Battle of Prestonpans in the Words of those Who Fought it”, showing in the museum’s Jubilee […]

VE Day Event at the Town Hall

Along with millions of others across the country, we did our bit last week to mark 80 years since the Allied victory in Europe in 1945. Our event was organised […]

MERRY CHRISTMAS

Here’s our amazing team of museum volunteers, raising a glass to wish a Merry Christmas to all our friends, followers and visitors. On behalf of the volunteers and the trustees, […]

Launching the “Tapestry Trail”

Last week, we were invited to participate in the online launch of a new initiative to connect the many community tapestry projects designed by Andrew Crummy in recent years. The […]

“What If?”… the Jacobites stormed Fort William?!

Have you been following our amazing interactive wargame campaign? If not, then put the kettle on and start catching up on our youtube channel: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLPX2-w66z_oCn8yeQyyJeFGcvmgHt_4kW&si=4yDOv6PrEf0Or36m Recently, our Jacobite teams have […]

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