Display
Policy
Background
There is a core exhibition relating to the historic
Round Tower and the Pictish history of the Abernethy
area.
Abernethy's highly acclaimed Millennium quilt
is also on permanent display. The other displays in
the Museum are changed each year, with many of them
focussing on life in Abernethy in more recent times.
By the eighteenth century, the economy of the parish
was based around the textile industry, agriculture and
fishing and Abernethy was at the centre of the linen
industry in Scotland, after the arrival of a group of
skilled Huguenot exiles, but the industry declined due
to the arrival of cheaper imports. Agriculture and fishing
remained important industries until the twentieth century.
Previous exhibitions
Over the past five seasons the Museum's exhibitions
have focussed on:
- Maps and the origins of Place Names;
- The Church;
- Salmon Fishing on the Tay;Farming and Farming
Life
- Schooldays and the Old School
- World War II and the Polish evacuees;
- Berry picking;
- The Abernethy biscuit;
- Weaving and Textiles;
- Transport.
 
Display
relating to Berry growing Display
relating to Civil Defence in the village
Current exhibitions
- The Romans and "Abernethy's Roman Emperor"
Severus.
In addition a new children's corner has been
opened to provide more interest for younger visitors.
Opening hours
The Museum is open on Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays
and Sundays from 1pm to 5pm, from Saturday 14th
May 2005 to Sunday 2nd October 2005. Special arrangements
can be made for group visits outwith these hours.
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