William Keith and John Muir: Kindred Souls
Our next exhibition due to open in 1 April 2018 will be curated by Friends of John Muir’s Birthplace. The theme... Read More
New Saturday Storytimes!
You may already be familiar with our drop in craft sessions each weekend, however starting from Saturday 10 March we... Read More
The Lost Words
With acrostic ‘spells’ by Robert Macfarlane and beautiful watercolour artwork by Jackie Morris, The Lost Words conjures back to glorious... Read More
Lothian Lavender
We are delighted to welcome on board Lothian Lavender as a new line in gift for our ‘Locally Sourced..’ shop. ‘We... Read More
Locally Made
As a Gold Green Tourism venue, we are always striving at John Muir’s Birthplace to find new ways of looking after... Read More
First Editions on Display
Some time ago, ‘Friends of John Muir’s Birthplace’ were gifted a first edition copy of John Muir’s first book ‘Mountains... Read More
Interesting Comments
On cold, damp January days, when visitor numbers are not quite reaching the heady numbers we can see in the... Read More
Festive Opening Hours 2017
Merry Christmas to all our visitors, and we hope you have a happy and healthy 2018! John Muir’s Birthplace will... Read More
Scottish Landscape Photographer of the Year
We are delighted to be hosting images from the Scottish Landscape Photographer of the Year once again. This ever popular... Read More
Learning on the Job
John Muir’s Birthplace As a sixth year student from the Berwickshire High School, I spent this week on work experience... Read More