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HEALTHY | ACTIVE | CREATIVE Museum Officers’ Welcome e would like to welcome you to our seven Other ANGUSalive facilities you can visit WANGUSalive Museums and Galleries with some information on the activities we offer for Libraries school groups. 01241 464545 With your help and curriculum outcomes in mind, 01356 237171 01241 465353 we have put together imaginative, engaging and 01307 492121 constructive programmes designed to be thought 01575 526111 provoking and beneficial for your pupils. Our team 01382 768181 hope to meet you soon. Montrose 01674 907474 Mobile Library 01370 491723 Activities Countryside Adventure All museums can provide a series of three site tailored workshops based around artefact boxes. In addition we can Crombie Country Park 01241 860360 offer other workshops (see Individual Museums Section). All Forfar Loch Country Park 01307 461118 museums have activity sheets available on a variety of topics. Ranger Base 01575 550233 If your focus is more specific, please let us know and we will Country Park 01382 370202 endeavour to adapt existing workshops to your needs. A Montrose Basin 01674 676336 visit to the museum contributes significantly to a number of Outdoor Education Team 01382 370613 curriculum areas. Sport and Leisure Facilities Arbroath Sports Centre 01241 465400 Parking for coaches is available beside or near all our Brechin Community Campus 01356 237200 museums. Outdoor space for pupils to eat lunch is nearby Carnoustie Sports Centre 01241 465600 each museum. In bad weather packed lunches can be eaten Forfar Community Campus 01307 492300 in the museums. All our museums have toilet facilities. Montrose Sports Centre 01674 907600 Saltire Sports Centre 01241 465500 Accessibility Websters Sports Centre 01575 526100 All our museums are fully accessible on the ground floor. Arbroath Museum and Kirriemuir Museum are not accessible Archives on the first floor and on the second. Angus Archives 01307 468644 Please let us know in advance if you require us to tailor your visit to ground floor access only. Theatre & Venues

Accreditation The Webster Memorial Theatre 01241 435804/5 All our museums are accredited under the National Accreditation Scheme which sets nationally agreed standards “For the for museums in the UK. Diamond Jubilee”

lthough the Inglis Memorial Hall Ahad been gifted in memory of the family, the library was presented to the parishes of , Lethnot and Navar, and Lochlee by Colonel Inglis specifically to commemorate Queen Victoria’s Diamond Jubilee. “Lives of true he books were “specially and strongly bound Tfor Public Library use” and the majority have survived until this day, a tribute to the forward thinking of the donor. “As regards the library I do not pretend to know a nobleness and of great deal about books and certainly about eighteen months ago I did not know so much as I do now.”

“I have selected every book myself. rare self-sacrifice” I have taken days and weeks of searching libraries in and elsewhere to see what books were most asked for.” he Inglis Memorial Hall and Library Twere given to the people of the parishes of Edzell, Lethnot and Navar, and Lochlee by Lieutenant Colonel Robert William Inglis in memory of his “The class of books in some busy districts I found most wantedparents were Robert and Helen Inglis and his obert started his career as Parish good books of reference on each trade. I have selected theuncle best Davidread Inglis. RSchoolmaster of Lochlee and was ordained Minister of Lochlee book of the day on each trade.” in 1836, moving to Edzell in 1841. avid lived and farmed at the “Farmers can have full particulars of all that concerns the outside and He played a key part locally in the DBaillies, Lochlee from 1838 until 1843 Church of Disruption the inside of the horse, the cow, the pig, the ox, or the ass.”his death in 1868. “As a medical man and despite having a large family he he attended to all whenever called was prepared to give up his living for “There is information for plasterers, plumbers, painters, candlestickon, and as there was no practising doctor in the Parish, the makers, gardeners, everybody...” his principles and endure crippling calls on him were many...In temper he was perhaps inclined poverty for many years. to be peppery but was very far from being unreasonable, “Once you master the intricacies of the catalogue and want a book hasty or dour. When attending to a patient his kindness, his on some special subject I believe you can find it here.” e was much loved in the community tenderness and his attention was such as to make his name Hfor his kindness and ready wit, and was extremely eading for recreation and enjoyment was considereda household word and his person almost worshipped.” conscientious in visiting parishioners and helping them out Rimportant too, as in addition to the non-fiction, a large number in times of need. This is how he is remembered by his sons: of popular novels were also included. “No sons of the Manse ever had a kindlier, more gentle, s one of the people invited to speak at the opening scholarly father. No sons of the Manse ever loved a father better than did we Edzell boys.” Aceremony so rightly said: “Here Colonel Inglis has acted the part of a true educator”.

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is wife Helen Brand was also a great character, who 21/11/2013 10:59 Htackled everything and was extremely skilled in making ends meet. When asked how she could bring up such a big family her reply was “Cheuch, I could manage a regiment of Militia!”

“A glorious grand little woman, little in stature, grand and large in mind and thought, generous to a fault, but once cheat her, no giant could have been more severe or scathing in her denunciations.” In her own words, although she was educated as a lady “no lady in the land could Lives of tru noble mk2 .indd 1 rock a cradle, mend a dress, sew on buttons, knack a thread, or skelp a bairn better than I can.”

21/11/2013 10:56 Primary Schools Secondary Schools Curriculum for Excellence National 5 and Higher

Successful learners ANGUSalive workshops complement learning in the following units delivered on SQA’s National 5 and Our museums encourage successful learners by Higher qualifications. giving visiting pupils the opportunity to build upon the knowledge and skills they have learned in the H205 75 Historical Study: Scottish (National 5) classroom and adapt these for use in a different H205 76 Historical Study: Scottish (Higher) context. Pupils also have the opportunity to respond H204 75 Art and Design: Expressive Activity (National 5) to the objects in our collection in a creative way, both H6NL 75 Art and Design: Expressive Activity with a independently and as part of a group. Scottish Context (National 5) H202 76 Art and Design: Expressive Activity (Higher) Confident individuals H6NL 76 Art and Design: Expressive Activity within a Visiting our museums gives pupils an understanding Scottish Context (Higher) of their local history and cultural heritage, helping H27G 75 Geography: Physical Environments (National 5) them feel connected to people from the past. H6N9 75 Geography: Physical Environments within a By encouraging them to ask their own questions Scottish Context (National 5) about objects in our gallery, we are enabling them H27H 75 Geography: Human Environments (National 5) to feel confident in themselves and their ability to H27G 76 Geography: Physical Environments (Higher) communicate. H6N9G 76 Geography: Physical Environments within a Responsible citizens Scottish Context (Higher) H27H 76 Geography: Human Environments (Higher) A trip to our museums helps pupils to develop their H209 75 Biology: Life on Earth (National 5) knowledge and understanding of the world and Our museums and their collections provide pupils with Scotland’s place in it. By giving pupils an understanding scope for personalisation and choice. Each visit includes of our local heritage we are also encouraging them to investigative and critical thinking activities, developing take care of it in the future. skills in literacy through using and synthesising information in a variety of ways, and contributing to an Effective contributors understanding of complex historical issues. Our museums help pupils to be effective contributors by encouraging them use their own initiative to Social Studies evaluate and explore our objects independently and People, Past Events and Societies communicate their findings in a different setting. A visit to our museums links to the Social Studies area of the curriculum. Involvement with our museums gives pupils the opportunity to: • Develop their understanding of the history, heritage and culture of Scotland, and an appreciation of their local and national heritage within the world context. • Broaden their understanding of the world by learning about human activities. Arbroath - The he Signal Tower Museum tells the story of the construction and history Tof the , designed by the famous engineer Robert Stevenson. The Signal Tower was the land base for the Bell Rock and the home of lighthouse keepers’ families until the 1950s. In 1974 the Signal Tower became a museum for Arbroath and was renovated in 2011 to celebrate the 200th anniversary of the completion of the Bell Rock Lighthouse. Signal Tower Museum explores the amazing technology and enterprise which gave rise to one of the modern world’s wonders – a lighthouse on a dangerous reef 11 miles from the Angus coast. You can discover how the light was lit and transmitted and how this changed over time. What was it like to live on a lighthouse on a tiny semi-submerged island? Find out about the everyday lives of the keepers, which could be very ordinary and yet quite extraordinary. And what did the lighthouse protect? Learn all about the thriving fishing fleet, and ships which brought the raw materials of Arbroath’s industry into the harbour and exported them once again. The Museum also has temporary changing exhibitions on a variety of Arbroath topics, which feature objects and art from the Angus collection.

What we can do for you ignal Tower Museum offers site tailored workshops using three artefact Sboxes on the First World War, Fishing and the Linen Industry in Angus. Craft workshops can be booked on Lighthouses, the First World War, and Maritime themes. Storytelling and learning through photographs sessions are also offered, as well as trails and activity sheets. Guided tours can be arranged, which include the BBC film ‘Seven Wonders of the Industrial World’. Signal Tower Museum works with the RNLI Arbroath to enable school visits to both locations. To arrange a joint visit email [email protected] Please contact Signal Tower Museum, Ladyloan, Arbroath, DD11 1PU Telephone 01241 464554 and speak to the Museum Officer to make a booking or email [email protected] Brechin - Brechin Town House Museum his charming and vibrant museum is in the city’s Townhouse, Twhich was built in 1790, and is reputedly haunted. The townhouse has had a variety of roles over its two hundred years, as a council chamber and a gaol, and more recently a grocer and Chinese restaurant. Displays focus on Brechin’s ancient beginnings: the earliest farmers who crafted beautiful bronze objects and jet necklaces, the and their enigmatic stone sculptures, and medieval times when Brechin became an ecclesiastical city of great note. The city’s key role as a market and an industrial centre in more recent times is also explored through historic objects while a beautifully detailed model takes the visitor back to the townscape of the early nineteenth century. Meet the cattle rustler John Gall, who was deported to Australia in the nineteenth century, imprisoned in the original ‘Black Hole’ of Brechin, while nearby in an atmosphere of peace and calm, a cleric is at work in the ’s scriptorium. Upstairs the old council chamber is one of the most elegant public rooms in Brechin, where art from the Angus collection can viewed. The Museum also hosts a lively selection of changing exhibitions.

What we can do for you rechin Museum offers site tailored workshops using three artefact boxes on the , BMary Queen of Scots and the Jacobites. Museum staff can provide a show and tell object activity which enables pupils to handle and identify museum objects from our handling collection. Guided tours can also be booked on a variety of themes within the displays. Please contact Brechin Town House Museum, 28 High St, Brechin, DD9 6ER Telephone 01356 237227 and speak to the Museum Officer to make a booking or email [email protected] Forfar - The Meffan Museum & Art Gallery he Meffan Museum & Art Gallery is purpose built and incorporated into a Trow of imposing facades on West High Street. It originally opened on 28th October 1898 as the , and held the public library of Forfar, a reading room, a public hall and the museum. It was the gift of Jane Meffan, daughter of Provost Meffan and was dedicated to his memory to promote the moral and intellectual improvement of the community of Forfar. Now the Meffan houses the Forfar Story and takes visitors on a fascinating journey through time, beginning with the enigmatic Bronze Age cist burial, an amazing array of Pictish sculptured stones, and Forfar’s own prehistoric log boat. You can take a wander down the Vennel, a recreation of an old cobbled street, and have a peek inside the shops of the baker, watchmaker, shoemaker and weaver. Why not see what sweets Peter Reid sold in his sweet shop and witness Forfar’s dark past: the trial of the last witch to be executed in Forfar? The Meffan also has two exhibition galleries over two floors. The main art gallery on the ground floor showcases the work of contemporary artists living or working from within Scotland, while the upper gallery displays selections from Angus’ art collection and local community groups.

What we can do for you he Meffan offers site tailored workshops using three Tartefact boxes on the Picts, Life in the Times of Wallace and Bruce, and Children in World War Two. A variety of other topics can also be offered, including a dramatised talk on the witches of Forfar. Guided tours can be booked on a variety of themes within the displays. Please contact the Meffan Museum & Art Gallery, 20 West High Street, Forfar, DD8 1BB Telephone 01307 491771 and speak to the Museum Officer to make a booking or email [email protected] Kirriemuir - Kirriemuir Gateway to the Glens Museum irriemuir’s Gateway to the Glens Museum is set in the heart of the town in the Kold Tolbooth or Townhouse. This distinctive building dates from 1604, with several major alterations over the centuries, and has had a variety of roles as a gaol and courthouse and latterly a chemist. The ground floor of the Museum brings alive the engaging social and political history of the town, from the time of Pictish Sculpture to the late medieval period which is recreated in detailed model of the town square. Kirriemuir’s role as an important weaving centre in the nineteenth century is also explored, and the work of Kirriemuir clockmakers illustrated with an impressive longcase clock collection. No museum in the town would be complete of course without a mention of Sir J.M. Barrie, the creator of Peter Pan, who was the only person to be granted the freedom of the town as commemorated by the stunningly beautiful presentation Freedom Casket which is also on display. Tales of the Glens, their wildlife and local archaeology, including the Glasswell coin hoard are the subjects of the upper gallery, which also houses a fascinating display of music memorabilia remembering , the well- known AC/DC frontman for all fans of the band.

What we can do for you irriemuir Gateway to the Glens Museum offers site tailored workshops using three artefact boxes on the Romans, Kthe Victorians and Working Lives in World War Two. In addition other workshops are on offer, which include Famous Kirrimarians, Remembrance and World War One medal making. A joint visit can also be arranged with the recently opened Police Museum. Please contact Kirriemuir Gateway to the Glens Museum, The Square, 32 High Street, Kirriemuir, DD8 4BB. Telephone 01575 526006 and speak to the Museum Officer to make a booking or email [email protected] Montrose - Montrose Museum & Art Gallery ontrose Museum was built in 1842 and is one of the oldest town museums Min Scotland. It was founded by Montrose Natural History and Antiquarian Society and was designed as a temple of learning, with ionic columns on either side of the grand entrance and MUSEUM written above the lintel, in elegant gold relief. Inside this beautiful neo-classical building, the layout is not dissimilar to the original Victorian concept, with exhibits in traditional display cases. However, the story is a very different one, with emphasis on the local, rather than the weird and wonderful from all parts of the globe. The Local History gallery takes the visitor on a journey from the earliest occupation of the area in times, through the Bronze Age with its rich collection of fine metalwork, to the era of the Romans and Picts, as illustrated by the incredibly preserved Inchbrayoch Sculptured Stone. Montrose was the centre of controversy even from the earliest period, with the campaigns of the celebrated Marquis of Montrose, and the Jacobite support for the Old Pretender, who escaped from the port to set sail for . The Maritime Gallery explores past trade - timber, tobacco, slaves, flax, fishing and whaling, and past campaigns including the Napoleonic Wars. Curiosities include Napoleon’s death mask and hat, and a fine bone ship made by French prisoners of war. The Natural History Gallery recreates the many different environments in Angus, as well as the agates so characteristic of the Angus coast, and the famous fossil fish from 400 million years ago discovered by Victorian collectors. The Art Gallery hosts exhibitions on art and local history which change regularly over the year.

What we can do for you ontrose Museum offers site tailored workshops Musing three artefact boxes on Rocks, Egyptians and Victorian Childhood. Other workshops include the bridges of Montrose, fishing, local history of Montrose and , and the Picts. Please contact Montrose Museum & Art Gallery, Panmure Place, Montrose, Angus, DD10 8HF Telephone 01674 907447 and speak to the Museum Officer to make a booking or email [email protected] Montrose - The William Lamb Studio illiam Lamb worked as a sculptor and artist in Montrose in the first half of the Wtwentieth century. A shy and retiring man, he was exceptionally gifted and his work is now being increasingly recognised in the Scottish art world. He has even been compared with Rodin. William rubbed shoulders with the rich and famous – the Queen Mother, the Queen and Princess Margaret, whom he sculpted in the 1930s, Hugh Macdiarmid and the other protagonists of the Scottish Literary Renaissance, as well as the local fishing folk and Montrose characters, with whom he had a great affinity. Come and visit his original working studio, and view the amazing breadth of his work. While essentially a sculptor, he also produced a vast array of paintings, drawings, etchings and wood carvings, all of which can be seen on site. His work is a great inspiration to the young generation, covering as it does such a wide variety of media. The Annual Friends of William Lamb Sculpture Competition is held each year, with entries invited from all local schools. The Studio is open to visitors by appointment. Please contact the Friends of William Lamb Studio to make a visitor enquiry. Collection research enquiries should be directed to: [email protected]. For further information on the art collection and exhibition programme managed by ANGUSalive, check www.facebook.com/ANGUSaliveMuseums Edzell - The Inglis Memorial Hall Library Visitor Centre n 1898, Lieutenant Colonel Robert William Inglis gifted the Inglis Memorial Hall Ito the village of Edzell in memory of his parents the Rev Robert and Mrs Inglis. The Rev Inglis had been the first free minister at Edzell and for a long time his family had been financially supported by the villagers after he left the at the time of the Disruption. The library of over 5000 volumes given by the Colonel to commemorate Queen Victoria’s Diamond Jubilee, was also provided to assist with the education of all in Edzell and the surrounding parishes. It is a typical example of the type of library which was springing up all over the country given by Victorian benefactors like the Colonel. What is so unusual about this library is its extraordinary survival - a time capsule with very few changes from the time period 1898 to 1930. It has now been recreated as a Visitor Centre for everyone to enjoy. Come and find out what a Victorian closed system library was like. Discover how you would choose a book in a time before computers. Who were the librarians? Meet the Hall Keeper and his wife, who lived in a flat above the library and had control over the books. Browse the catalogue and see if there is anything you recognise or would have liked to read had you lived over a century ago! To arrange a visit, please contact Brechin Town House Museum, 28 High St, Brechin, DD9 6ER Telephone 01356 237227 and speak to the Museum Officer to make a booking or email [email protected]

“Lives of true nobleness and of rare self-sacrifice”

obert started his career as Parish RSchoolmaster of Lochlee and was ordained Minister of Lochlee he Inglis Memorial Hall and Library in 1836, moving to Edzell in 1841. Twere given to the people of the He played a key part locally in the parishes of Edzell, Lethnot and Navar, 1843 Church of Scotland Disruption and Lochlee by Lieutenant Colonel and despite having a large family he Robert William Inglis in memory of his was prepared to give up his living for parents Robert and Helen Inglis and his his principles and endure crippling uncle David Inglis. poverty for many years. avid lived and farmed at the e was much loved in the community DBaillies, Lochlee from 1838 until Hfor his kindness and ready wit, and was extremely his death in 1868. “As a medical man conscientious in“For visiting parishioners and helping them theout he attended to all whenever called in times of need. This is how he is remembered by his sons: on, and as there was no practising doctor in the Parish, the calls on him were many...In temper he was perhaps inclined “No sons of the Manse ever had a kindlier, more gentle, to be peppery but was very far from being unreasonable, scholarly father. No sons of the Manse ever loved a father hasty or dour. When attending to a patient his kindness, his better than did Diamondwe Edzell boys.” tenderness and his attention was such as to make his name a household word and his person almost worshipped.”

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“The class of books in some busy districts I found most wanted were good books of reference on each trade. I have selected the best read book of the day on each trade.” “Farmers can have full particulars of all that concerns the outside and the inside of the horse, the cow, the pig, the ox, or the ass.” “There is information for plasterers, plumbers, painters, candlestick makers, gardeners, everybody...” “Once you master the intricacies of the catalogue and want a book on some special subject I believe you can find it here.” eading for recreation and enjoyment was considered Rimportant too, as in addition to the non-fiction, a large number of popular novels were also included. s one of the people invited to speak at the opening Aceremony so rightly said: “Here Colonel Inglis has acted the part of a true educator”. 21/11/2013 10:59

Diamond Jubilee mk2 .indd 1 Explore our creative visual arts programme

Art is for everyone and ANGUSalive welcomes you to be inspired and ignite your creative mind as you visit our inviting gallery spaces across Angus. We show two kinds of art exhibition, classic works from the Angus Collection and work by living artists. Most of our art exhibitions change every six weeks to three months and we work closely with artists to showcase exhibitions tailored for local audiences. We attract both seasoned favourites and new up and coming artists who often debut new work which hasn’t been seen anywhere else before. Be the first to hear about our upcoming exhibitions and creative events by registering at www.angualive.scot/visualartssignup

Intrigued by your family history? Let Angus Archives guide you on your journey into the past. Make your own discoveries into your Angus family history or let our experts do the work for you to put the leaves on your family tree. Why not join our events, discussions and activities throughout the year - look for us on Facebook @AngusArchives or email [email protected] www.angusalive.scot ANGUSalive is a registered Scottish Charity No. SC046133 www.angusalive.scot Issue 2 published December 2018