MUSEUM SHOP Still looking for a Christmas present? Come browse our well stocked shop where you will find something for everyone! The Museum shop remains open until 4.30pm on Saturday, 23rd December!

STAFF CHRISTMAS MEAL 2017 Museum staff enjoyed our Christmas night out this evening at the Davron Hotel, Rosehearty! It was a great meal from great hosts! Highly recommended! Thank you to all staff at the Davron for an excellent service! The annual Secret Santa was also dishes out. Congratulations to Museum Trustee Cllr Charles Buchan who received the most original present - an oinking rubber pig! This is our annual end of year gathering. The Museum closes its doors for the year on Saturday 23rd December, and will re-open on Friday 5th January 2018! #DiscoverFraserburgh

Dear All My name is Martin Schoen and I am the Museum Assistant/Learning Officer at the Museum of Scottish Lighthouses. The museum is the only dedicated Lighthouse Museum in the UK. We are currently preparing an Outreach Program which we hope to begin early next year. We plan to run a series of workshops/talks etc. about Lighthouses and/or other Scottish Coastal related topics including the era of the war on the coast or ‘the olden’ days. It can be even a talk about traditional cooking. I am very flexible about the topics we could cover as it is our intention engage in as wide a way as possible. The museum and the museum service in Aberdeenshire would provide suitable objects and loan boxes with items to match the topics. The Aberdeenshire museums topic boxes: Agriculture, Fishing, Dairy, Shetland Wool Craft, Home Craft, Home, Tea Time, Wash Day, Baby, Clothes, Toys & Games, School, Home Front, War Time. Some of those Boxes are in high demand. In our Lighthouse Loan Boxes, we have an original Light Keepers Jacket, an 8th Order Lighthouse Lens, Blue Ensign Flag and many other original items. All of our Lighthouse loan boxes are also available for you borrow and all you need do is to pick them up. I would be delighted to come and visit and discuss things further with you. My contact details are as follows; Tel: (01346) 511022 Email: learning@lighthousemuseum.org.uk or Facebook Messenger I will give you a follow-up phone call in the near future to see if we can arrange a meeting.

Did you know that our recognised Collection even includes some vintage NLB Christmas cards? The NLB have a history of issuing Christmas cards with a bonny photo of lighthouses - a tradition which continues today! This card has a picture of the Bell Rock, taken by one of our Facebook friends Alan Provan! I wonder if he can remember the year...

#OnThisDay in 1900 the log book at the Flannan Isle Lighthouse had its last entry. The wicks were trimmed, and lamps made ready for use, but the light was never lit that evening. Instead the 3 keepers, Marshall, Ducat and McArthur, disappeared. It is an enduring lighthouse mystery which remains unsolved to this very day! Today, on the Isle of Lewis, a Memorial is being unveiled by the community to commemorate the loss of the three keepers who were never found. The event should be featured on this evening's STV news.

To the lady who lost her key this afternoon: it was handed in to the museum late in the afternoon and can now be picked up from the front desk (10am to 4.30pm daily).

After losing his hat to the storm winds on Thursday at the top of the lighthouse, the Collections Manager’s glasses took off when he was back on ground level. Good news is that he finally found them this morning! Sadly a trip to the opticians will be in store...

OUTFIT MORAY take on ROUTE 250 We were delighted to host Outfit Moray yesterday afternoon as part of their trek to cycle the North East 250 route on a tandem bicycle! After cycling 54 miles from Spey Bay the team came to the museum to refuel, being served with complimentary soup and sandwiches in our Museum café. Due to poor road conditions the group were three hours behind schedule and must have been famished. After a quick stop the team, made up of Wayne, Chris, Ian, Fiona, David and Stewart, were on their way again. They will cycle the rest of the 250 route to Bucksburn, Royal Deeside, the Cairngorms, Ballater, Tomintoul and back to Spey Bay. Good luck guys! #NorthEast250 #ne250

Some more pictures of the Wine Tower and a view out the North and East windows! The legend of the Wine Tower suggests that the laird’s heartbroken daughter threw herself out the North window after her father killed her lover! A patch of red paint commemorates the spot at which she landed!

WILD WEATHER Although the worst of the storm has gone by, we are still being battered by the elements at Kinnaird Head. Much to the delight of our café visitors who are being treated to these tremendous waves!

Good news! We escaped from #stormcaroline unscathed! In the 19th Century all lighthouses were issued with prayer books for various events! Shown is the prayer for ‘After a Storm’. This particular prayer book came from the Flannan Isles, and would have been in the station when Marshall, Ducat and McArthur all disappeared following a storm in December 1900! SLM.2017.284

MUSEUM CLOSED Due to adverse weather the Museum of Scottish Lighthouses has closed for today 7.12.17. Windspeed measured 105mph. #stormcaroline