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Monday 9am - 1pm 2pm - 7pm Tuesday 9am - 1pm 2pm - 5pm Wednesday 10am - 1pm 2pm - 5pm Thursday 10am - 1pm 2pm - 5pm Friday 10am - 1pm 2pm - 5pm Saturday 10am - 4pm

John Gray Centre

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The John Gray Centre - East Lothian at your doorstep http://www.johngraycentre.org/

East Lothian Council was a grant by the Heritage Lottery Fund for a brand new heritage centre in the heart of the county: The John Gray Centre. The Archives and Museums services have joined up with the Local History Centre and the Haddington branch library in a historic building in Haddington, with a team dedicated to bringing the wealth of our historic culture to the whole community. The Archaeology team will also be joining in with events and exhibitions, and online activities and resources.

03/11/2026

💡Local History Centre 50th Anniversary Newspaper Spotlight:
📰Courier front page this week 50 years ago featured a book signing event of Lord Home's book "The Way the Wind Blows", at John Menzies bookshop in North Berwick. In the picture is Mrs Margaret Crawford and her daughter Catriona.

27/10/2026

💡Local History Centre 50th Anniversary Newspaper Spotlight:
📰Courier front page this week 50 years ago featured former Dunbar Grammar School pupils receiving a reward💷 for helping to capture a Post Office raider!

23/10/2026

Bellany's harvesters are hiding in the museum this Halloween. Can you find them before they find you... 🫣😱😨 Small Halloween prize for successful hunters.

20/10/2026

💡Local History Centre 50th Anniversary Newspaper Spotlight:
📰Courier front page this week 50 years ago featured six-year-old Robert Byers offering a ring and brooch to Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother during her royal visit to Haddington.
According to the Courier report, Robert's mother was "quite shocked" and had no idea that he would slip past the crowd and bodyguards to offer the Queen Mother a present!✨

13/10/2026

💡Local History Centre 50th Anniversary Newspaper Spotlight:
📰Courier front page this week 50 years ago featured the image of this lorry which collided with a Mini in the pouring rain, on the A1 in Macmerry. Tragically, the young woman driving the car passed away.

08/10/2026

‼️Exhibition Alert‼️
📽️CINEMATIC EAST LOTHIAN
John Gray Centre Museum Temporary Gallery
THURSDAY, FRIDAY, SATURDAY: 2 October 2026 to 6 March 2027.
✨You are cordially invited to view our latest temporary exhibition, which has been curated by our Local History Centre as part of its 50th Anniversary celebrations in collaboration with John Gray Centre Museum.
✨Cinematic East Lothian showcases a brief history of the old picture houses in the county, popular film locations in East Lothian, nostalgic items in the Museum Service collection and memorabilia loaned by local residents and groups, as well as a screening of very short films with a local history theme from the Archive Service collection.
✨To complement the exhibition, a series of short local history film shows will also take place in the Local History rooms on selected dates throughout November 2026 till March 2027. Titles and screening times will be posted here soon.🎬
✨Cinematic East Lothian aims to evoke treasured memories of Saturday matinees, crowded foyers and nights spent lost in the visual pleasures of the silver screen.
We hope you will enjoy the exhibition and share your memories of going to the movies!🤩
*Please note that the Museum is only open to the public on Thursdays, Fridays, & Saturdays from 10am to 1pm & 2 to 5pm.

06/10/2026

💡Local History Centre 50th Anniversary Newspaper Spotlight:
📰Courier front page this week 50 years ago featured some young people involved in a Government sponsored Job Creation Programme which began in 1975. The young people featured had been under the guidance of East Lothian Countryside Rangers.✨

29/09/2026

💡Local History Centre 50th Anniversary Newspaper Spotlight:
📰Courier front page this week 50 years ago featured a large lorry manoeuvring through an accident blackspot in Pencaitland. Watching on the sidewalk is Barbara Colignon of The Old Schoolhouse, who was one the local mothers who reported the issue to the Lothian Regional Highways Department .✨

22/09/2026

💡Local History Centre 50th Anniversary Newspaper Spotlight:
📰Courier front page this week 50 years ago featured fire fighter John Ketchion cutting his way into a barley store in Haddington, and watched by maltings manager Peter Laing, after a fire broke out under 2000 tonnes of grain. 🔥

21/09/2026

🎉The Local History Centre flash book sale begins today!📚
✨Mon, Tue, Thu, Fri:
21 Sep to 02 Oct 2026.

Address

15 Lodge Street
Haddington
EH413DX

Opening Hours

Monday	9am - 1pm
	2pm - 7pm
Tuesday	9am - 1pm
	2pm - 5pm
Wednesday	10am - 1pm
	2pm - 5pm
Thursday	10am - 1pm
	2pm - 5pm
Friday	10am - 1pm
	2pm - 5pm
Saturday	10am - 4pm

Telephone

+441620820690

Website

http://www.johngraycentre.org/

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