Dumfries and Galloway Heritage Service

29/05/2026

27/05/2026

🌳✨ A Step Back in Time at Ewart Library! ✨🌳

We were delighted to welcome Primary 4 pupils from Loreburn Primary School to the Heritage Department at Ewart Library last month!

During their visit, the children explored a fascinating range of historical resources, including old photographs, showing just how much Dumfries has changed over the years. They also had the chance to look through school logbooks from 100 years ago—sparking lots of curiosity about what school life was like in the past—and even browsed historic newspapers 🔎

With Primary 4 currently learning about William Wallace and Robert the Bruce, the visit was perfectly timed. It was wonderful to help bring their studies to life by exploring some of the rich historical connections right here in our local area.

Thank you to the pupils and staff from Loreburn for such an enthusiastic visit—we hope you enjoyed your time discovering Dumfries’ past as much as we enjoyed hosting you! 📖

17/05/2026

📣 CALL OUT: SOCIAL MEDIA CONTENT CREATOR

Pride of Place Dumfries & Galloway is looking for a creative Social Media Content Creator to help document and share an ambitious, community-led heritage project uncovering under-represented stories across Dumfries & Galloway.

Working to create engaging social content, short-form video, and digital storytelling that brings communities into the spotlight.

💰 £4,000 per year
📍 Flexible / Dumfries & Galloway-based
📅 2-year freelance contract (year 3 TBC)
⏰ Deadline: Friday 29th May
📩 Apply with examples of your work + a short statement to [email protected]

For more information visit the oppurtunities page on our website!

13/05/2026

06/03/2026

Are you fascinated by Scotland’s rich medical heritage?

Join members of the Scotland & Medicine network for a free online event on Tuesday 10th March at 3pm, bringing together museums, archives, and libraries from across Scotland that care for unique and remarkable medical collections.

We’re delighted that Anne Rinaldi from the Heritage Service will be featured among the speakers!

This special session offers short introductions to a wide range of collections, helping you discover what’s out there and how we all preserve and share Scotland’s medical past.

It’s the perfect opportunity for students, researchers, heritage professionals, and anyone curious about medical history.

🗣️ Speakers include representatives from:

University of Stirling Archives & Special Collections
University of Dundee Archive Collections
OnFife Archives
Tayside Medical History Museum
Anatomical Museum, Teviot Place, Edinburgh
The University of Edinburgh
Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow
North Lanarkshire Archives
Lothian Health Services Archive
University of Glasgow Library
University of Aberdeen Collections
Dumfries and Galloway Heritage Service
Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery
National Museums Scotland
Royal Pharmaceutical Society Scottish Collection
Surgeons’ Hall Museum

💻 How to join:
The event is free, open to everyone, and held online.

Please do share with colleagues, students, and anyone who might be interested in Scotland’s extraordinary medical collections.

✨ We look forward to seeing you there!

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/scotland-medicine-collections-showcase-tickets-1983072896416?msockid=25600c3e373667a423b81880368d6610&fbclid=IwY2xjawQX5iVleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZBAyMjIwMzkxNzg4MjAwODkyAAEe6EwzShKxKjA2Sz_INxjqUlr8Wd9N1j-336oV_T_3cMgRNPIseaBB7Gi0yMc_aem_j22H_Ef92ARYyjU4AJcW9w

An online event featuring presentations from members of the Scotland & Medicine network of museums, archives and libraries

05/03/2026

🌟Join the Heritage Team! 🌟

We are looking for a Team Leader (Digital Collections & Catalogues).

Are you passionate about archives, digital preservation, and protecting our shared heritage for future generations?

Do you thrive on developing innovative ways to care for digital collections?

Dumfries and Galloway Council’s Heritage Services is excited to offer a brand-new opportunity for a qualified and motivated archives professional to lead our work on digital preservation and collection management.

📅 Apply now and help shape the future of digital heritage in our region!

👉 Click here for more info and to apply:

View details and apply for this archive role in with Dumfries and Galloway Council on myjobscotland

23/02/2026

📚✨ A Fantastic Visit from Strathclyde University! ✨📚

We were delighted to welcome an enthusiastic group of Strathclyde University students and a PhD researcher, to the Heritage Service last week. A huge thank you to Matt Smith and Hannah Proctor for organising the visit and bringing such an engaged cohort.

During their time with us, the students explored a fascinating selection of material from the Crichton Royal Hospital Archives, including:
🗂️ Admission registers listing details including admission dates, causes of condition, length of stay, home town
📄 Patient case books detailing patient history, health conditions and treatments
📘 Annual Reports detailing numbers of patients, occupations within the Crichton, hospital development
📰 New Moon patient magazine, written by patients
🎭 Dr Easterbrook’s Scrapbook, capturing the importance the hospital placed on arts, music, drama and creative expression

After their research session, the group continued to the Crichton Estate for a tour of its remarkable grounds and buildings.
We hope the visit has sparked ideas for dissertation case studies and inspired future research into the rich history of the Crichton!

Thank you again to everyone involved — we loved hosting you! 👋✨

05/02/2026

📚❄ The Big Snow – Help Us Preserve Your Memories! ❄📚

The BBC news coverage of The Big Snow features images from our Heritage Service Photograph Collections!!!

We know how powerful these moments of shared experience can be and how important it is to preserve them for the future.

We are continuing to build the photograph collection documenting local life, weather events, and the stories that shape our region.

visit www.viewdumfriesandgalloway.co.uk

🌨 We’d love your help!
If you captured photos of The Big Snow in 1996 — whether it’s snowy streets, garden drifts, community efforts, or simply your own view from home — please consider sharing them with us. Your images can become part of our permanent archive, safeguarding today’s memories for tomorrow’s researchers, families, and historians.

📩 How to contribute:
Just send us a message here, or email your photos to [email protected] with a brief note about where they were taken and who took the photo.

Let’s make sure this extraordinary winter moment becomes part of our shared story. ❄📸

The Roper family will never forget the heaviest February snowfall on record in south-west Scotland.

30/01/2026

Head of Facilities, Waste and Neighbourhood Services - DGA12891Militia House, DumfriesMilitia House, DumfriesOrganisationDumfries and Galloway CouncilContract TypePermanentPosition TypeFull TimeSalary£111,358 - £115,983 per yearClosing Date02/03/2026Head of Facilities, Waste and Neighbourhood Serv...

03/01/2026

Our Customer Services teams are continually working to make sure what we provide reflects customer needs, remains sustainable and is delivered in the best way possible with the resources available.
We'd like to hear your views on how often you use our services and how well they meet your needs. Your feedback will help shape how we deliver them in the future.
Services included in this survey are:
• Libraries.
• Registration (births, deaths and marriages).
• Face-to-face customer services for the council.
• The Heritage Service (historical collections and resources).
The survey is now open until 16 January 2026. Please use the link below to complete.
https://tinyurl.com/5hbkywfz