Exhi­bi­tions:

  • Gone To Pot: The story of East Lothian’s pot­ter­ies.
    The exhi­bi­tion traces the his­tory of pot­ter­ies around the Pre­ston­pans area includ­ing Belfields, Gor­dons and Hill­coat Pot­ter­ies.
    With illus­tra­tions by local artist, Michelle McCluskey, the exhi­bi­tion also includes indus­trial pieces made at Pre­ston­grange. One high­light of the exhi­bi­tion includes Mak’Merry Pot­tery and the story of Cather­ine Blair, a Suf­frag­ist, founder of the Scot­tish WRI and cre­ator of Mak’Merry Pottery.
  • The Last Miner’s House: A 1960s Liv­in­groom
    Pre­ston­grange Col­liery closed in 1962, end­ing a way of life for local min­ers. Here, a liv­in­groom from the time of the clo­sure is re-created, high­light­ing the new designs and tech­nolo­gies of the 1960s, along­side the more tra­di­tional aspects of min­ers’ housing.

DATES + TIMES
Sat­ur­day 28 May – Sun­day 5 June | 11.30 — 16.00 | Free of charge