Festival of Museums, Burns cottage

Burn's Cottage Alloway, Ayr, Ayrshire, United Kingdom

Come back to the eighteenth century at Burns' Cottage, hear the sounds, see some sights, share some stories and maybe a wee bannock and kebbuck too.

Traditional medicine and herbs used in the time of Robert Burns

Alloway Village Hall Alloway, Ayr, Ayrshire, United Kingdom

Robert Burns grew up in a time of massive social change. Not only were there revolution in the Americas and France, but also agriculture and medicine. How was he affected by being a child of the Scottish enlightenment? What did that mean for medicine and practical life for those close to the earth? Rosie's talk […]