{"id":4265,"date":"2024-01-22T16:21:23","date_gmt":"2024-01-22T16:21:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dalkeithhistorysociety.co.uk\/?page_id=4265"},"modified":"2024-03-13T16:09:13","modified_gmt":"2024-03-13T16:09:13","slug":"schools","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dalkeithhistorysociety.co.uk\/dalkeith-museum\/schools\/","title":{"rendered":"Schools"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Hours of Opening: 10.30 am \u2013 3.30 pm<\/strong><\/div>\n
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Would you like to visit the museum by night and learn about the darker side of Dalkeith?
\nWatch this space for the new spring dates for our Dark and Deadly Dalkeith Walking Tours,
\nPeek into the past behind seldom opened doors and prowl the well-trodden cobbles of the old closes to discover their secrets.
\nFinish with more stories and a glass of wine in the museum.<\/div>\n
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New Date\u00a0 \u2013\u00a0 Friday 19 April 2024<\/strong><\/em><\/div>\n
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Tickets \u00a315.00 from Eventbrite \u2013 www.eventbrite.com\u00a0 \u2013 or from the Museum.<\/strong><\/div>\n
Museum Friends rate \u00a312.50 from the Museum.<\/strong><\/div>\n
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Dalkeith History Society<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 2024 me<\/span>etings of the History Society can be seen\u00a0here.<\/a><\/p><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Dalkeith has always been renowned for the quality of its educational establishments. The 18th and 19th centuries were times of industrial change, of division within the Church and a rise of new church bodies and buildings. Church development in those days was key to the expansion of school facilities and school records reflected the social conditions.<\/p>\n<\/div>

In the 18th century some of Scotland\u2019s most illustrious families, often from the new industrial and merchant classes were educated in Dalkeith. Robert Mushet became Head of the Royal Mint and his brother David developed a new and revolutionary process to prepare iron.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Schools were inspected even then, and in 1847 The Grammar School of Dalkeith, (which was located between St Nicholas Church and the Masonic Hall) excelled – as the inspector\u2019s report showed:<\/p>\n<\/div>

\u201cWithout any exception this is the best taught school in Latin and Greek that I have seen anywhere. The master is a man of modest, gentlemanly behaviour, and though quiet in manner an enthusiast in his calling, particularly in languages and geography. Dalkeith is highly favoured in possessing a master so rarely qualified, and whose pupils are well known at university by the unusual proficiency they bring to it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Schools and life in the community were, and still are, intrinsically linked. Here and in the museum, you can discover about old Dalkeith – how the tiny schools found in private houses in the 19th century expanded into the large multi-functional campus of the 21st century Dalkeith secondary schools.<\/p>\n

You can begin your educational journey here, in the museum.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Handling Boxes<\/p>\n<\/div>

Bring the museum into your classroom. Get a feel for the past by asking for a themed handling box for use in school. Although not all items of the museum\u2019s collection can be loaned out, many can, so that pupils are able to see and feel for themselves items that were used in the home, in the workplace and for entertainment in Dalkeith.
\nBoxes contain up to 5 or 6 items linked to a specific subject. Topics could include \u2013 domestic life, education, or Victorian life. Where possible we will try to tailor items to specific curriculum\/class needs. Please let us know what you would like and when you would like it. Please allow 3 weeks notice prior to required date.<\/p>\n<\/div>

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