50th Anniversary Celebration


Two centuries on show


Are you planning on visiting Edinburgh? If you are, come and visit the Heriot-Watt University Museum and Archive at the Edinburgh campus where you can explore the history of the Edinburgh campus from the turbulent times of Robert the Bruce to the present day.


The museum tells the story of Heriot-Watt‘s development from its origins in 1821 as the School of Arts of Edinburgh, the world’s first Mechanics’ Institute designed to give ordinary people access to specialist education in science and technology, through to today’s cutting-edge, global higher education institution.


To celebrate the 50 years since Heriot-Watt received its Royal Charter, the Golden Years exhibition looks back on what it was like to work and study at the newly appointed university, when the cost of a night out down the student union was counted in shillings and pence and the Beatles were on the jukebox. The exhibition also provides an opportunity to see the original Royal Charter, setting out the new university’s powers,


while the museum’s new touch screens put history at your fingertips, showing video footage of life at Heriot-Watt dating back to the 1930s.


The Museum and Archive can be found on the ground floor of the Cameron Smail Library at the Edinburgh campus. It’s usually open from 10am- 4pm, Monday-Thursday, except on days when the building is closed. The Golden Years exhibition runs until 21 December, 2016 and admission is free.


Help preserve our heritage Do you have memories or even memorabilia of your time at Heriot-Watt that you would be happy to share with us? Perhaps you have print items or audio recordings we could copy that tell us about your student days? Get in touch with us and we can discuss how we can add your experiences to the Heriot-Watt University store of memories. We’d love to hear from you!


Do you have some free time? We’re looking for volunteers to help with cataloguing, collections care and research projects to help make the most of our heritage. If you have a


few hours spare and would like to get involved, please get in touch with the Heritage and Information Governance team on +44 (0)131 451 3218 or by email on heritage@hw.ac.uk


You can also find more information about our services here


www.hw.ac.uk/services/heritage-information-governance.htm


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