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  • Museum Exhibitions 2026

    Museum Exhibitions 2026

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    Cupar’s Museum and Heritage Centre has launched their 2026 opening with a collection of fabulous displays showcasing snapshots of the town’s history. They cover the early years of Elmwood College, historic works by local artists in support of the Royal Scottish Academy’s 200th Anniversary, Cupar’s Sugar Factory as well as folk who received the Freedom…

  • Sea To Source

    Sea To Source

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    We are grateful to Ian Copland and the team of volunteers at Cupar’s Museum & Heritage Centre for this feature – gathering the compilation of posts they published first over several weeks on their own channels, telling the story of the ‘sea to source‘ along the course of the River Eden.

  • Cupar’s Blue Plaque Trail

    Cupar’s Blue Plaque Trail

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    Cupar is the historic capital of Fife … medieval origins as a Royal Burgh controlling trade from its port at Guardbridge to Kinross. Its medieval street pattern survives to this day – peppered with fine buildings and famous closes. In 2022, as part of the Year of Stories, we were delighted to digitise the town’s…

  • Cupar’s Open Doors Weekend

    Cupar’s Open Doors Weekend

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    Welcome to Cupar’s Open Doors Weekend. The town is delighted to take part in what is Scotland’s largest free festival. This schedule has been compiled from information shared by those taking part. Please use the info below to plan your visit – and feel free to share with family, friends and colleagues to encourage them…

  • Learning from the past …

    Learning from the past …

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    Cupar’s Heritage Centre and Museum is gearing up for its 2024 opening and exhibition. We will share more on this as the clock ticks down. Before then, they have published a series of talks that will be held this year covering a wider range of topics – from close to home and further afield.

  • Cupar’s Local Place Plan

    Cupar’s Local Place Plan

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    A series of public meetings – designed to gather suggestions for buildings and sites that local people would like to see developed for inclusion in a Local Place Plan – is being delivered by Cupar Development Trust.

  • Appealing for Fife Folk!

    Appealing for Fife Folk!

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    In the countdown to their opening for the season ahead, the Trustees of Fife Folk Museum in Ceres are launching an appeal for new volunteers to join the existing group.

  • Volunteer Folk Needed!

    Volunteer Folk Needed!

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    In readiness for the re-opening of Fife Folk Museum on Friday April 1st, the Trustees are launching an appeal for new volunteers to join the existing group.

  • Ten years to the day …

    Ten years to the day …

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    Guests, trustees and supporters of Cupar’s Museum & Heritage Centre gathered at the property – at Cupar’s railway station – to celebrate a decade since the the project got the go ahead in 2011. 

  • A Heritage talk on Cults Lime & Brickworks

    A Heritage talk on Cults Lime & Brickworks

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    Volunteers associated at Cupar Museum and Heritage Centre continue to remain active despite the ongoing constraints caused by lockdown restrictions. Trustee, Ian Copland, has updated us on a recent Zoom presentation: “Our programme featured a talk by Brian Murray about Cults Lime and Brickworks, a substantial local enterprise that provided employment in the local area…