Methil Heritage Centre
Open Tuesday to Thursday 11.00- 4.30 and Saturday 1.00 - 4.30
Exhibition programme:2007

Eclectomania!
Objects from Methil's Heritage
20 March 207 - 14 July 2007

This exhibition brings together some of the fascinating

objects collected by Methil Heritage Centre over the past 10 years.

Don't be surprised to see a copy of the East Fife Record

dated 28 September 1888 and a paper bag from the

Methil Co-op Society sitting alongside a Women in Wartime booklet

and a No. 7 Scotland football shirt from 1949.

Investigate why we have these items

and even help us to identify some of them!

Michael Colliery Disaster
23 July 2007 - 27 Oct 2007

September 9th 1967 saw the worst day in Fife’s mining history. As 311 men were about to complete their nightshift a seam of coal ignited in Michael Colliery in East Wemyss. Immediate efforts were made to warn the miners, but after a 36-hour rescue operation, nine men failed to survive the raging flames and thick choking black smoke. Three of the bodies were never recovered.

The pit was sealed and later closed by the National Coal Board seeing the end of 75 years of mining in the area. Almost half of the miners were paid off with the rest retired or transferred.

This poignant exhibition marks the 40th anniversary of the mining
disaster that touched so many people’s lives.

Friends Community Exhibition
06 Nov 2007 - 17 Nov 2007

Methil Heritage Friends invite local groups to exhibit in the Centre. This years exhibitors will include Medieval Methil, Kingdom of Fife Railway Preservation Society, Save Wemyss Ancient Caves Society and Fife Mining Heritage Society.

Kirkland Art Exhibition
27 NOv 2007 - 06 Dec 2007
5th & 6th year pupils stage an art extravaganza of their work. This is the 7th year the Kirkland High school pupils have exhibited at the Centre. An amazing collection of works from the school year will be in the exhibition.

Please contact the Centre on 01333 422100

to confirm

the current exhibition programme.