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Explore a different theme each week on Friday afternoons with our learning team. Find out fascinating facts and hear surprising stories about the house, our collections and get hands on with some of our favourite objects.
Take part in a practical demonstration or have a go at a craft activity
Most suitable for ages 5 and over but all welcome
£5 per child
Selected Fridays between 1pm – 2pm
Join us for the fabulous annual event – we are going on a bear hunt, bring your own picnic or order some takeaway snacks from our Tearoom.
£5 per child, all welcome!
More details in ticket link
Join us over the school holidays to enjoy our super summer fun programme.
Something for all ages and interests to enjoy.
Selected Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Fridays plus special events on Sundays.
Follow the link to book and for more details on specific activities.
Join us over the school holidays to enjoy our super summer fun programme.
Something for all ages and interests to enjoy.
Selected Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Fridays plus special events on Sundays.
Follow the link to book and for more details on specific activities.
The Tin Shed proudly invites you to their monthly Artisan Pop Ups in the beautiful ballroom at Paxton House.
Here you will find the most exceptional crafts and art made by local crafters and artists.
Free entry to the ballroom for all
10am – 4pm
The Tin Shed proudly invites you to their monthly Artisan Pop Ups in the beautiful ballroom at Paxton House.
Here you will find the most exceptional crafts and art made by local crafters and artists.
You won’t want to miss this.
Free exhibition, all welcome, open 10am – 4pm daily in our Hayloft Gallery.
James Hutton’s influence on the processes leading to the formation of rocks and on the concept of geological time is described in a series of interpretation panels, which tell of his life in Edinburgh during the period of the Scottish Enlightenment as well as the development of his Theory of the Earth. His writings explored the processes which produce the rocks and landscapes we see around us, as well as the idea that geological time was very different from current ideas in the eighteenth century.
Several of James Hutton’s contemporaries were able to travel with him around Scotland, seeking places where he could find evidence to support his theories. The exhibition includes displays of the rocks that he found at the well-known unconformities in the Isle of Arran, Jedburgh and Siccar Point, as well as granite exposures in the Grampians and north-east Scotland. Illustrations of Hutton’s sites, the so-called ‘Lost Drawings’, show how he and his contemporaries developed the basic principles of geology.
In his early days he took on two family farms situated in the Lammermuir Hills, aiming to cultivate the inhospitable moors. His progressive ideas, gleaned from time spent on Norfolk farms and his travels around England, promoted major changes in agriculture at that time, particularly the introduction of a more efficient plough.
Join us in our brand new ballroom for our monthly summer craft fair and browse a selection of local stalls. Free entry to the event on the day.
Access via our gift shop, lift available
Join us for our monthly craft fair in our brand new ballroom and browse a lovely selection of local stalls selling a variety of hand crafted goods, free entry to the event on the day.
Access via our gift shop, lift available.
