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North-east museum celebrates 125th anniversary

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The 125th anniversary of a popular north-east museum is being marked with a parade and Victorian tea party.

And the celebrations for Arbuthnot Museum are being held today to mark the special occasion.

Pupils from Peterhead Central School will be participating in a puppet parade walk at 1.15pm, venturing from the school to Drummers Corner and thence to the museum.

The puppets were designed and created by the schoolchildren with Puppet Animation Scotland linking Peterhead heritage, the Doric festival and the anniversary.

Large papier-mache puppets were constructed to link in with items on display at the museum including a gigantic whale and polar bear.

Saskia Gibbon, Aberdeenshire Council arts and heritage manager, said it was good to see youngsters experiencing the connections between the museum, local history and artistic performance.

She said: “There’s a big importance in communicating and connecting with the younger people in the area.

“The celebration will be fun, but it’s also about bringing the objects and exhibitions to life with the puppets and talking about the history of Peterhead.

“All of the children will also get to have fun during our Victorian tea party and have some of our Adam Arbuthnot cake.

“Some of our staff are also dressing in Victorian clothes as the building is Victorian.

“I think it’s magnificent that a building constructed to house a library and museum 125 years ago is still serving that purpose for the community today.”

An exhibition named Happy Birthday Arbuthnot Museum opened a month ago to celebrate the amenity.

It includes an eclectic range of items such as the John Murdoch Henderson collection of musical manuscripts, a 19th-century whaling blanket and the Doug McDonald collection of 20th-century telephones.

Councillor Anne Stirling, chairwoman of the council’s communities committee labelled the exhibit as exceptional when it opened.

She will be making the welcome speech at the event and kicking off the tea party.

She said: “The Arbuthnot Museum has flourished in this building over the past 125 years and long may it continue to benefit our communities.

“It is home to a permanent collection of objects which reflects Peterhead’s history, from ancient times to the present day.

“Our collections reflect a strong sense of place, and through cultural engagement programmes and projects, we continue to put Aberdeenshire on the map.

“This includes the beautiful puppets the pupils have created.”

The exhibits will be on display until January 2019.