Following the Lights Exhibition
From Saturday the 24th of February until Saturday 17th August, the Scottish Maritime Museum in Dumbarton will be hosting an exhibition titled “Following the Lights”. Drawing from the collection of...
View ArticleKeeping Time…
Many lighthouses – particularly those designed and built by Stevenson – used to have a sundial somewhere in the lighthouse grounds. The lighthouse at the Mull of Galloway was no different but the...
View ArticleD-Day Celebrations and lighting of the beacon
The 6th of June 2024 marks the 80th anniversary of D-Day, when Allied forces mounted the largest amphibious invasion the world has ever witnessed. In 1944 Operation Overlord saw over 5,000 ships and...
View ArticleA visitor from Japan
This week, the Mull of Galloway Trust and the Northern Lighthouse Board have been very happy to host a visit by Mr Hideki Noguchi, the Chair of the Digital Technologies Committee of the IALA...
View ArticleHappy Birthday Robert Stevenson
On the 8th of June 1772 in Glasgow, Jean Lillie Stevenson – the wife of Alan Stevenson, a partner in a West Indies sugar trading business – gave birth to a son, Robert Stevenson. Sadly for young...
View ArticleTravellers’ Choice Award 2024
We are thrilled to receive the Tripadvisor Travellers’ Choice Award for 2024 – for the eleventh year in a row!! We have to say a huge thank you to all of you who have left us a review on Tripadvisor,...
View ArticleMull of Galloway Trust AGM
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