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Museum
Represents a museum
WC
Yes
EventsForChildren
Yes
Place
The town or city
Dumfries
HearingLoop
No
IsIncludedThisYear
Yes
DisabledAccess
Yes
Activities
<p>On Saturday 1 September at 2:00 pm, there will be a talk in the church about our local Hero of the Holocaust, Jane Haining.</p><p>On Sunday 2 September at 2:00 pm, there will be a guided walk round the village Memory Trail including the site of the library started by Robert Burns, the Hearse House and the Auschwitz Oak.</p>
OpeningTime1
10 am to 5 pm
ArchitectName
James Thomson
OpeningDate1
7/9/2019
OpeningDate2
8/9/2019
OpeningTime2
1.00 pm to 5 pm
IsNewThisYear
No
ID
Google Panorama ID
16895
Refreshments
Yes
Street
The street address
Dunscore Chruch
AddressLine2
Dunscore
Postcode
DG2 0SZ
Parking
Yes
DisabledWC
Yes
LimitedAccess
No
NotAccessible
No
Dublin Core
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Title
A name given to the resource
Dunscore Heritage Centre
Source
A related resource from which the described resource is derived
dumfriesandgalloway
Identifier
An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context
1041
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
Museum
Spatial Coverage
Spatial characteristics of the resource.
current,55.14025,-3.77961;
Description
An account of the resource
<p>An impressive example of the Heritors’ Gothic style, the church is in a prominent position in the Dunscore village around seven miles from Dumfries in the beautiful Cairn Valley.</p><p>Newly opened this year, the Heritage Centre houses a touch-screen interactive display, photos and articles about the church and village history as well as local lass Jane Haining. You can take the short Memory Trail round the village and find out where Robert Burns opened a library for the local people and see one of the last hearse houses in Scotland.</p><p>There is a fascinating self-guided tour of the church including the architectural features, font from the original church, carved stone from the 1649 church all in a recently refurbished building. Alternatively, earn a Dunscore Detective sticker by completing the children’s tour.</p><p>Keep some time to find out about local Hero of the Holocaust, Jane Haining who was born in Dunscore and worked as a matron in a school for girls in Budapest before and during the second world war. Having refused to leave her charges (some of whom were Jews), she was taken to Auschwitz where she died. You can see films and information about her life, her Hero of the Holocaust medal and some of her possessions.</p>
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1823