Museum Represents a museum WC Yes EventsForChildren No Place The town or city Falkirk HearingLoop No IsIncludedThisYear No DisabledAccess Yes Activities Falkirk Shopfronts Exhibition: Explore the history of shopfronts in the Falkirk area from the Victorian to the Post-War period in this free exhibition. Drawings from Falkirk Archive will be on display for the first time.Location: Howgate Shopping CentreSaturday 10.00am – 4.00pm, Sunday 12.00- 4.00pm (Please note this is a special Sunday opening) Exploring Historic Shops: Falkirk has some great examples of traditional shopfronts and old shop signs. The shops have changed a lot over the years, but there are clues hinting at their unique historical character. Join leading expert Lindsay Lennie in exploring the historic features of Falkirk’s shops. Lindsay will be giving a talk about the history of shops and a walk around Falkirk’s historic shops. The walk will last approximately 1 hour.Saturday 11.00 Talk Falkirk’s Historic Shops Talk The Hub, 45 Vicar Street Falkirk12.30 Walk Exploring Falkirk’s Shops, Meet at The Hub, 45 Vicar StreetLet’s Build! Drop in LEGO Event: Come along to our builder’s yard and get creative with LEGO! Try to create a local shop, building or just have fun with bricks!All ages.Location: Howgate Shopping CentreSaturday 17th and Sunday 18th September between 11am-3pm OpeningDate1 17/9/2016 OpeningDate2 18/9/2016 IsNewThisYear Yes ID Google Panorama ID 13894 Refreshments Yes Street The street address Howgate Shopping Centre AddressLine2 High Street, Falkirk Postcode FK1 1HG Parking Yes DisabledWC Yes LimitedAccess No NotAccessible No Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Falkirk's shopfronts Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived falkirk Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 2002 Type The nature or genre of the resource Museum Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. current,55.9989,-3.786112; Description An account of the resource As part of the Falkirk Townscape Heritage Initiative there will be a temporary exhibition and a guided walk to illustrate and explore the living architecture of the shops in the town centre. The THI is funded by Falkirk Council, HLF, Historic Environment Scotland and others, that will see £5.5 million invested in Falkirk Town Centre between 2013 and 2018 with the aim of helping to regenerate the area through investing in its unique and rich heritage.