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Parkinson’s Awareness Day at The Crichton – 11th April 2024

Parkinson’s awareness is more than a day, it’s about bringing attention to a life-changing disease that is on the rise and connecting people to vital resources. World Parkinson’s Day is an opportunity to support the community. To raise their voices. To share their experiences of living with Parkinson’s. And to use Parkinson’s UK resources to…

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Parkinson’s Awareness Day at The Crichton – 11th April 2024

4th April 2024

New Mural Unveiled at The Willows – Children Young People & Family Centre in Dumfries

A new mural has been unveiled at The Willows Children Young People & Family Centre based on the Crichton Campus in Dumfries. The artwork was officially unveiled as part of a special event on Thursday 21 March 2024 The project has been coordinated by DG Creative Wellbeing, a ground-breaking project in Dumfries and Galloway delivered by regional…

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New Mural Unveiled at The Willows – Children Young People & Family Centre in Dumfries

2nd April 2024

Innovative new centre will spotlight the rich history of Scotland’s unheard voices

Representatives of the Boards of SWI and The Crichton Trust met in Edinburgh on Tuesday 26 March to progress their collaborative partnership on a nationally significant project. At the heart of the collaboration will be nationally important archives and artifacts of both the SWI and The Crichton. The collections contrast wider society life with developments…

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Innovative new centre will spotlight the rich history of Scotland’s unheard voices

28th March 2024

Digital Dairy Chain Event Held at Easterbrook Hall

We were delighted to welcome the Digital Dairy Chain to Easterbrook Hall last week for their Knowledge Exchange Event. With over 160 attendees, it was a popular event and it was great to see connections being made within the dairy sector. The Digital Dairy Chain offer any business or individual involved in the dairy supply…

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Digital Dairy Chain Event Held at Easterbrook Hall

13th March 2024

The Crichton Women on International Women’s Day

The Crichton Women In the background of this photograph, taken at a Crichton Christmas party, there are several significant women, hidden within the larger group. Behind the flowers, and sitting to the left of Medical Superintendent P.K. McCowan (served 1937 – 1957) is Matron May Houliston whose married name was Boyle. May Houliston (1912 –…

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The Crichton Women on International Women’s Day

7th March 2024

Remembering Together Dumfries and Galloway: Tree Planting at The Crichton

Remembering Together Dumfries and Galloway is a region-wide project marking the impact of the pandemic as part of a Community Covid Memorial with the planting of over 400 native species trees. The project is led by DG Unlimited, Dumfries and Galloway Council and greenspace Scotland, and funded by the Scottish Government. Commissioned artists t s…

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Remembering Together Dumfries and Galloway: Tree Planting at The Crichton

30th January 2024

William A.F. Browne on Music, Health and Wellbeing

View image William A.F. Browne, who was Medical Superintendent at the Crichton between 1838 and 1857, wrote extensively about his practice and his views about appropriate treatments for psychiatry. Many of these ideas became influential through his publications, lectures and personal contacts. The Annual Reports of the Crichton Institution include another passage which offers a…

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William A.F. Browne on Music, Health and Wellbeing

30th November 2023

Patient and Staff Concerts at The Crichton

View image One of the most important innovations during the early years of the Crichton Institution was its introduction of concerts organised and performed by patients and staff. Performers were drawn from across the asylum, including several of the attendants (male nursing staff), as well as local musicians from Dumfries town. The first concert given…

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Patient and Staff Concerts at The Crichton

29th November 2023

Celebrating National Tree Week

🌳National Tree Week at The Crichton! It turns out that yes, there is such a thing as National Tree Week and we are celebrating it this week here at The Crichton. As part of our 100 year landscape plan, we are looking to plant more trees across our site and increase our biodiversity. Work is…

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Celebrating National Tree Week

29th November 2023

Music at The Crichton

View image The Crichton Royal Institution supported a vibrant music life, including concerts, musical plays and, from the mid-nineteenth-century, a choir and band. Much of this activity is also recorded at lunatic asylums elsewhere in the UK, but the Crichton is unusual for its record, albeit brief and , of patient composition. This edition of…

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Music at The Crichton

28th November 2023

9 Pumpkin Recipes for Halloween

Halloween is a fantastic excuse to get creative, whether you’re making your own spooky costume, decorating your house for a party, or coming up with a design that will win the office pumpkin carving competition. But you know what’s scarier that ghosts, ghoulies, or the prospect of losing the coveted office pumpkin carving crown? That’s…

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9 Pumpkin Recipes for Halloween

31st October 2023

Sandstone Steps Project and an Artist in Residence at The Crichton

For the past two months, we’ve been lucky enough to welcome Maddy Rosenberg to The Crichton as an Artist in Residence as part of the Sandstone Steps project in collaboration with Hugh Bryden and Roncadora Press. Sandstone Steps is an ambitious collaborative project that explores and celebrates the historical cultural flux that crossed and re-crossed…

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Sandstone Steps Project and an Artist in Residence at The Crichton

26th September 2023

Crichton Campus Leadership Group celebrates 10th anniversary with new Statement of Ambition

The Crichton Campus Leadership Group has celebrated its 10th anniversary with a new Statement of Ambition, outlining its four key priorities which aim to ensure Scotland’s most multi-institution academic campus is a global destination. The new statement of ambition in available to view here. The Crichton in Dumfries is home to five educational institutions which…

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Crichton Campus Leadership Group celebrates 10th anniversary with new Statement of Ambition

20th September 2023

126 year old Church Facilitates UCI World Championship Para-Cycling Coverage

The UCI Cycling World Championships came to Dumfries earlier this month, putting the town on a global platform. Coverage of the para-cycling races was streamed around the world by numerous TV channels and websites, but none of it would have been possible without The Crichton Memorial Church.   Originally built in 1897, The Crichton Memorial Church…

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126 year old Church Facilitates UCI World Championship Para-Cycling Coverage

19th September 2023

Join us in leading The Crichton

The Crichton Trust is an innovative social enterprise based in the South of Scotland. We are looking to recruit up to a number of new Trustees to join us in leading #TheCrichton through our next exciting phase. We are here to protect, preserve, manage and develop buildings, lands and sites of architectural, scenic or historic…

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Join us in leading The Crichton

5th September 2023

The New Moon: Reading and Writing as Therapeutic Agents at the Crichton Royal

View image A year after the first theatrical was performed by patients in the hospital boardroom emerged another creative venture from within the walls of the Crichton Royal: The New Moon. The inaugural issue of Crichton’s very own in-house magazine The New Moon or Crichton Royal Literary Register was published in December 1844, being the…

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The New Moon: Reading and Writing as Therapeutic Agents at the Crichton Royal

10th August 2023

UCI Cycling World Championships at The Crichton: What You Need to Know

We’re excited to be the location for two days of para-cycling road races as the UCI Cycling World Championships come to Dumfries! While the time trials are taking place in the town on Wednesday 9th and Thursday 10th of August, The Crichton will be home to the road races and medal events on Thursday 11th…

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UCI Cycling World Championships at The Crichton: What You Need to Know

9th August 2023

Raising the Wind: The Crichton Royal Institution’s First Theatrical

View image Whilst poring over the rich variety of cultural ephemera collaged across the pages of Dr Charles Easterbrook’s scrapbook, I stumbled across this beautifully-printed copy of a programme advertising a performance of James Kenney’s humorous farce, Raising the Wind, that took place in January 1843. At first glance, the programme itself did not strike…

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Raising the Wind: The Crichton Royal Institution’s First Theatrical

3rd August 2023

Discovering the Healing Arts in the Crichton Collection’s Scrapbooks

View image What comes to mind when you think of the asylum? Is it the image of the large, isolated, gothic institution, dark and mysterious, surrounded by spiked gates and iron-clad windows? Or do you immediately think of straitjackets and chains, physical restraint and neglect? Acquiring a reputation for being ‘dustbins’ for the imprisonment of…

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Discovering the Healing Arts in the Crichton Collection’s Scrapbooks

27th July 2023

CHOIRS – WE NEED YOU!

We are looking for local choirs to join us on a collaborative project to create a virtual reality choir experience for those who might not have access to in person group singing. The Crichton Trust are working with CareReality, Alzheimer Scotland, and the University of York in collaboration on the ‘Virtual Choirs in Care Homes:…

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CHOIRS – WE NEED YOU!

25th July 2023
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