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Rattray Head Lighthouse © Ian Cowe

Shining Lights: the story of Scotland's Lighthouses

Bell Rock 200Discover the story of the people who designed, built and operated Scotland's lighthouses, lighting a safe passage for mariners for more than 250 years. This exhibition marks the bicentenary of the lighting of the world's oldest rock lighthouse, the Bell Rock.

Nocturnal used for navigation

Shining sights

Principal Light Keeper John Kermode tests wind speeds

Lighthouse life

Shining Lights Exhibition

Open: Fri 15 October 2010 – Sun 3 April 2011
Cost: Free
Venue: Special Exhibitions gallery, Level 3

Inchkeith lighthouse lens

Outsize objects

The Hughson brothers

The Lighthouse Hughsons

Robert Simpson Clyne

A lightkeeper's story

The exhibition is sponsored by:

Pagan Osborne

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