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Ellisland awarded £60,000 to bring the home of Robert and Jean Burns to life
Wed, 26th Aug 2026
Category: News
We are delighted to have been awarded £60,000 by Museums Galleries Scotland to design the storytelling experience that visitors will encounter when Ellisland is restored. The grant comes from the…
Cabinet Secretary visits Ellisland to hear plans for the home of Auld Lang Syne
Thu, 13th Aug 2026
Category: News
Stephen Flynn MSP, Cabinet Secretary for Economy, Tourism and Transport, visited Ellisland Museum and Farm in Dumfriesshire on Wednesday 12 August to hear about plans to transform the site into…
Robert Burns’s cup returns to Ellisland after more than a century in Australia
Wed, 8th Jul 2026
Category: News
A horn drinking cup used by Robert Burns has been repatriated from Australia and returned to Ellisland, where the poet is thought to have last used it more than two…
Young people lend their voices to Ellisland Poetry Trail
Wed, 17th Jun 2026
Category: News
Prize-winning young reciters from schools across Dumfries and Galloway have lent their voices to a new poetry trail at Ellisland Museum and Farm by recording poems Robert Burns wrote during…
Council funding secures next phase of Ellisland’s restoration
Tue, 16th Jun 2026
Category: News
We are delighted to share that Dumfries and Galloway Council has awarded the Robert Burns Ellisland Trust £270,061 towards the next stage in the restoration of Ellisland Farm, the only…
New discoveries at Robert Burns’s Ellisland Farm
Fri, 5th Jun 2026
Category: News
A stand of mature Beech trees in the grounds of Ellisland Farm in Dumfriesshire is believed to have been planted by Robert Burns himself more than two centuries ago, when…
Ellisland Farm to feature on BBC Scotland’s Landward
Wed, 27th May 2026
Category: News
Ellilsand will feature on BBC Scotland’s Landward this week, as the programme explores how life there shaped Robert Burns, and how the farm is being protected for the future. The…
A Week of Remarkable Support
Sat, 6th Dec 2025
Category: News
When we launched the Saving the Home of Auld Lang Syne campaign and our specially commissioned film introducing people to the place where Robert Burns wrote the world’s most famous…
Young Songwriters Find Their Voice at Ellisland
Thu, 30th Oct 2025
Category: News
Original songs written at Burns’ historic farm to be performed at Hopper Records showcase A new generation of songwriters from Dumfries & Galloway will share their original music at Hopper…
A Year of Saving the Home of Auld Lang Syne
Thu, 9th Oct 2025
Category: News
By Joan McAlpine, Project Director, Robert Burns Ellisland Trust It’s hard to believe that a full year has passed since we launched Saving the Home of Auld Lang Syne, our…