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Collections
In 2012, parts of our collections travelled both near and far - some of our trowels and mallets were loaned to Dunfermline library for a temporary exhibition. The 9ft. long flag that once flew above Skibo castle was part of an exhibition at the Museum of American Finance in New York. The exhibition was titled Andrew Carnegie: Forging Philanthropy and ran from April to October. You can learn more about the exhibition highlights here: http:// www.moaf.org/exhibits/andrewcarnegie/index
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During 2012, we also photographed our collection of presentation and freedom caskets (54 in total) and some other related items. We are hoping to publish a printed catalogue about these objects and their history later this year with the help of the The ag from Skibo castle Carnegie Dunfermline Trust. It will be displayed at the Museum a colourful publication that will offer an of American Finance from exciting, alternative way of looking at April to October 2012. Carnegies benefactions (through decorative art and social history). researching the casket Whilst conducting the research about the caskets our museum intern was in touch with various organisations across the UK, which had recognised Carnegies benefactions. One of her most exciting encounters was with the Ironmongers Company in London. TheCompanys Archivist was of presented to Andrew in 1903 and she also published a brief piece about our casket in their newsletter. In 1913 Carnegie was presented with the mallet he used to lay the foundation stone of the Peace Palace. The mallet travelled back to Hague in 2012 and will
stay there for the centenary exhibition held in the City Hall of the Hague later this year. During the centenary celebrations a symposium will be held in September, entitled Celebrating Peace Philanthropy and Furthering Peace Education - In the Footsteps of Andrew Carnegie.
It was wonderful to learn more about Carnegie. I received a Carnegie scholarship to do my Doctorate in We need more people like-minded and driven - well done, Andrew
A Visitor from Glasgow
Oxford, and to write my rst book. Many thanks to the Trust and this really inspirational man
A Visitor from Edinburgh
December 2012 Stakes were high and atmosphere electric during the Dragons Den event at the museum!!
January 2013 ... started with our ever popular New Year Heritage Walk! This year 230 guests were welcomed at the museum for after-walk refreshments
March 2013 Our new season started with the opening of a temporary photography exhibition entitled No More Than a Mile. The exhibition stayed open to the public until April 14
In Focus
Andrew Carnegie and International Peace
At the beginning of the 20th century, with the tensions rising between the countries around the world, Andrew Carnegie decided to apply his funds, power and influence to help advocate peace. The museum holds various artefacts telling the story of Carnegies efforts. One of the earliest items in our care relating to this story is a presentation casket given to Andrew by the Slavonic Society of Moscow in 1905. The casket is obelisk-shaped and decorated with a Turkish helmet, similarly to diplomatic gifts to Russian Czars (by the Turks and Iranians) in the 16th century, when (life-size) helmets were often given with an aim to foster diplomatic exchanges and trading concessions with the Czar. Andrew had already set up the Carnegie Foundation the year before to manage the preparations of the construction of the Peace Palace. It is thus only natural that delegates were sent from Moscow to Skibo in order to gain an advocate for Russia. However, having learned about massacres in Russia, Carnegie refused to support Czar Nicholas II quest to bring peace (i.e. start a war) in Turkey and Armenia. Another memento of Carnegies efforts is the photograph of president Theodore Roosevelt on safari in Africa. Andrew agreed to pay for Roosevelts travels on the condition that he agreed to meet with the King of Prussia (now Germany), Wilhelm II, to discuss the heated relations between these countries! It was an offer that Roosevelt did not refuse. Turning again to the topic of the Peace Palace, the museum is the guardian of the trowel and mallet presented to Carnegie for laying the foundation stone of the Peace Palace in 1913. Andrew Carnegie financed most of the construction of the Peace Palace with a gift of $1.5 million, on condition that it would not only house the Permanent Court of Arbitration, but also a legal library. During his efforts to help to hold peace, Carnegie thus did not forget the quest closest to his heart - opening libraries, which he regarded as sources of learning and self-development. It is the greatest pity that all his efforts were eventually unfruitful. The start of the war in 1914 was a huge blow to Carnegie - according to his wife Louise, with these hostilities her husband's heart was broken. Andrew Carnegie lived for another five years, but the last entry in his Autobiography was the day the First World War began.
Dress up as a Victorian!
* Victorian Fair - we are looking to hold a miniature Victorian Fair at our museum on June 15. Take family photo dressed as a Victorian, make some Victorian toys and watch a Punch & Judy show! * Carnegie Childrens Art Exhibition can be seen at the museum between 19 June and 18 August. * As this is the Centenary year of the Peace Palace, we are inviting all our visitors to make a paper Peace Dove! All materials are provided at the museum from mid-April until October 2013 * In July and August we are planning to hold a great workshop of making your own stained glass window decoration. We are also holding a hands-on event entitled Around the World in Eight Objects. For more information, follow us via social media or look out for our posters around the town. * + more events to follow in Autumn, including a travelling exhibition about World War I.
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