The National Trust for Scotland Launches Global Access to its Robert Burns Collection
April 2024
Over 2,500 historic items from the National Trust for Scotland’s internationally important collections from the Robert Burns Birthplace Museum in Alloway are now available to explore from anywhere in the world.
The conservation charity has launched a portal that gives unprecedented access to manuscripts, archives and artefacts, including over 1,000 items that are held in store for their long-term preservation and protection.
Thanks to funding from a member of the charity’s Patrons’ Club and the National Trust for Scotland Foundation USA ¹, anyone with an interest in Burns from across the world can visit the National Trust for Scotland website and engage with Burns artefacts as never before. With the ability to zoom in to high resolution images to see full details on manuscripts and objects which would usually be displayed behind glass, or may even be in storage, the online collection allows users to experience Burns up close and personal – from previously undisplayed handwritten manuscripts by Robert Burns, to sharing the recently acquired items from the Blavatnik Honresfield Library, alongside photographs, letters, objects and wider archival material.
The collection is organised under four categories: Burns the man; myths and folklore; relationships; and memorialisation and legacy. More than 2,500 objects and archives will be available to view and interact with online including many items that are rarely displayed in public.
Highlights include a fragment of one of only six known manuscripts of Auld Lang Syne dating from 1793, Jean Armour’s wedding ring; a lock of Highland Mary’s hair; and Burns’ blue woollen initialled socks. There are also many manuscripts which have not previously been on display, including Lament of Mary, Queen of Scots, On The Approach of Spring, Scots Wha Hae and an unbound, uncut copy of the Kilmarnock Edition.
Susie Hillhouse, Collections Manager at the National Trust for Scotland, said: “We are excited to be bringing our incredible Robert Burns Collection to people across the world through this online platform. This project, which has been in the works for over 12 months, will allow people to engage with items in the collections like never before. We’re currently only able to show a proportion of these items at our award-winning Robert Burns Birthplace Museum in Alloway. Now, anyone will be able to search the collections, and zoom in to tiny details and experience the full collection of over 2,500 items, 24/7, from anywhere in the world. The time and investment that has gone in to creating this online collection demonstrates the Trust’s commitment to making heritage accessible for everyone.”
Created in partnership with digital partners Cogapp and Knowledge Integration the integrated platform will also provide access to audio recordings and newly commissioned articles from Burns experts who will shine a light on different aspects of his life and legacy.
The National Trust for Scotland cares for more than 5000 Burns-related items at the Robert Burns Birthplace Museum in Alloway. The site includes an award-winning museum experience, as well as the cottage where Burns was born in 1759.
Photograph: Auld Lang Syne fragment
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