To celebrate the Year of History, Heritage and Archaeology we travel through time to discover the history that lies hidden all around us and in the earth beneath our feet. Using objects from our own collections, plus local finds borrowed from National Museums Scotland and other collections in Fife, the exhibition will provide lots of opportunities for visitors to get hands on with history.

The RNLI’s Hope in the Great War exhibition commemorates the centenary of the First World War.

An exhibition combining the paintings of Jim Stormonth with material from the museum’s collections to explore the role of the Royal Navy and the importance of the Firth of Forth during World War I. The exhibition coincides with the 100th anniversary of the Battle of Jutland on 31st May – 1st June, the only major naval battle of the conflict.

Changing attitudes to whaling in the 20th century

Special Collections at the University of St Andrews Library is pleased to be putting on an exhibition which will explore changing views on whaling at both North and South Poles. Now we consider commercial whaling to be morally unacceptable, but for two centuries whales were just another commodity to be exploited for their valuable oil, essential for many everyday processes.

A multi-media installation by Derek and Deirdre Robertson exploring the traditions and superstitions surrounding fishing, particularly the “dressed herrings” of Dundee.

an exhibition by Local Artist Arthur Nuttall and Friends

An exhibition of the much-admired work of the late artist More Horsburgh, fisherman of Pittenweem.

A personal insight into the Scottish Fisheries Museum’s photography collection.

Exhibition by a group of local photographers who have united under the banner of “The St Andrews Photographers” to share their vision of the great beauty of our environment.

In Scotland’s Season of Photography, the Scottish Fisheries Museum is delighted to be hosting a striking exhibition of black and white images shot aboard the seine net fishing boats, Mairead and Argosy, in the North Sea in the 1990’s. These images, by Scottish documentary photographer Jeremy Sutton-Hibbert, capture the reality of the life at sea for the fishermen of Scotland’s North East fishing communities - the cramped conditions, the monotony, and the grueling work in harsh conditions.