More Council backing for Leith Museum - and Newhaven

Good news from Edinburgh City Council - it looks as if they are prepared to give some practical help to us in our efforts to put together a plan for a Museum for Leith - not cash (yet!), but it's a start! Some positive news about Newhaven museum at last, which looks like it might reopen again. We've always said we don't want a Leith Museum at the expense of Newhaven. More details of both these stories here

And more enthusiastic support from Sir Tom Farmer here.

Tom Farmer to become Patron of Museum Campaign

Sir Tom Farmer has agreed to become the Patron of the campaign for a Leith Museum, the Leith Museum Group has announced.

Sir Tom said: "I am delighted to give my support to the campaign to establish a Museum for Leith. The history of Leith is also central to the history of Edinburgh and of Scotland, and deserves a home where its story can be told. As someone who has benefited from being born and brought up in Leith, I welcome the widespread support for the current campaign. I hope that local and national government will work with the local community to make the dream of a Leith museum a reality.”

Mark Lazarowicz, MP for Edinburgh North & Leith, who chairs the group which has been spearheading the museum campaign, added: "We are delighted to have this support from such a prominent Scottish businessmen and leading Leither. I know that Sir Tom has backed the idea of a Leith museum for some time, and his public support will be a big boost for our campaign. His backing is yet another example of the growing support for a museum for Leith, which makes me confident we will eventually achieve our objective."

Update on our petition to the Scottish Parliament

We've just heard that our petition to the Scottish Parliament, supporting a Leith Museum, will not be back before the Petitions Committee on 18 April as first thought. In fact, it will now go back on 10 June to the Committee. We'll post updates on this website.