HISTORIC WALKS ROUND DOLLAR

(as part of Doors Open Days, Scotland)

Two fantastic walks around Dollar on Saturday 28th and Sunday 29th September 2024

On Saturday 28th September 14:00 to approx. 15:30 

DOLLAR HERITAGE WALK

The walk will begin at Dollar Museum at 2.00 pm. and will look at places of historic interest in central Dollar.  These will include Dollar Academy, the Conservation Area, the Burnside, and the Old Kirk. There are lots of interesting historic features on the walk and these will be pointed out by the guides. The walk, which is expected to take between 1 and 1.5 hours, will finish at Dollar Museum, where questions and discussion can continue. There will also be time to go inside the museum and look round. No booking required, and the walk around the town is considered ‘easy’.

Bridge Street, Dollar, late 19th century

On Sunday 29th September 14:00 to 15:30

DOLLAR SHOPS – PAST AND PRESENT

The walk will begin at Dollar Museum at 2.00 pm. The current exhibition at Dollar Museum is on Dollar Shops – Past and Present. The Guided Walk will look at the buildings of former or present shops in Dollar, and talk about their history, the people and the businesses that were run from them. The walk, which is expected to take between 1 and 1.5 hours, will finish at Dollar Museum, where questions and discussion can continue. There will also be time to go inside the museum and look round. No booking required, and the walk around the town is considered ‘easy’.

Dollar Deli as it was in the early 1900s
Group starting off from the Museum on Saturday 23rd September 2023