Museums Curator Judith Hewitt will provide an overview of the connections between Dumfries and Galloway and the world.
This global history will explore objects in the museum's collection from China, Japan, South Sea Islands, Africa and America. It will also cover personal histories including explorers such as Hugh Clapperton, Joseph Thomson and Sir John Richardson, migrants such as Werner Kissling and emigration accounts. Find out about the time when Lady Florence Dixie met the Zulu King and learn about the adventures of the Four Knights of Eskdale in India, Persia, the West Indies and more!
