To mark the 100th anniversary of Sir Hugh Munro’s death in 2019, The Munro Society put together ‘The Munro Legacy Exhibition’ and organised its display at the A.K Bell Library in Perth: 5th March and 18th May 2019. The exhibition tells the story of the exploration of Scotland’s mountains from the 19th century to the present day and in particular the contribution of the man whose name is used to describe Scotland’s highest mountains.
The exhibition comprises pull-ups (roller banners), posters with text, maps and photographs, several display cabinets and 2 mannequins demonstrating clothing past and present. All of these tell the story of Sir Hugh’s life, the birth of the Tables, the growth of completers, the pioneers, the working class movement, the post war years, recent times and, of course, the Munro Society. Other subjects included are developments impacting on our hills, youth on our hills and Munros and wild land. Amongst the items in the display cabinets are: Sir Hugh’s aneroid barometer, the ice axe used by the first Munroist, the Rev A. E. Robertson, and a copy of the original Munro’s Tables.
The exhibition was well received and has subsequently been on display at other venues in Scotland including Birnham, Portree, Glen Doll, Arrochar, Torridon, Grantown, Dundee and Fort William Mountain Film Festivals, Inverness, Gairloch, Glasgow and the Scottish Parliament in Edinburgh. It will be on display again in 2023 in the Strathearn Centre in Crieff between 20th March and 10th April and in the Central Library in Edinburgh between 29th May and 30th June.
To mark the 100th anniversary of Sir Hugh Munro’s death, The Munro Society presented ‘The Munro Legacy Exhibition’, at the A.K Bell Library in Perth in March 2019. The exhibition told the story of the exploration of Scotland’s mountains from the 19th century beginnings to the present day and in particular the contribution of the man whose name is used to describe Scotland’s highest mountains. Members of the Munro Society will have the opportunity to visit the exhibition at the AGM on 31st March.
The exhibition comprises pull-ups (roller banners), posters with text, maps and photographs, several display cabinets and 2 mannequins demonstrating clothing past and present. All of these tell the story of Sir Hugh’s life, the birth of the Tables, the growth of completers, the pioneers, the working class movement, the post war years, recent times and, of course, the Munro Society and its role today. Items on display include: Sir Hugh’s aneroid barometer, the ice axe used by the first Munroist, the Rev A. E. Robertson, and a copy of the original Munro’s Tables.
Such was the success of the Exhibition that it has been touring Scotland since 2019 and has been displayed at, amongst other places, Torridon, Portree, Birnam, Glasgow, Glenmore Lodge, Glen Doll, the Scottish National Parliamnet in Edinburgh and the Dundee and Fort William Mountain Film Festivals. In 2023, it can be seen at the Strathearn Centre in Crieff 20th March to 10th April and at the Central Library in Edinburgh between 29th May and 30th June.