James Shearer RSA and the Shearers of Dunfermline

A personal look at our architect James Shearer RSA to complement the Carnegie Travelling Scholarship to the RSA exhibition.The museum is currently showing an exhibition with the Royal Scottish Academy called A Celebration of the Carnegie Travelling Scholarship.To accompany having an art exhibition in the hall, the museum is delivering a programme of talks, digital viewings and a new school workshop, to encourage as many people as possible to explore the exhibition and find a personal connection with the works.Our first talk will be on the 30th of April, 7:30pm, about James Shearer RSA, architect of the Museum’s Memorial Hall, the Fire Station Creative and an extension of the Dunfermline Carnegie Library & Galleries.All three of these buildings are hosting exhibitions to celebrate the RSA’s 200th birthday.

We think it will be a brilliant starting point to hear about an architect who has shaped our city’s landscape.

Ian Shearer, a descendant of James Shearer will lead the talk sharing a personal view of this industrious man.