Fifers are being asked to pick their own favourite objects to go on show in Dunfermline’s new £10 million museum and art gallery.
The next stage in the project to build the new museum and gallery in Scotland’s ancient capital will be launched on Tuesday May 28 in Dunfermline Carnegie Library.
The museum display team is mounting a campaign to find out which objects appeal to visitors and the general public.
Shahana Khaliq, research and activities assistant with Fife Cultural Trust, said: “The plans for Dunfermline’s new museum are well under way and our team wants your help.
“We are choosing objects to go on show in the entrance to the new building, which will be an eye-catching and exciting feature when you come in.
“As the museum is about Dunfermline and for Dunfermline, we want your help to choose what will be displayed.”
She asked visitors to go along to the Abbey Room in Dunfermline Carnegie Library, where the team will show them pictures of objects relating to homes, leisure and recreation, shopping, transport, local industries and the wars.
“All you need to do is tell us if you find the objects interesting,” she added.
The Abbey Room, on the ground floor next to the children’s library, is open weekdays from 9.30am to 5pm to find out more about the project.
Shahana and Lesley McNaughton, who have both recently joined the team, will also be taking the campaign out and about in the town during the first two weeks of June to discuss the project with members of the public.
They will be at Asda St Leonards from 10am to 3pm on Thursday June 6, at Dunfermline’s Kingsgate Centre from 10am to 3pm on Wednesday June 12 and from 10am to 3pm on Friday June 14 in Carnegie Leisure Centre.
Fife Cultural Trust is managing the project to build the new museum on behalf of Fife Council. The Heritage Lottery Fund awarded Fife Council a grant of £2.8 million towards the project last February.
The local authority has committed £6.8 million and the Carnegie Dunfermline Trust will also make a significant contribution.
The new building, which will be integrated with the Carnegie Dunfermline Library, will house the Dunfermline Museum, temporary exhibition galleries, a cafe, children’s zone and a local history, study and archives space.
Construction work is planned to begin in the spring of 2014, with the doors being opened to the public in 2016.