Talks 

2025 talks season

The second talk of our 2025 season will be on Friday 16th May 2025 at 7:30pm in Crail Kirk Hall.

Dundee historian Alistair Derrick will give a talk: "RRS Discovery - Turning the Tide, From Hunting to Conservation".

The RRS Disovery was built for Antarctic research and launched in 1901, she was commanded by Robert Falcon Scott on her first mission, also on board was Ernest Shackleton. The talk will also cover the major restoration of the RRS Discovery, the transformation of the Polar Museum and the Whaling Industry.

Tickets cost £5 and include light refreshments.

Tickets can be purchased in advance online up to the day before the talk, or in the Museum when open, any remaining tickets will be available on the door at the Kirk Hall from 7pm.

Further talks as follows:

• 13th June 2025 - A Story Journey Around The Kingdom Of Fife - by Sheila Kinninmonth

• 22nd August 2025 - Silent Save For The Sound Of The Waves - The Hidden Cold War Legacy of JSSL - a talk by Craig McHugh

• 5th September 2025 - Royal Naval Aircraft That Flew From HMS Jackdaw - a talk by Commander David Hobbs

• 19th September 2025 - Hew Lorimer & The Little Houses Scheme in Scotland & Crail - a talk by Ian Buchanan Smith