The Young Marvels is Elgin Museum\u2019s under-18s youth group, named in honour of our local fossil Elginia Mirabilis<\/em> (or Elgin Marvel<\/em>). The group meets throughout the year for free and exclusive events \u2013 perfect for those who want to get a bit more hands-on with history, geology and archaeology and see behind the scenes at the Museum.<\/p>\n\n\n\n To become a Young Marvel, fill in a Young Marvels application form <\/strong><\/a>(432KB pdf) and return it to Elgin Museum \u2013 forms are also available in the Museum. As a member, you will receive a membership card, a newsletter<\/strong><\/a> twice a year, and access to exclusive events. You will also be first to hear about all of our events and activities<\/a><\/strong> for young people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Once you are over 18, you can stay with us by becoming a full member of the Moray Society<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Since forming in 2015, the Young Marvels have participated in a variety of activities. From a medieval march through Elgin, to a siege of Elgin Castle, a Museum \u201ctakeover\u201d, practising their excavating skills with mini-digs, creating lucky talismans, and exploring the science (and magic) behind love potions!<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Museum is currently closed, so sadly we have no activities for you to attend in person. However, we do have some activities which you can try yourself at home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Young Marvels Activity 1 \u2013 Cropmarks<\/a> <\/strong>(pdf 1.24MB)<\/p>\n\n\n\n Young Marvels Activity 2 \u2013 Excavation Block<\/strong><\/a> (pdf 882KB)<\/p>\n\n\n\n Young Marvels Activity 3 \u2013 Time Capsule Instructions<\/a> <\/strong>(pdf 389KB)<\/p>\n\n\n\n Young Marvels Activity 3 \u2013 Time Capsule Booklet<\/a> <\/strong>(pdf 470KB)<\/p>\n\n\n\n Young Marvels Activity 3 \u2013 Time Capsule Cover<\/strong><\/a> (pdf 243KB)<\/p>\n\n\n\n Young Marvels Activity 4 \u2013 Seed Bombs<\/a> <\/strong>(pdf 273KB)<\/p>\n\n\n\n Young Marvels Activity 5 \u2013 Magic Beans and Gratitude Bottle<\/a> <\/strong>(pdf 746KB)<\/p>\n\n\n\n See also our Education and Outreach page<\/a> <\/strong>for more activities and quizzes to try at home!<\/p>\n\n\n\n Elgin Museum – Scotland’s oldest, continuously independent museum!<\/p>\n\n\n\n Elgin Museum is Owned and Managed by ‘The Moray Society’, originally formed in 1836 as ‘The Elgin and Morayshire Scientific and Literary Association’.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Elgin Museum | 1 High Street | Elgin | Moray | IV30 1EQ | Phone: 01343 543675 | Email: curator@elginmuseum.org.uk<\/a> | www.elginmuseum.org.uk<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n The Heritage Resources Portal is an Archaeology Scotland <\/a>initiative.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Funded by Historic Environment Scotland<\/a> towards realising Scotland\u2019s Archaeology Strategy<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n join our youth group!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1988,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[136,154,156,157,158,159,160,168,170,184,185,124,128],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1789","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-archaeology","category-cfe-social-studies","category-cfe-early-level","category-cfe-first-level","category-cfe-second-level","category-senior-phase","category-cfe-third-and-fourth-levels","category-geography","category-history","category-places-to-visit","category-primary","category-type-of-resource","category-users-learners"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.archaeologyscotland.org.uk\/heritage-resources-portal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1789","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.archaeologyscotland.org.uk\/heritage-resources-portal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.archaeologyscotland.org.uk\/heritage-resources-portal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.archaeologyscotland.org.uk\/heritage-resources-portal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.archaeologyscotland.org.uk\/heritage-resources-portal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1789"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.archaeologyscotland.org.uk\/heritage-resources-portal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1789\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.archaeologyscotland.org.uk\/heritage-resources-portal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1988"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.archaeologyscotland.org.uk\/heritage-resources-portal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1789"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.archaeologyscotland.org.uk\/heritage-resources-portal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1789"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.archaeologyscotland.org.uk\/heritage-resources-portal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1789"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Activities<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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