David Livingstone Birthplace

David Livingstone Birthplace David Livingstone’s Birthplace invites you to follow Livingstone’s journey from Blantyre to Africa through our new interactive exhibition

David Livingstone’s Birthplace's stunning new exhibition showcases Livingstone’s life, from his birth in Blantyre to his death in Zambia. Follow the famous Scottish abolitionist, missionary and explorer, from right here in Blantyre, Scotland to Southern and Central Africa. Using the exhibition’s interactive displays, you'll discover the communities and people who played a pivotal part in Livingsto

ne’s life and expeditions, before reflecting on his legacy. The museum is set in beautiful park land, and includes nature trails, the Livingstone and Lion sculpture, and a play park!

20/06/2026

People of Blantyre, we need you! 🫵

What would YOU love to see on our menu?

As we work behind the scenes to bring you new exciting summer dishes, we want to offer you the chance to have your dish added.

Post your suggestions below, and our chef Simon will choose the winner.🏆

When our menu is launched we’d love to invite the winner plus a guest of their choosing to come along and have lunch from the new menu on us! 🍽️

Competition is open now, and will run until the 6th of July

📢 We have a community request! Our amazing volunteers have been working hard to cut the grass every Monday and Thursday....
19/06/2026

📢 We have a community request!

Our amazing volunteers have been working hard to cut the grass every Monday and Thursday.

However, we need a little extra help keeping things looking fresh and clean.

If you are ever in the neighborhood and have a little extra time, consider generously helping our gardening team to cut the grass around the Centre.

We are a small, independent charity that runs on the kindness of volunteers and our local community.

We would be so appreciative if anyone wanted to come down and help us out during these busy summer months.

We are hoping to complete things like:
- grass cutting
- ⁠hedge trimming
- ⁠weeding
- ⁠clearing branches
- ⁠tidying up the garden
- ⁠planting flowers
- ⁠and more!

If any individuals, local businesses or corporate volunteers are interested in supporting us, please send us a message or come down and speak to a member of staff. We’d love to have you on board. Refreshments will also be provided!

Thank you to everyone who helps keep the Centre looking amazing!

📢Are you a third sector organisation based in Blantyre, Hamilton or Larkhall?Do you work or volunteer in your community ...
18/06/2026

📢Are you a third sector organisation based in Blantyre, Hamilton or Larkhall?

Do you work or volunteer in your community and want your voice to be heard?

If so, we’d love for you to join us at our Locality Meeting at the David Livingstone Centre on Tuesday 23 June at 10:00am.

Register your attendance here --> https://www.david-livingstone-birthplace.org/2026-06-unity-in-the-community-registration.html

The meeting will feature a range of guest speakers and will provide an opportunity to showcase your organisation, project, or both.

Everyone is welcome, and refreshments will be provided.

We look forward to seeing you there! ✨

There are still spaces left for the yoga sessions tomorrow with Nicki (Superstar Yoga), go to our website to buy your ti...
18/06/2026

There are still spaces left for the yoga sessions tomorrow with Nicki (Superstar Yoga), go to our website to buy your tickets in advance!

✨Mini + Me Yoga is a nurturing and playful class which combines gentle stretching, movement and relaxation for parent/carer and baby.
- Every Friday at 9:30am

💫Feel Good Friday Yoga is great for mindful movement to help ease and stretch the body and relax the mind.
- Every Friday at 11am

⭐️Chair Yoga for Every Body is a supportive and accessible class designed for all ages, abilities, and experience levels.
Book your session in advance as spaces fill up quickly‼️
-Every Friday at 12:15pm-1pm or 1:15pm-2pm

🎫Buy tickets at www.david-livingstone-birthplace.org/events or at the link in our bio

We held our first ever Doggy’s Day Out last Saturday and we thank everyone who came along on the day! 🐾🏆We had a lot of ...
15/06/2026

We held our first ever Doggy’s Day Out last Saturday and we thank everyone who came along on the day! 🐾🏆

We had a lot of fun together with our lucky competition winners and participants to all of our lovely vendors that set up stalls on the day.

❤️ Our staff and volunteers worked hard setting up the area, judging competitions and serving hotdogs, pup cups and ice cream to our visitors

We’re so happy we got to put on this event and it was great to see some of our doggy regulars and some new pups having fun on the grounds.

🌲Our café and grounds are dog friendly and we even have some dog-themed gifts available in our shop, so if you haven’t visited us before we’d love to welcome you. We look forward to putting on more events like this for the community in the future so keep an eye on our social media and our website for any events coming up!

🐶Doggy’s Day Out is this Saturday, June 13th from 11am - 3pm! We have an updated event schedule. Make sure to book your ...
11/06/2026

🐶Doggy’s Day Out is this Saturday, June 13th from 11am - 3pm!

We have an updated event schedule. Make sure to book your slot for a complimentary taster session with our conscious canine meditation expert. Session 1 is at 12pm and session 2 is at 1:30.

We also have 3 dog competitions throughout the day. Our costume contest will kick off the day at 12pm.

The next contest is the trick exhibition which will take place at 12:30pm.

Our general competition, which includes the categories of Best Child Handler, Dog Most Like Their Owner, Sassiest Dog and Golden Oldie, will take place at 1pm.

Our judge panel will be made up of a team of our volunteers!

Then at 1:30pm, dog modification specialist Presa K9 will host a talk and demonstration.

At 2pm, RVN Roving Vet Nurse will also give a talk on how to do a health check at home.

The award ceremony for our competition winners will be at 2:30pm and the raffle and tombola winners will also be announced after the ceremony.

The event will end around 3pm.

Registration for competitions MUST take place at the welcome desk outside the car park upon arrival.

Please see our previous post for our health and safety guidelines.

We will also be hosting a number of local small businesses and vendors!

- For dog treats, we have Houndberry Treats, Perfect Pup Pals and Spooch Dog Bakes.

- Regarding dog behavior, we have Presa K9, Bond and Behave, and Skool of Drool.

- For dog health, we have Wishing Well Vets and RVN Roving Vet Nurse.

- For dog art, we have Rustic Roots Animal Pyrography and Pet Studio Company.

- For dog walking and dog sitting, we have Scapa & Co.

- For dog charities, we have British Chihuahua Rescue.

We also have to give a big shout out to Furreal Treats who have donated prizes and discount cards! Look out for their advertising material.

Another dog charity who could not be with us on the day is Give A Dog A Bone, who has also donated materials.

Finally, thank you to Joy, one our amazing volunteers who has generously donated her time to make one our prizes for competition winners! Thank you Joy!

We are all so excited to see everyone this Saturday!

We are two days away from our Doggy’s Day Out event and we just want to share our health and safety guidelines with ever...
11/06/2026

We are two days away from our Doggy’s Day Out event and we just want to share our health and safety guidelines with everyone before the day!

Regarding dog welfare, we will be enforcing a strict lead policy for the entirety of the event. No matter how well behaved your dog is, we must ask that all dogs stay on a lead for the safety and comfort of all our visitors and furry friends.

We also ask that there are no extendable leads in use due to the potential for tangling and tripping.

Please also consider adding an ID tag with your home address or phone number to your dog’s collar.

Please do not leave your dogs in cars as we have water and shelter for all dogs available on site.

Please do not leave your dogs unattended.

Please clean up after your dogs and yourselves and help us keep the grounds clean. There are waste bins located across the grounds to dispose of waste. Please carry extra doggy waste bags on the day.

The space we will be in is a large, grassy area and vendor stalls will be located with space between them to minimize congestion. However, please monitor your dog’s temperament and behavior and remove them from any potentially dangerous or stressful situations.

Water stations will be available for dogs, but we recommend you bring a refillable portable water bowl.

Regarding health and safety, TWO first aid sites will be available: Wishing Well Vets and RVN Roving Vet Nurse. These vendor stalls will be outfitted with signs designating them as first aid stations in case of any emergency.

Photography: The event will be photographed but if you are uncomfortable being in a photo, please let a member of staff know.

We are all looking forward to the event! Please help us make the day as safe and fun as paw-sible 🐾 !

Our dog event is less than a week away but we have new events available! Book a complimentary canine meditative awarenes...
08/06/2026

Our dog event is less than a week away but we have new events available!

Book a complimentary canine meditative awareness taster session with our local canine meditation expert!

This session will rescue stress and anxiety, promote relaxation and tearfulness, support emotional balance and deepen the bond between you and your pup.

Session 1 will be at 12pm and Session 2 will be at 1:30pm.

These taster sessions are free but must be booked through the website or on the day upon arrival at 11am.

Bring a blanket or something to sit on!

Book your place here or online via our website (Visit —> Events) https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.david-livingstone-birthplace.org%2F2026-06-13-1100-doggys-day-out-TJBRqk.html&data=05%7C02%7C2524802M%40student.gla.ac.uk%7C3e77c928b6584519081508dec592b747%7C6e725c29763a4f5081f22e254f0133c8%7C1%7C0%7C639165431168724120%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=tWP8N%2BOXiUkeUjCQWy6y3e6aO5CJWmTQabwNHVCMpqg%3D&reserved=0

Day 7 of Volunteers Week and we're ending this week spotlighting our Workshop Volunteers☀Here at the David Livingstone C...
07/06/2026

Day 7 of Volunteers Week and we're ending this week spotlighting our Workshop Volunteers☀

Here at the David Livingstone Centre, many of the classes and workshops we offer are entirely volunteer led and organised. Many of our volunteers bring their own passions and interests that they wish to share and we are more than happy to give them the space and resources to help them achieve this. Some of our volunteers have taken this and built their own thriving communities through their own hard work, expanding on what we are able to offer. 💫

🎨From Adult Handcrafts group, and the Stained Glass workshops to Wee Explorers, our volunteers seek to provide opportunities to try new things and meet new people to visitors at our Centre

Volunteers in photos: Joy and Erin

Day 6 of Volunteers' Week, let's celebrate our Museum Volunteers.🏛️Our museum volunteers are always ready to lend a hand...
06/06/2026

Day 6 of Volunteers' Week, let's celebrate our Museum Volunteers.🏛️

Our museum volunteers are always ready to lend a hand to visitors. Whether they are on reception selling you a ticket, or roaming the floors of the museum ready to answer a particularly tricky question, they are there to help. They do everything they can in an effort to ensure that every one of our visitors has an engaging and enjoyable experience in our museum from the moment they step into reception, until they make their way out the other side.

They are the people that have allowed us to keep our doors open through the years. Without their care and dedication, there would be no David Livingstone Birthplace Museum and we are eternally grateful for the strong force of volunteers which give their time to ensure the museum remains an important feature of Blantyre.✨

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165 Station Road
Blantyre
G729BY

Opening Hours

Monday 10am - 4pm
Tuesday 10am - 4pm
Wednesday 10am - 4am
Thursday 10am - 4pm
Friday 10am - 4pm
Saturday 10am - 4pm
Sunday 10am - 4pm

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+441413753105

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