Bell Rock Lighthouse

200th Anniversary

It is extrordinary to think that two hundred years ago Robert Stevenson achieved the challenge of building a lighthouse on the Inchcape or Bell Rock reef.

To celebrate this incredible achievement museums, galleries and heritage organisations are hosting exhibitions and events.

'Lighthouses : Life on the Rocks' exhibition at National Maritime Museum Cornwall

'Living in a Lighthouse' exibition at The Museum of Scottish Lightouses June to September 2010.

'Shining Lights' exhibition at National Museums Scotland from 15th October 2010 to 3rd April 2011.

Exhibition at National Gallery of Scotland from 11th December 2010 to 20th February 2011.

Public Lecture by author Bella Bathurst in Edinburgh on 1st February 2011

Royal Commission for the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland Lighthouse Conference in Edinburgh on 4th & 5th February 2011.

2011 The Signal Tower Museum in Arbroath re-opens with a new exhibition

Year of Light celebrations in Arbroath from 1st February 2010 - 1st February 2012.