The museum has been open and busy for the last couple of months and we're just going to press with the latest edition of the Trumpet - number 25. This is the members' annually mailed out newsletter. 36 pages and full colour A4. Want a peek?

Unfortunately the museum is now closed for the season (under certain circumstances we'll try and open on request, if we can possibly manage to do so). However we'll open again in April and, of course, the site of the Trimontium Fort remains navigable (weather permitting - it's very white at the moment).

The camels? Some of our trustees on a trip to Tunisia and Libya for Carthage, El Jem, Sabratha and Leptis Magna.

The museum opened its doors to the public for the 2010 season on the 29th of March.

Why not spend some time with us on your next trip to Melrose or join us for a guided walk around our Roman history and the site of the Roman fort each Thursday afternoon (and some Tuesdays).

Location and opening times here...

Our latest newsletter detailing our activities over the last year is just about to go to press. A lavish, A4, full colour version is sent to our Trust members each year. For a sneak preview why not have a look at our lower resolution PDF version. More information on our Trumpet page.

A dozen-strong party of members and friends of the Trust left for North Africa on Friday 19 September

The North Africa trip - a first for the Trust - was to take in the principal Roman remains in Tunisia and Libya. Three of the party also flew across Libya to visit the Greek settlements. The Gala Night in Melrose on Thursday 6 November presented the illustrations and reports of the trip.

Now we've returned you can find out all about the trip.

What a time we had! Our first reactions are given in the story we sent to the local Scottish Borders press on 5 October. The 'do' at the Gala Night on 6 November brought it all together. What an experience!

In 2009 the 45-strong Summer outing to the Great North Museum in Newcastle to see the Roman section in the morning, followed by a visit to Segedunum (Wallsend) in the afternoon took place on the lovely summery Saturday 25 July with Trust members and friends.

The Trimontium Museum opens on Wednesday 1 April. It will be open for the season from 10:30 to 16:30, seven days a week until the end of October. Dr Fraser Hunter will unveil' the Trimontium artefacts which are this season's 'iconic' objects from the Curle excavation of 1905-10. Thereafter you can visit the site of the Trimontium Fort.

From now on the Museum can be opened on request (tel 01896 822651) if we can make it, up to 28 March 2010. The new season starts on Monday 29 March, 2010.

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The story of how James Curle became Scotland's  most celebrated archaeologist appeared in the Saturday Scotsman Magazine for 10 May, 2008

Donald Gordon, the Hon Secretary of the Trust since its inception in 1988, has been awarded an MBE 'for services to the Trust and to the community of Melrose' in the June 2008 Queen's Birthday Honours List.

Mrs Barbara Elizabeth Linehan, youngest daughter of James Curle