John Muir's Birthplace
In 1998, together with East Lothian Council, Dunbar's John Muir Association and Dunbar Community Council, the John Muir Trust formed a new organisation called the John Muir Birthplace Trust. The following year JMBT purchased John Muir's Birthplace at 126 High Street, Dunbar. They have turned it into an interpretative centre, which tells the story of John Muir's early years in Dunbar where he established his lifelong passion for wild places and creatures.
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