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Key facts
- Buyer
- Scottish Historic Buildings Trust (SHBT) · Charity
- Supplier
- McCue SME
- Value
- £180,000
- Procedure
- Restricted procedure
- Sector
- Recreation, culture & sport · Museum-exhibition services (CPV 92521100)
- Region
- Scotland
- Official notice
- 089091-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date17 Sep 2026
- Published21 Sep 2026Published 4 days after the contract date
Description
Scottish Historic Buildings Trust is seeking designers to oversee the interpretation design (including audio-visual elements), fabrication and fit-out of a pilot exhibition to take place in a series of former offices and meeting rooms in the old Leith Custom House in Edinburgh, marking the 900th anniversary of the first written reference to Leith in 1128. The exhibition will engage the public as plans develop for the full restoration of Custom House, and its full transformation into a museum celebrating the historic port of Leith; this future museum is envisaged as utilising a collection of digital media to tell Leith’s story, rather than a large collection of physical objects. The pilot exhibition will serve as a bridge to help people connect with this concept and see its potential as a means of infinite storytelling. Opening in spring 2027 and running until the end of 2028, the exhibition will highlight a wide range of stories spanning the centuries, in an accessible, light-touch wa…
About the supplier
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