One of Stirling's most interesting (and overlooked) buildings is Cowane's Hospital.

For some years it has been looking a bit sad and there has been a long-term project to restore it and make it suitable for modern use.

This project is now at an end and the building is open to the public for the first time for some years. It will offfer a special welcome on Doors Open Day. There is now an inter-active exhibition about the life of Cowane, function of the hospital and development of the Cowane's Trust over the last (almost) 400 years.
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There is a short introductory film and commentary about the Trust and about the restoration project itself (https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/#inbox/FMfcgzGljltFbKXtSFWmdMzNcxpVXHXq)

The building will be the subject of John Harrison's talk to Stirling Local History Society on 28 Oct 2021 when John will talk mainly about the building process and its documentation.

https://www.slhf.org/newsletterClish-Clash, the newsletter of the Scottish Local History Forum,  has just come out and provides news of recent and forthcoming events and other items of interest to those involved with Scottish Local History. You can access the September 2021 issue here . https://www.slhf.org/newsletterwww.slhf.org/newsletter