Special homecoming for one of town’s most famous daughters

Singing superstar Barbara Dickson got a sneak peek at the new museum.

And came face to face … with herself.

The Dunfermline-born stage star returned to her roots on a preview tour just five weeks before the hub opens its doors.

The singer is featured around the galleries.

Her image takes pride of place on the Wall of Fame, alongside Queen Margaret and Provost Jim Leishman.

Her cousin, oral history volunteer David Simpson, recorded her memories of growing up here for the hub.

The former Woodmill High pupil is also in a film that greets visitors at the entrance and in a music video in the cinema section.

Arriving at the new building was a “revelation” for her.

Barbara said she loved the light and airy atmosphere in what was “such a magnificent building”.

She was “delighted” Dunfermline now had such a cultural base and felt the town needed to be noticed more in Scotland.

The building was a fitting celebration of Dunfermline’s past and it was good its heritage will be contained in such a lovely building, she added.

She hoped it would help educate a new generation of the importance of its place in history.

Coupled with that, she hoped residents and tourists alike will use it and that as well as entertaining and educating, it will become a social hub.

So how does it feel to be a museum exhibit?

“It is lovely, and it is a great honour,” she said.

Ms Dickson added that she thought her late father would have been very proud that his daughter had made it into the new building.

Curator Lesley Botten said it was great to welcome her to her home town museum.