Membership

Member Exclusive - The History Hunt

A clock face and the text - put the past in your pocket

As a valued member you can collect a card from Scotland’s amazing history when you visit one of our legendary sites. Grab them all to become a heroic History Hunter!

How it works:

Every one of our staffed sites has one of 7 specific collectible cards, only available to members. If you don’t want doublers, look for new places to visit below. If you want to be a History Hunter, your quest is to collect all 7! Remember to show your membership card on-site to redeem your card.

Every card has a rating of Craft, Power and Enchantment which means you can challenge your friends to a showdown and see who’s really the greatest History Hunter! Make sure to ask for your card sleeve when collecting your first card so you can keep them ­all together.

3 boxes giving step 1 - visit our legendary sites, step 2 - collect your cards and step 3 become a true history hunter

Formidable Fortress
Balvenie Castle Doune Castle Kisimul Castle
Blackness Castle Dumbarton Castle Lochleven Castle
Bothwell Castle Dundonald Castle Rothesay Castle
Caerlaverock Castle Dunstaffnage Castle St Andrews Castle
Cardoness Castle Edinburgh Castle Stirling Castle
Castle Campbell Elcho Castle Tantallon Castle
Craigmillar Castle Fort George Threave Castle
Craignethan Castle Hermitage Castle Urquhart Castle
Dirleton Castle Kildrummy Castle
Sacred Site
Arbroath Abbey Glenluce Abbey Melrose Abbey
Dryburgh Abbey Glasgow Cathedral Torphichen Preceptory
Dunblane Cathedral Inchcolm Abbey Seton Collegiate Church
Dundrennan Abbey Inchmahome Priory St Andrews Cathedral (temporarily collect from St Andrews Castle)
Dunfermline Abbey Iona Abbey Sweetheart Abbey
Elgin Cathedral Jedburgh Abbey Whithorn Priory
Halls of History
Aberdour Castle Edzell Castle MacLellan's Castle
Bishop's and Earl's Palaces Huntingtower Castle Newark Castle
Crichton Castle Huntly Castle Spynie Palace
Duff House Linlithgow Palace Tolquhon Castle
Tall Tower
Broch of Gurness Smailholm Tower
Corgarff Castle St Andrews Cathedral (St Rule's Tower - temporarily collect from St Andrews Castle)
Hackness Martello Tower & Battery
Icons of Industry
Biggar Gasworks Museum New Abbey Corn Mill
Bonawe Historic Iron Furnace Stanley Mills
Kinneil House
Social Settlement
Jarlshof Skara Brae
Linlithgow Palace (Linlithgow Peel) The Blackhouse, Arnol
Spellbound Stones
Cairnpapple Hill Ring of Brodgar & Stones of Stenness (May to Sept only)
Maeshowe Chambered Cairn St Serf's Church
Meigle Museum St Vigeans Stones Museum

Rare Cards

For 2025, you can collect rare cards at special events and anniversary celebrations across the country. These will be available for a limited time only, so make the most of your Membership and collect them at the below sites and events.

Glasgow 850 Years 
Collect your rare card from Glasgow Cathedral from April to December 2025.

Haunted Halloween
Collect at selected sites from Friday 10 October to Sunday 2 November. 

Haunted Halloween sites
Aberdour Castle Dunblane Cathedral Linlithgow Palace
Arbroath Abbey Dunstaffnage Castle Melrose Abbey
Blackness Castle Edinburgh Castle Rothesay Castle
Bothwell Castle Elgin Cathedral St Andrews Castle
Caerlaverock Castle Fort George Stirling Castle
Craigmillar Castle Huntingtower Castle Tantallon Castle
Dirleton Castle Huntly Castle Trinity House
Doune Castle Jedburgh Abbey Urquhart Castle

Flourishing Gardens
Collect all year round at selected sites.

Flourishing Garden sites
Aberdour Castle Edzell Castle Kisimul Castle
Castle Campbell Elcho Castle Lochleven Castle
Dirleton Castle Stirling Castle Rothesay Castle
Dryburgh Abbey St Andrews Castle

Good Journey
Collect all year when travelling car-free to these sites:

Good Journey sites
Aberdour Castle Dumbarton Castle Linlithgow Palace
Bishop's and Earl's Palaces Dunstaffnage Castle New Abbey Corn Mill
Blackness Castle Elgin Cathedral Newark Castle
Bonawe Historic Iron Furnace Fort George Stanley Mills
Craigmillar Castle Huntingtower Castle Stirling Castle
Doune Castle Huntly Castle The Blackhouse, Arnol
Duff House Jarlshof

Once they’re gone, they’re gone, so visit our sites in 2025 and enhance your History Hunt Collection. Please book your event tickets in advance to guarantee entry.

Got a question? Contact us or speak to a member of staff on site.

A selection of cards that can be collected on the History Hunt

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