The exhibition will open daily from 11am until 4pm and will feature a display of artefacts, photographs, newspaper articles and clothing that is held by the Heritage Society. The exhibition aims to highlight the history, social life, and expansion of the Burgh from a poor medieval village to the present thriving town.

Inverury - as it was then spelt, the spelling was changed in 1866 to avoid confusion with Inverary in Argyllshire - was granted a Royal Charter in 1326 by King Robert the Bruce, however this document was lost and succeeding authorities were unable to trace it.

The Charter of Novodamus, which is the charter that is being celebrated, was presented by Mary, Queen of Scots on June 22 1558, while she was visiting Chapel of Garioch staying at Pitcaple Castle. This was followed by a charter of Confirmation issued by her son James VI dated July 29, 1587.

The prosperity of the 12th and 13th centuries in Scotland gave rise to the creation of burghs mostly located near castles or close to river fords. These were established as trading centres enjoying certain privileges and having certain rights.

Those created by the Crown, Royal Burghs, were regarded as being superior and their Burgesses had the monopoly of trading in certain areas, holding markets and establishing merchant guilds. The Burgesses' right of electing the Town Council was abolished in 1469 when an act was passed empowering outgoing Council to elect the new council and to choose magistrates. The Burgesses' monopoly of sole trading was abolished in 1846.

Inverurie has benefited from the agricultural revolution in the early 1800s the Aberdeenshire Canal, the Locomotive Works, and the oil boom in the North Sea and the exhibition illustrates the changes which have taken place for the benefit of the Burgh.