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Museums to visit in Scotland
- Save to ListThe Black Watch Castle & Museum is housed in the dramatic and historic Balhousie Castle. The Castle is set in its own beautiful gardens and grounds. The Museum Uniforms, fine paintings, medals, photographs, diaries, weapons and military equipment, together with film and reminiscences bring to life the proud military heritage of this family regiment. The collection contains significant items that Read more...
- Save to ListThe Dufftown Whisky Museum provides a unique opportunity to discover the secrets of whisky making in days gone. It also gives a fascinating insight into the lives and times of whisky smugglers. Read more...
- Save to ListThis is one of the oldest museums in Scotland, and is filled with the history of a very historic tow. Look out for the Banff silver, and the display on the Deskford carnyx. Read more...
- Save to ListPhone: +44-0- 131 529 4142Adults can indulge in a nostalgia-fest and children discover how their (not so) aged parents amused themselves as youngsters in a world before video games. There’s a wholesomeness to the construction kits and embroidery sets that once kept little fingers busy in a world that embraced the notion of “Improving Sunday Toys,” while train sets and dolls houses have enduring Read more...
- Save to ListThis museum on the history of the Isle of Islay features photographs, first-hand documents and artifacts of the island’s inhabitants. Read more...
- Save to ListPhone: +44-0- 1346 511022The Museum of Scottish Lighthouses tells the story of the Northern Lighthouse Board from its creation in 1786 to its operation in the present day. A visit includes entry to the main Museum building which patrons can browse at their, but included in the ticket price is a tour of Kinnaird Head Lighthouse – the Northern Lighthouse Boards first light. Read more...
- Save to ListThe Museum of the University of St Andrews (MUSA) is a free museum displaying some of the amazing treasures from the University’s collection of over 112,000 artefacts. The Museum is located on the Scores in St Andrews and is home to St Salvator’s Mace, which is still used in Graduation and Welcome ceremonies to this day. The museum has four Read more...
- Save to ListLocated in the historic Bank of Scotland Head Office, this fascinating museum takes a fresh look at money – and much, much more. Art & design, technology, crime, trade and security – all feature in the story of money Read more...
- Save to ListCheck in for an aviation adventure at East Fortune airfield! Trace the history of aviation from the First World War to today or join the jet set on a Boeing 707 and Concorde. Go interactive in hands-on galleries, where you can find out how aircraft fly and the skills you need to fly them Read more...
- Save to ListDiscover how 300 years of farming and rural home life have shaped and altered Scotland’s countryside. Tour the period farmhouse for a sense of what living on a farm was really like more than 50 years ago, and meet the animals on the historic working farm: Ayrshire cows, Tamworth pigs, Scots dumpy hens, black-faced sheep and Clydesdale horses. Read more...