Meffan Institute | |
Map Type: | Scotland |
Established: | 1898 |
Location: | 20 High Street, Forfar, Angus, Scotland |
Type: | museum and art gallery |
Website: | Meffan Museum and Art Gallery |
The Meffan Institute is a museum and art gallery in Forfar, Angus. It houses a variety of exhibits of local interest in Angus, including a collection of Pictish stones, particularly the Dunnichen Stone and the Kirriemuir Sculptured Stones as well as Roman and Medieval artefacts found in the local area. A reconstruction of historic scenes of Forfar includes representations of daily life as it would have been around the beginning of the 19th century, as well as a depiction of the execution of one of the women accused of witchcraft in the Forfar witch hunts of 1661-1666.