List of museums in Scotland explained

This list of museums in Scotland contains museums which are defined for this context as institutions (including nonprofit organisations, government entities, and private businesses) that collect and care for objects of cultural, artistic, scientific, or historical interest and make their collections or related exhibits available for public viewing.[1] Also included are non-profit art galleries and university art galleries. Museums that exist only in cyberspace (i.e., virtual museums) are not included. Many other small historical displays are located in the country's stately homes, castles and public libraries.

Museums

NameImageTown/CityCouncil areaRegionTypeSummary
Aberdeen City & Shire Art Includes 19th- to 21st-century works, Post-Impressionists, Scottish Colourists, applied arts and crafts
Aberdeen City & Shire Art Includes exhibit gallery
Aberdeen City & Shire Maritime Shipbuilding, fast sailing ships, fishing, port history, North Sea oil industry
Aberdeen City & Shire Military History of the Gordon Highlanders, uniforms, medals, weapons, memorabilia
Aberdeen City & Shire History Operated by the University of Aberdeen, changing exhibits from its collection, located in Old Aberdeen
Aberdeen City & Shire Historic house Features period rooms from the 17th, 18th and early 19th centuries, religious paintings, costumes
Aberdeen City & Shire Prison 17th-century gaol
Aberdeen Biodiversity CentreAberdeen City & Shire Natural history website part of University of Aberdeen, formally named University of Aberdeen Natural History Centre, nature centre and tours of the university's Zoology Museum
Aberdeen City & Shire Agriculture Located in Aden Country Park, 20th-century estate life, farming history and innovations, working 1950s period farm
Aberdeen City & Shire History website, rural trades displays and tools, household artifacts and room displays, farm equipment and tools, local Royal Ordnance Corps, Doric poet Charles Murray
Aberdeen City & Shire Maritime website, development of Peterhead fishing boats, local history, Inuit artifacts, Arctic animals, whaling, coin collection, Mr. Arbuthnot's Exploration Gallery (Ethnography & Natural History), changing temporary exhibitions and hands-on fun stuff for all of the family.
Aberdeen City & Shire Multiple Royal residence and summer retreat of Queen Elizabeth II, ballroom displays of art and decorative art, display of carriages, estate life, royal memorabilia, art gallery, gardens and grounds
Aberdeen City & Shire Local website, local history, composer J. Scott Skinner, 19th-century tartans, natural history, Victoriana
Aberdeen City & Shire Local website, local history, natural history, geology, silver, arms and armour
Aberdeen City & Shire Religious Scotland's Catholic history and heritage
Aberdeen City & Shire Historic house 18th-century castle, ancestral home and seat of Clan Farquharson
Aberdeen City & Shire Historic house Operated by the Historic Scotland, 16th-century castle later used as a military garrison, reconstructed 1750 period barracks
Alford Aberdeen City & Shire Historic house Operated by the National Trust for Scotland, 17th-century Scottish Baronial castle
Aberdeen City & Shire Historic house Operated by the National Trust for Scotland, 16th-century pink castle, significant collection of portraits, Jacobean rooms, gardens and grounds
Aberdeen City & Shire Historic house 16th-century castle and gardens
Aberdeen City & Shire Historic house Operated by the National Trust for Scotland, 13th-century castle, 18th-century gardens
Aberdeen City & Shire Multiple 18th-century country house with paintings and furniture in the care of the National Galleries of Scotland
Aberdeen City & Shire Maritime website, maritime heritage, local history
Aberdeen City & Shire Technology website, rural carpenter's workshop and tools
Aberdeen City & Shire Historic house Operated by the National Trust for Scotland, dates back to the 13th century, lavish Edwardian interiors, art collection, gardens
Alford Aberdeen City & Shire Transportation Automobiles, motorcycles, a double-decker bus, bicycles, tractors, steam vehicles, an electric tram, toy model vehicles, and transport memorabilia
Grassic Gibbon CentreArbuthnottAberdeenshireAberdeen City & ShireHistoryDetailing the life of local author, Lewis Grassic Gibbon
Aberdeen City & Shire Historic house Operated by the National Trust for Scotland, Georgian Palladian house with late Victorian interior, painting collection, gardens
Aberdeen City & Shire Historic house Operated by Historic Scotland, remains of a medieval castle
Johnshaven Heritage Hub MuseumJohnshavenAberdeenshireAberdeen City & ShireLocalwebsite, local history of Johnshaven & Benholm
Aberdeen City & Shire Toy website, toy museum and shop, doll houses
The Maggie Law Maritime MuseumGourdonAberdeenshireAberdeen City & ShireMaritimewebsite, maritime and local history of Gourdon
Aberdeen City & Shire Maritime Historic lighthouse and exhibits of lighthouse technology and history
PeterheadAberdeenshireAberdeen City & ShirePrisonwebsite
Aberdeen City & Shire Millwebsite, 19th-century mill for oats
Aberdeen City & Shire Local 16th-century stone building originally used as a courthouse and a prison, exhibits of local history
Aberdeen City & Shire Historic house Operated by the Historic Scotland, 16th-century castle remains
AberdeenshireAberdeen City & ShireLocalwebsite local history and collection from the surrounding area
Arbroath AbbeyArbroathAngus & Dundee Religious website, Operated by Historic Scotland, visitor centre with artifacts from ruined medieval abbey
Arbroath Art GalleryArbroath Angus & Dundee Art website Artwork from the Angus collections and touring exhibitions
Angus & Dundee Historic house website, operated by the National Trust for Scotland, birthplace home of Peter Pan playwright J M Barrie, adjacent cottage with Peter Pan memorabilia
Angus & Dundee Mill website, Operated by the National Trust for Scotland, restored watermill
Angus & Dundee Local website, local history, art
Angus & Dundee Historic house website, Operated by the Historic Scotland, ruined 16th-century castle with an early-17th-century walled garden
Angus & Dundee Historic house website, Childhood home of Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon, best known as the Queen Mother
Angus & Dundee History website, Period costumes, furniture, room settings
HospitalfieldArbroathAngusAngus & DundeeMultiplewebsite Former art school containing art collection and archive of Patrick Allan Fraser
Angus & Dundee Historic house website, Operated by the National Trust for Scotland, 18th-century family house, gardens, woodlands
Inglis Memorial Hall and LibraryEdzellAngusAngus & DundeeLocalwebsite Original Victorian library and exhibition on Lieutenant Colonel Robert William Inglis and his family
Kirriemuir Gateway to the Glens MuseumKirriemuirAngus & Dundee Local website, local history, culture, natural history, archaeology
Meffan Museum and Art GalleryForfarAngus & Dundee Local website, Local history, art, collection of Pictish stones
Montrose Air Station Heritage CentreMontrose Angus & Dundee Military website Located on site of former air station, history of RAF Montrose
Montrose MuseumMontrose Angus & Dundee Multiple website, Local history, archaeology, natural history, art, ethnography
Angus & Dundee Local website, Local history, lighthouse, fishing and maritime history, textile industry
Angus & Dundee Archaeology website, operated by Historic Scotland, over 30 Pictish stones
Angus & Dundee Art website, studio and works by sculptor William Lamb
Argyll, the Isles, Loch Lomond, Stirling and Trossachs Historic items website, historical centre
Argyll, the Isles, Loch Lomond, Stirling and Trossachs Art website, multidisciplinary arts centre with gallery
Auchindrain Township Museum Argyll, the Isles, Loch Lomond, Stirling and Trossachs Open-air Turn-of-the-20th-century township
Argyll, the Isles, Loch Lomond, Stirling and Trossachs Industry website, operated by Historic Scotland, 18th-century charcoal-fuelled ironworks
Argyll, the Isles, Loch Lomond, Stirling and Trossachs Local website, island's archaeology, social and natural history
Argyll, the Isles, Loch Lomond, Stirling and Trossachs Local local history, culture, maritime heritage, Scotch whisky industry
Argyll, the Isles, Loch Lomond, Stirling and Trossachs Local website, local history, Victorian period rooms, located in the upper floors of Castle Toward
Argyll, the Isles, Loch Lomond, Stirling and Trossachs Religious website, operated by Historic Scotland, life and work of St Columba and the religious community he founded on Iona in 563
Argyll, the Isles, Loch Lomond, Stirling and Trossachs Historic house Restored medieval castle with Edwardian period rooms
Argyll, the Isles, Loch Lomond, Stirling and Trossachs Local website, local history, culture, slate industry, geology, maritime
Argyll, the Isles, Loch Lomond, Stirling and Trossachs Historic house Early-20th-century house, interior and furnishings designed by Charles Rennie Mackintosh
Argyll, the Isles, Loch Lomond, Stirling and Trossachs Religious Operated by Historic Scotland, founded by St Columba and his Irish followers in AD 563, one of Scotland's most historic and sacred sites
Argyll, the Isles, Loch Lomond, Stirling and Trossachs Local information, local history, culture
Argyll, the Isles, Loch Lomond, Stirling and Trossachs Historic house Seat of the Chief of Clan Campbell, the Duke of Argyll, 18th- and 19th-century castle with formal gardens
Argyll, the Isles, Loch Lomond, Stirling and Trossachs Prison 19th-century living history prison
Argyll, the Isles, Loch Lomond, Stirling and Trossachs Maritime website, maritime artefacts and memorabilia displayed in the three-masted schooner Arctic Penguin
Lismore Gaelic Heritage CentreArgyll, the Isles, Loch Lomond, Stirling and Trossachs Local website, local history, culture, contains the archive of Comann Eachdraidh Lios Mor.
Argyll, the Isles, Loch Lomond, Stirling and Trossachs Archaeology website, history of the prehistoric stones found in Kilmartin Glen, area artefacts and excavations
Argyll, the Isles, Loch Lomond, Stirling and Trossachs Historic house Victorian Gothic Revival mansion, 300acres gardens
Argyll, the Isles, Loch Lomond, Stirling and Trossachs Local website, local history, culture of the Isle of Mull
Argyll, the Isles, Loch Lomond, Stirling and Trossachs Local website, local history, culture, archaeology
Argyll, the Isles, Loch Lomond, Stirling and Trossachs Local website, local history, fishing and maritime industries, railways and road transport, strategic role played by Oban during World War II
Argyll, the Isles, Loch Lomond, Stirling and Trossachs Local website, local history, culture, natural history of the Ross of Mull peninsula
Argyll, the Isles, Loch Lomond, Stirling and Trossachs Historic house information, late-19th-century cottar's home
Slate Islands Heritage Centre and MuseumEllenabeichArgyll, the Isles, Loch Lomond, Stirling and Trossachs Industry website, slate industry of the Slate Islands, social history
Skerryvore Lighthouse Museum Argyll, the Isles, Loch Lomond, Stirling and Trossachs Maritime History and construction of the lighthouse
Argyll, the Isles, Loch Lomond, Stirling and Trossachs History website, history blacksmith shop and craft shop
Argyll, the Isles, Loch Lomond, Stirling and Trossachs Historic house 19th-century Baronial house and garden
Argyll, the Isles, Loch Lomond, Stirling and Trossachs Historic house Operated by the National Trust for Scotland, medieval tower house, collections of portraits, silver and furniture
Argyll, the Isles, Loch Lomond, Stirling and Trossachs Historic house Operated by Historic Scotland, 15th-century medieval castle tower house
Argyll, the Isles, Loch Lomond, Stirling and Trossachs Local website, local history
Argyll, the Isles, Loch Lomond, Stirling and Trossachs Historic house Operated by the National Trust for Scotland, 16th-century house, home to Sir William Alexander, 1st Earl of Stirling, who was instrumental in founding the colony of Nova Scotia
Dumfries and Galloway Local website, website, local history
Broughton House and Garden Dumfries and Galloway Historic house website, 18th-century town house, later home and studio early-20th-century artist Edward Atkinson Hornel, features collection of art, ceramics, furniture and literature
Dumfries and Galloway Historic house Operated by Historic Scotland, remains of a 13th-century triangular moated castle
Dumfries and Galloway Art website, contemporary art and craft
Dumfries and Galloway History 16th-century tower house used as a home, a court, a prison, and as a military garrison
Dumfries and Galloway Natural history website, gemstones, crystals, minerals, rocks and fossils
The Devil's Porridge MuseumDumfries and Galloway Military website, history of the HM Factory, Gretna for Cordite manufacturing
Dumfries and Galloway Historic house Baroque country house with period furnishings, fine art and antiques, Victorian gardens
Dumfries and Galloway Local Local history, archaeology, natural history, camera obscura, housed in an 18th-century windmill
Dumfries and Galloway Transportation Located in a former RAF station, aircraft, military aviation history
Dumfries and Galloway Historic house Farmhouse where poet Robert Burns lived and worked, exhibits on his life and works, also farming exhibits
Dumfries and Galloway Art Scottish contemporary art, Scottish Colourists, Glasgow Boys, Kirkcudbright School
Dumfries and Galloway Historic house 18th-century-period birthplace of U.S. naval hero John Paul Jones
Dumfries and GallowayLocal Located in the Old Moffat Bakehouse and focuses on local and family history
Dumfries and Galloway Maritime website, tours of the lighthouse and engine room
Dumfries and Galloway Mining website, mine tour, miners' cottages, beam engine, minerals
Dumfries and Galloway Historic house website, 17th-century house displaying home life in different periods
Dumfries and Galloway Biographical website, life and works of poet Robert Burns
Dumfries and Galloway Historic house website, 18th-century house where poet Robert Burns spent his last years
Dumfries and Galloway Local website, information, local history, mining, wool trade and knitting industry
Dumfries and Galloway Monetary website, history of the first savings bank, early home savings boxes, coins and bank notes
Dumfries and Galloway Local Local history, natural history, prehistoric rock carvings
Dumfries and Galloway Local website, local history, archaeology, farming, dairying
Dumfries and Galloway Local information, local social and natural history
Dumfries and Galloway Historic house website, operated by the National Trust for Scotland, 19th-century-period house with artefacts and displays about author Thomas Carlyle
Dumfries and Galloway Art website
Dumfries and Galloway Religious website, museum with stone grave markers of early Christians, remains of the 13th-century St Ninian's Chapel and priory, Saint Ninian's Cave
Dumfries and Galloway Archaeology website, archaeology and local history
Dumfries and Galloway Local information, local history, collection of early-18th-century bronze town weights and measures, 18th-century prison cell
Angus & Dundee Local Medieval castle housing local history museum
D'Arcy Thompson Zoology MuseumDundee CityAngus & DundeeNatural Historywebsite Housed within the University of Dundee, contains the natural specimen collection of Sir D'Arcy Wentworth Thompson who was the first professor of biology at Dundee.
Discovery PointDundee CityAngus & Dundee Maritime website, Museum ship for polar explorations
Angus & Dundee Art Contemporary arts centre
Dundee Museum of TransportDundee CityAngus & DundeeTransportationwebsite collection detailing the history of the local transport network
Angus & Dundee Maritime Sailing frigate museum ship
Angus & Dundee Multiple Fine and decorative art, natural history, local history, ethnographic artifacts
Angus & Dundee Science Scientific instruments, astronomy
Angus & Dundee Design Decorative arts and design
Angus & Dundee Industry Textile industry, jute and linen
Local website, local history, industry, Mauchline Ware, Cumnock pottery, labour leader Keir Hardie
Biographical information, life of author James Boswell
Biographical website, information, artefacts and memorabilia of poet Robert Burns, who lived and worked in town between 1784 and 1788
Historic house Medieval castle with connections to important figures in Scottish history, features collections of arms & armour, historical musical instruments and tapestries, located in a country park
Multiple Art, local and natural history, industry
Local website, local history, coal mining, ironworks, social history, art gallery
Historic house 18th-century Palladian country house with Thomas Chippendale furniture
Greater Glasgow and Clyde Valley Local website, local history, coal mining, iron industry
Greater Glasgow and Clyde Valley Art website, Scottish art
Edinburgh and Lothians Multiple website, historic church with exhibit on author Nigel Tranter, adjacent centre with exhibits about the town's connections to the Flag of Scotland
Edinburgh and Lothians Local History, heritage and culture of East Lothian coastal communities. website
Edinburgh and Lothians Historic house Operated by Historic Scotland, remains of a medieval castle, gardens
Edinburgh and Lothians Local website, archaeology and local history
Edinburgh and Lothians Historic house Operated by Historic Scotland, restored mansion designed by Robert Adam, gardens
Edinburgh and Lothians Local Tells stories from across the region and displays many artefacts never seen before. website
Edinburgh and Lothians Historic house House and life of conservationist John Muir
Edinburgh and Lothians Historic house Medieval fortress house, collections of portraits, furniture and porcelain
Edinburgh and Lothians Local website, local history and community curated exhibitions
Edinburgh and Lothians Transportation Cars, motorcycles, bicycles, motoring memorabilia and toy cars dating back to the turn of the 20th century
Edinburgh and Lothians Transportation Includes military planes, passenger travel, a Concorde, Royal Air Force in World War II
Edinburgh and Lothians Historic house website, operated by the National Trust for Scotland, 17th-century villa with early-18th-century decorative art and collections, gardens and landscape
Edinburgh and Lothians Mill Operated by the National Trust for Scotland, 18th-century watermill
Edinburgh and Lothians Industry Remains from a 16th-century harbour, 17th-century glass works, 18th- and 19th-century potteries, 19th- and 20th-century coal mine and brick works
Edinburgh and Lothians Historic house Operated by Historic Scotland, remains of a mid-14th-century fortress
Edinburgh and Lothians Art website, changing exhibits of Scottish and international art, design, photography
Edinburgh and Lothians Historic house In the care of Historic Environment Scotland as a scheduled monument.
Edinburgh and Lothians Historic house 19th-century Gothic Revival mansion with Regency interiors, French furniture and porcelain
Modern TwoEdinburgh and Lothians Art Part of the National Gallery of Scotland, modern and contemporary art, Dada and Surrealist art and literature. Formerly known as the Dean Gallery.
Edinburgh and Lothians Multiple Includes tours of the historic medieval stronghold, the Honours of Scotland crown jewels, 18th-century prisoners of war exhibits, rooms of the Royal Palace, Royal Scots Regimental Museum, Royal Scots Dragoon Guards Museum
Edinburgh and Lothians Art Contemporary art gallery
Edinburgh and Lothians Historic house Operated by the National Trust for Scotland, late-18th-century Georgian townhouse with a fine collection of furniture, porcelain, silver and pictures
Edinburgh and Lothians Historic house Operated by the National Trust for Scotland, 17th-century-period tenement house, also art gallery
Edinburgh and Lothians Historic house Official residence of the monarch in Scotland
Edinburgh and Lothians Historic house Medieval house, final home of Protestant reformer John Knox
Jupiter ArtlandEdinburgh and LothiansSculpture Parkwebsite Contemporary sculpture park set across 100 acres of meadow, woodland and five indoor gallery spaces.
Edinburgh and Lothians Historic house 19th-century mansion with Edwardian interiors, furniture and art, Japanese garden
Edinburgh and Lothians Toy Toys, dolls, games, teddy bears, model trains, soldiers, tricycle, 1930s schoolroom
Edinburgh and Lothians Local City history, culture, silver and porcelain
Museum of Scottish Fire HeritageEdinburgh and LothiansFire Servicewebsite Museum dedicated to the history of fire fighting in Scotland. Collections include fire engines, safety and rescue equipment, and uniforms.
Edinburgh and LothiansMonetary Art, design, technology, crime, trade and security involving currency and money
Scottish National GalleryEdinburgh and Lothians Art Run by National Galleries of Scotland, the National Gallery Building is one part of the overall site. Early Renaissance to 1900 and the national collection of Scottish art c. 1600 – c. 1900
Edinburgh and Lothians Library Changing exhibits of art, history and culture from its collections
Edinburgh and Lothians Multiple Scotland's history, culture, natural history, industry, technology, science, decorative arts, personalities, sports
Edinburgh and Lothians Military Located within Edinburgh Castle, uniforms, insignia and equipment, medals, decorations, weapons, paintings, ceramics and silverware covering over 400 years of Scotland's military history
Edinburgh and Lothians Art website, information centre for the National Trust for Scotland, features collection of 20th-century Scottish paintings and Regency furniture
Edinburgh and Lothians Local website, history, lives, work and leisure of the ordinary people of Edinburgh
Edinburgh and Lothians Art Exhibits from the Royal collection of art, located adjacent to the Palace of Holyroodhouse
Edinburgh and Lothians Local website, local history, culture, natural history, transportation
Edinburgh and Lothians Art Run by National Galleries Scotland. Part of the Scottish National Gallery, changing exhibits
Edinburgh and Lothians Maritime Museum ship, former Royal Yacht of the British royal family
Edinburgh and Lothians Art Part of National Galleries Scotland, modern and contemporary art
Edinburgh and Lothians Art Part of National Galleries Scotland, portraits of figures in Scottish history, photography
Edinburgh and Lothians Musical Part of the University of Edinburgh, Concert room and musical instrument collection.
Edinburgh and Lothians Medical History of surgery since Roman times, dentistry, pathological anatomy, sports medicine
Edinburgh and Lothians Art Part of the University of Edinburgh
LeithEdinburgh and Lothians Maritime Run by Historic Environment Scotland, former customs house, hospital and pilotage school, maritime objects
Edinburgh and Lothians Natural history Visitor center exhibits about the river's wildlife and heritage
Edinburgh and Lothians Literary Part of Museums and Galleries Edinburgh. Lives and work of Scotland's literary figures, including Robert Burns, Sir Walter Scott and Robert Louis Stevenson
Argyll, the Isles, Loch Lomond, Stirling and Trossachs Historic house Operated by Historic Environment Scotland, 15th-century fortress castle
Callendar House and Park Gallery Argyll, the Isles, Loch Lomond, Stirling and Trossachs Multiple Georgian-style mansion with living history interpreters, exhibits on the house, Scottish and area history, art exhibits
Argyll, the Isles, Loch Lomond, Stirling and Trossachs Local website, local history, industry
Argyll, the Isles, Loch Lomond, Stirling and Trossachs Historic house Operated by Historic Scotland, 15th- to 17th-century house open on select days, grounds include the Kinneil Museum
Argyll, the Isles, Loch Lomond, Stirling and Trossachs Local website, located in the 17th-century stable block of Kinneil House, history of the park and house from Roman times to the present
Museum of Scottish RailwaysBo'nessFalkirkArgylle, the Isles, Loch Lomond, Stirling and TrossachsRailwaywebsite, Scotland's largest railway museum, situated within the Bo'ness and Kinneil Railway, contains operational rolling stock
Kingdom of Fife Historic house Operated by Historic Scotland, remains of a medieval castle and gardens
Kingdom of Fife Multiple website, life of Andrew Carnegie, local history, art and decorative arts, costumes and textiles
Bell Pettigrew Museum at the University of St AndrewsKingdom of Fife Natural history website, part of the University of St Andrews, collection of natural history and zoology specimens, housed in the Bute Building
Kingdom of Fife Local website local history, fishing industry
Burntisland MuseumBurntislandFifeKingdom of Fife Localwebsite formerly known as Burntisland Edwardian Fairground Museum, recreated walk through the sights and sounds of the town's fair in 1910 with rides and side shows, accessed via the library
Kingdom of Fife Local website, local history, maritime heritage, medieval church, airfield history
Kingdom of Fife Historic house Operated by the National Trust for Scotland, 16th- to 17th-century furnished palace, study and townhouse with gardens
Kingdom of Fife Religious
Dunfermline Carnegie Library & GalleriesKingdom of Fife Local Website. Operated by OnFife and attached to the Carnegie library.
Kingdom of Fife Historic house
Kingdom of Fife Historic house Operated by the National Trust for Scotland, 14th- to 15th-century royal palace and gardens
Kingdom of Fife Local website Local history, rural life, agriculture
Kingdom of Fife Local website, visitor centre with exhibits about the area's coastal history, natural history, geology, maritime heritage
Kingdom of Fife Historic house Operated by the National Trust for Scotland, 20th-century mansion house and gardens designed by Sir Robert Lorimer, features French and Chippendale-style furniture, porcelain and paintings
Kingdom of Fife Religious Operated by Historic Scotland, medieval abbey
Kingdom of Fife Biographical website, birthplace home and exhibits about John McDouall Stuart, explorer of Australia
Kingdom of Fife Photography website, Over 3,000 cameras and many other items of photographic equipment and memorabilia, collected by the late Jim Matthew, and now owned and maintained by a charitable trust [2] [3]
Kingdom of Fife Historic house Operated by the National Trust for Scotland, restored medieval Scots Baronial castle and gardens, features Scottish furniture designed by Sir Robert Lorimer, exhibitions of life and work of sculptor Hew Lorimer
Kingdom of Fife Art website Fine and decorative arts, holds the largest collection of paintings by William McTaggart and Scottish Colourist Samuel Peploe aside from the National Galleries of Scotland. Also contains a significant number of works by the Glasgow Boys.
Kingdom of Fife Local website, local history, culture
Kingdom of Fife Local website, local history, culture
Kingdom of Fife Technology website, communications technology and artefacts, including early electronic devices, telegraphy, telephones, radio, television and information technology
Kingdom of Fife Multiple website History of the university, exhibits of art, science, manuscripts and books from its collections, archaeology
Kingdom of Fife Sports website History and memorabilia of golf
Kingdom of Fife Military website, Cold War-era underground bunker for the government in case of a nuclear attack
Kingdom of Fife Maritime Scottish fishing industry
Kingdom of Fife Transportation website, buses and memorabilia
Kingdom of Fife Religious Operated by Historic Scotland, remains of medieval cathedral, museum with medieval sculpture and other relics
Kingdom of Fife Historic house Operated by Historic Scotland, remains of medieval castle, includes dungeon, mine and counter-mine for siege warfare
Kingdom of Fife Local website Local history, culture
St Andrews Preservation Trust MuseumKingdom of Fife Local website, local history, period shop and business displays
Kingdom of Fife Mill website, late-18th-century windmill and saltpans
Greater Glasgow and Clyde Valley Military website, regimental history of the No. 602 Squadron RAF, located in the headquarters of the Royal Highland Fusiliers
Greater Glasgow and Clyde Valley Art Collections include French Impressionists, late medieval art, Chinese and Islamic art, Ancient Civilizations
Greater Glasgow and Clyde Valley Art Arts centre with gallery
Greater Glasgow and Clyde Valley Natural history Covered fossilised grove of prehistoric trees
Greater Glasgow and Clyde Valley Art Contemporary art
Greater Glasgow and Clyde Valley Law enforcement website
Greater Glasgow and Clyde Valley Art Artist-led centre with exhibitions
Greater Glasgow and Clyde Valley Art Features exhibitions across its four campuses
GlasgowGreater Glasgow and Clyde ValleyWomen's Historywebsite The only accredited museum in the UK dedicated to women's lives, history and achievements. The museum contains a lending library and archive collections
Greater Glasgow and Clyde Valley Historic house Operated by the National Trust for Scotland, mid-19th-century residential villa
Greater Glasgow and Clyde Valley Historic house Contemporary house based on designs by Charles Rennie Mackintosh
Greater Glasgow and Clyde Valley Multiple Operated by the University of Glasgow, art, Roman Scotland and archaeology, natural history, geology, ethnography, ancient Egypt, scientific instruments, coins and medals, medicine
Greater Glasgow and Clyde Valley Multiple Art, natural history, arms and armour, history
Greater Glasgow and Clyde Valley Art Architecture and design
Greater Glasgow and Clyde Valley Music Collection and history of bagpipes, Scottish smallpipes, Irish uileann pipes, and traditional musical instruments
Greater Glasgow and Clyde Valley History History of the people and city of Glasgow from 1750 to the end of the 20th century
Greater Glasgow and Clyde Valley Historic house Operated by the National Trust for Scotland, 18th-century house designed by William Adam, features collection of Spanish paintings including works by El Greco, Francisco Goya and Bartolomé Esteban Murillo
Greater Glasgow and Clyde Valley Historic house 17th-century-period house
Greater Glasgow and Clyde Valley Transportation Opening in 2011, collections of the Glasgow Museum of Transport
Greater Glasgow and Clyde Valley Military website, regimental history of the Royal Highland Fusiliers
Greater Glasgow and Clyde Valley Education History of education in Scotland from the late 19th to late 20th century
Greater Glasgow and Clyde Valley Sports Located at Hampden Park, also known as the Hampden Experience, history and memorabilia of football in Scotland
Greater Glasgow and Clyde Valley History Based in Garnethill Synagogue, Scotland's oldest synagogue
Greater Glasgow and Clyde Valley Art
Greater Glasgow and Clyde Valley Art Art and artefacts of religious life in Scotland
Greater Glasgow and Clyde Valley Maritime Three-masted barque museum ship
Greater Glasgow and Clyde Valley Historic house Operated by the National Trust for Scotland, authentic 19th-century Glasgow tenement house with over 50 years of artefacts and household items
Local website, local history, culture
Multiple History and operations of the lighthouse, area geology, natural history and culture
Local website, local history, culture
Archaeology website, history of the brochs in Caithness, their construction, excavations and influence
Local website, local history, culture, archaeology, geology, industry, natural history and ecology
Historic house Seat of the Chief of the Clan MacKenzie, 17th-century castle with 19th-century renovations
Historic house Formerly Barrogill Castle, 16th-century castle with alterations over several centuries, holiday home of Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother
Local website, local history, culture
Historic house Castle built from the 15th to 19th centuries, known for its gardens and connection to William Shakespeare's play Macbeth
Ethnic History and heritage of Clan Cameron
Ethnic website, history and heritage of Clan Gunn
The Highlands – Badenoch and StrathspeyEthnic website, history and heritage of Clan Macpherson
Historic house 19th-century-period crofter's cottage
Military website, artefacts and memorabilia of the Commandos who trained nearby and at Achnacarry during World War II
Local website, local history, culture
Military Operated by the National Trust for Scotland, site and history of the Battle of Culloden, daily living history demonstrations
Local website, information, local history, culture
Local website, local history, culture, Dornoch Cathedral, Picts and Vikings
Local website, local history
Historic house Features 19th-century "French Renaissance meets Scots Baronial" style, formal gardens, museum displaying African wildlife trophy mounts, ethnographic artefacts, area archaeological relics including Pictish symbol stones and cross-slabs
Historic house Seat of the chief of the Clan MacLeod
Local website, local history, culture, natural history, agriculture, industry
The Highlands Military Operated by Historic Scotland, 18th-century fort still in use, displays of its history in different periods, memorabilia of different regiments
Local website Local history and archaeology, contains the Gairloch Pictish Stone, the first Pictish symbol stone found on the West Coast mainland of Scotland
Biographical information, life of natural giant Angus MacAskill
Local website, local history, culture
Toy website, toys, games and dolls
Local website, local history, culture, Clan MacDonell of Glengarry heritage
Local website, information, local history, culture
Multiple website, 15 carved Pictish stones, local history, Celtic art by George Bain
Open-air 80acres site portrays aspects of 200 years of Highland rural life from the early 18th century to the mid-20th century
Toys Dolls, toys, games, children's costume and childhood furniture
Military Regimental artefacts of the Queen's Own Highlanders (Seaforth and Camerons) and Lovat Scouts
Hugh Miller's BirthplaceHistoric house website, Run by the NTS, birthplace of 19th-century geologist Hugh Miller
Multiple Art, history and heritage of the Highlands, natural history, contemporary craft
Art website
Historic house information, information, early-20th-century-period thatched Caithness longhouse incorporating dwelling, stable and byre under one roof
Local website, located in Lochaber, local history, culture, natural history
Local information, information, local history exhibits and gift shop
Art website, arts centre with exhibits gallery
Multiple website, also known as the Borreraig Park Museum, artefacts and heritage of MacCrimmons, pipers to the chiefs of Clan Macleod, exhibition of bagpipes, local social, agriculture and rural life history
Local website, local history, maritime heritage, fishing, culture, railway
Historic house website, website, 19th-century croft cottage with original fixtures and furnishings
Ethnic History and heritage of Clan Donald
Local website, local history, fishing industry, military, agriculture, social history
Natural history website, store and exhibition of rocks, minerals and fossils
Natural history website, website, area natural and local history, also known as Seadrift-Dunnet Visitor Centre
Open-air website, 19th-century-period township of thatched cottages depicting typical island crofting life
Art website, exhibits of art, photography, culture, crafts
Local website, history and artefacts of Clan Mackay, local social history, archaeology
Artwebsite, located in the Thurso Library
Local history Local culture, Clan Ross, silverwork, locally relevant historic displays and artifacts: known locally as 'Tain Through Time'
Local website, local history, culture, Pictish stones and sculpture, medieval life and material culture
Multiple website, recreations of a croft, byre, smithy and shop, displays on area archaeology, geology and natural history, art exhibits
Natural history website, geology display with simulated caves, caverns and mining scenes, exhibits of crystals, gemstones and fossils
UllapoolLocal website, local history, culture
Historic houseOperated by Historic Scotland, medieval fortress castle ruins, visitor centre exhibits about its history
Maritime information, local herring fishing industry, geology, wildlife
Local Local history, culture, natural history, geology, archaeology, Highland regiments
Multiple website, local history, early-20th-century-period rooms, historic photographs, civic regalia, Caithness Glass, Noss Head Lighthouse lens, herring fishing industry, art gallery
Mclean Museum and Art Gallery Greater Glasgow and Clyde ValleyMultiple Art, natural history, world cultures, local history, archaeology, industry
Greater Glasgow and Clyde ValleyHistoric house Operated by Historic Scotland, 15th-century castle
Greater Glasgow and Clyde ValleyFire and rescue Website
Edinburgh and LothiansHistoric house
Edinburgh and LothiansMining website, Victorian colliery and underground coal mine
Edinburgh and LothiansHistoric house 19th-century Victorian baronial mansion
The Highlands Historic house
The Highlands Historic house Operated by the National Trust for Scotland, 19th-century Scottish Baronial mansion, fine art, antique furniture, porcelain
The Highlands Local website, local history, maritime heritage
The Highlands Localwebsite, site of an important Pictish hill fort, local history
The Highlands Multiple website, local history, fossils, Pictish stones, Roman artifacts, archaeology, art, butterflies, eggs and shells
The Highlands Local website, local history, household items
The Highlands Multiple website, local history, fishing industry, marine environment, natural history, historic icehouse
The Highlands Local website, local and social history, collection of gigs and carriages, reconstructed schoolroom and history of Alexander Milne
The Highlands Local information, maritime heritage, fishing, local history
The Highlands Art website
The Highlands Automotive website, veteran, vintage, classic cars, motorcycles, model cars, memorabilia
The Highlands Multiple website, natural history, geology and impact of the River Findhorn; Alexander Stewart, Earl of Buchan; model croft house
The Highlands Local website, local history, culture, reconstructed crofter's kitchen and village blacksmith's shop, natural history
Historic house Operated by the National Trust for Scotland, castle with eclectic collection of paintings, furniture, porcelain and silver, located on the Isle of Arran
Open-air website, located on the Isle of Arran, buildings include a croft and smiddy, farmhouse, cottage, bothy, milk house, laundry, stable, coach house and harness room with exhibits of island agriculture, social history, archaeology and geology
Biographical website, artefacts and memorabilia about poet Robert Burns
Local Local and abbey history exhibits in the remaining tower of a medieval abbey
Local website, local history
Masonic Historic lodge and Masonic artefacts
Multiple Historic Dalgarven watermill, museum with displays of rural life and trades including ploughing, threshing, harvesting and the village smithy, period room displays, costume collection
Local information, information, island history, archaeology, culture, maritime heritage
Local information, information, local history, archaeology, costume, transport, popular culture, maritime heritage
Maritime
Art information, gallery in the former flax mill where poet Robert Burns worked, included his lodging house
History website, information, multi-media and living presentation of Viking history in Scotland
Local website, local history, art
Greater Glasgow and Clyde Valley Local information, local history
Greater Glasgow and Clyde Valley Local information, local history
Greater Glasgow and Clyde Valley Local Multimedia display of local history, industry, Roman era, domestic life using talking figures and interactive interpretation
Greater Glasgow and Clyde Valley Industry Industry, technology, social impact of the Industrial Revolution, transportation and electric tramway, recreated mine and miners' cottages
Orkney Mill website, 19th-century watermill
Orkney Historic house Operated by Historic Scotland, remains of a medieval castle
Orkney Archaeology Operated by Historic Scotland, excavated Iron Age broch village and artefacts
Orkney Agriculture website 19th-century-period farmhouse and outbuildings, with peat fire, livestock, horse-drawn agriculture equipment
Orkney Historic house Operated by Historic Scotland, remains of a 17th-century palace
Orkney Military Operated by Historic Scotland, Napoleonic War-era fort and battery
Orkney Historic house website 19th-century farmhouse and outbuildings, with peat-fired central hearth, stone beds and collection of farm tools
Longhope Lifeboat MuseumBrimsOrkneyOrkneyMaritimewebsite History of the Longhope lifeboat station and crew
Maeshowe Chambered Cairn Orkney Archaeology Operated by Historic Scotland, Neolithic chambered cairn and passage grave, features Viking graffiti runes
Orkney Fossil and Heritage CentreBurrayOrkneyOrkneyGeologicalwebsite Fossil and geological exhibits on the local area
Orkney MuseumKirkwallOrkneyOrkney Local website, also known as the Tankerness House Museum, period rooms, local history, archaeology, Picts and Vikings
Orkney Wireless MuseumKirkwallOrkneyOrkney Technology website Collection of radio and wartime communications equipment, strategic and military importance of Orkney during World War II, history of radar
Pier Arts CentreStromnessOrkneyOrkney Art website Contemporary art gallery and museum, contains fine art collection of Margaret Gardiner
Sanday Heritage CentreSandayOrkneyOrkneyLocalwebsite Local history of the island of Sanday
Scapa Flow MuseumLynessOrkneyOrkney Military website history of the naval anchorage in World Wars I and II, island history
Orkney Historic house website, 17th-century house with 1950s period furnishings on site dating back to the Iron Age
Orkney Archaeology Operated by Historic Scotland, excavated stone-built Neolithic settlement
Orkney Multiple website, maritime and natural history, local history
Westray Heritage CentrePierowallOrkneyOrkneyLocalwebsite Local history and archeology of the island of Westray, contains the neolithic Westray Stone
Argyll, the Isles, Loch Lomond, Stirling and Trossachs Art Arts centre with gallery
Argyll, the Isles, Loch Lomond, Stirling and Trossachs Local Website
archaeology, social, domestic and economic history of the Western Isles
Argyll, the Isles, Loch Lomond, Stirling and Trossachs Multiple Website, local history, culture, art
Argyll, the Isles, Loch Lomond, Stirling and Trossachs Multiple Website
local archaeology, social, domestic and economic history of South Uist, including a documents archive, photo collections, arts and craftwork
Perthshire Local website, local history
Perthshire Local website, local history, agriculture, social history
Perthshire Medical website, history of the Victorian spa hotel and the Hydropathic movement
Perthshire Military Located in Balhousie Castle, regimental uniforms, weapons, medals, regalia, artefacts, memorabilia
Perthshire Multiple Arts and community centre, features permanent exhibit on author Beatrix Potter, changing exhibits of art, photography and culture
Perthshire Historic house Home of the Clan Murray family, collections of fine pictures and furniture, arms and armour, porcelain, embroidery and lace, Masonic regalia, Jacobite relics
Perthshire Historic house Ancestral seat of the Clan Menzies, restored 16th-century castle
Perthshire Ethnic website, gift shop and Clan Donnachaidh history
Perthshire Religious Medieval cathedral, includes the Chapter House Museum with relics from monastic and Medieval times and local history exhibits
Perthshire Historic house Operated by Historic Scotland, 16th-century fortified mansion with three projecting towers
Perthshire Art website, works by artist John Duncan Fergusson and his lifelong partner, choreographer Margaret Morris
Perthshire Historic house Operated by Historic Scotland, 15th- to 18th-century tower house
Perthshire Historic house Operated by Historic Scotland, remains of a medieval castle, located on an island in Loch Leven
Perthshire Religious Carved Pictish stones
Perthshire Historic house website, information, birthplace cottage of 18th-century poet Michael Bruce
Perthshire Local website, local history, culture
Perthshire Multiple Art, local history, natural history, social history, ethnology, decorative arts including Perthshire glass and silver
Perthshire Historic house Early-19th-century Georgian Gothic style castle, state rooms feature collections of furniture, ceramics, ivories, and clocks
PerthshireArchaeology website, accurate full-size reconstruction of an Iron Age crannog (ancient loch-dwelling) and artefacts
Greater Glasgow and Clyde Valley Science Observatory with astronomical equipment and displays, weather and earthquake recording equipment
Greater Glasgow and Clyde Valley Multiple website, local history, fine and decorative art, natural history, Ancient Egyptian artefacts, textiles, industry
Greater Glasgow and Clyde Valley Local website, local history, culture
Greater Glasgow and Clyde Valley Industry website, portrays two weaver's workshops and cottages, one in the late 18th century and one in the mid-19th century
Paisley Thread Mill MuseumGreater Glasgow and Clyde Valley Industry website local textile industry and textile collections
Greater Glasgow and Clyde Valley Industry website, operated by the National Trust for Scotland, 18th-century-period weaver's cottage with original working looms and spinning wheels
Scottish Borders Textile website, costumes and fashion, area textile industries, textile arts and heritage
Scottish Borders Local website, local history, Coldstream Guards exhibit, art exhibits
Scottish Borders Local website, located in the Duns Library, local history and art exhibits
Scottish Borders Local website, local history, culture, maritime heritage
Scottish Borders Multiple website, recreated historic house and ironworker's shop, art, contemporary crafts and local history exhibits
Scottish Borders Multiple website, park with programs and exhibits of art, nature
Scottish Borders Multiple website, art, local history and culture, natural history, archaeology, displays on motorcycle champions Jimmie Guthrie and Steve Hislop, period schoolroom
Jedburgh Castle Jail and Museum Scottish Borders Prison 1820s period prison and local history displays
Jim Clark Motorsport MuseumScottish Borders Sports website, exploring the life and career of motor racing champion Jim Clark
Scottish Borders Biographical website, life of John Buchan, author of The Thirty-Nine Steps and Governor General of Canada
Scottish Borders Biographical website, 16th-century tower house with artefacts and exhibits about the life of Mary, Queen of Scots
Scottish Borders Religious Operated by Historic Scotland, remains of a large medieval abbey
Scottish Borders Local Local history, art gallery, history of the house, culture
Scottish Borders Historic house 18th-century country house, features gallery of paintings from the National Galleries of Scotland
Scottish Borders Media Operated by the National Trust for Scotland, historic print shop with printing press
Scottish Borders Local website, local history, spa town history, connections with Scottish writers Sir Walter Scott and James Hogg
Scottish Borders Local website, 19th-century Sheriff Court where author Sir Walter Scott dispensed justice to the people of Selkirkshire, exhibits on his life and works, as well as local poet and author James Hogg, explorer Mungo Park, local history and culture
Scottish Borders Historic house Mansion castle with paintings, furniture, porcelain, historic toys, Victorian kitchen, gardens
Scottish Borders Archaeology website, artefacts from the excavated Roman fort Trimontium
Scottish Borders Multiple Art, local history
Shetland Local website, local history, crafts
Shetland Maritime website Restored 18th-century Shetland fishing booth with displays of fishing and local businessman Arthur Anderson, also houses the Shetland Textile Working Museum
Shetland Local website, local history, culture
Shetland Military website World War II artefacts and memorabilia, wartime life in Shetland
Shetland Historic house website, mid-19th-century croft cottage,
Shetland Local website, local history, culture
Shetland Multiple Local history, natural history, art, archaeology, costumes and textiles, industry, transportation, maritime heritage
Shetland Local website local history, collection of old radios, fishing equipment, looms
Jarlshof Prehistoric and Norse Settlement Shetland Archaeology Operated by Historic Scotland, excavated site with Bronze Age, Iron Age, Pictish and Viking-age ruins, exhibits on the site's history, settlers and artefacts
Shetland Local website Local and natural history
Shetland Archaeology Costumed guided tours of the excavated mediaeval, Viking, Pictish, and Bronze Age remains, replica Iron Age and Pictish buildings, crafts demonstrations
Shetland Mill website, restored 19th-century water mill with local history and agriculture exhibits
Shetland Local website, local history, culture
Shetland Museum and Archives Shetland Multiple website Local history, maritime, social history and a nationally significant textile collection[4]
Shetland Local website local history, culture, social history
Shetland Maritime website collection of over 20 wooden boats, fishing gear, equipment, photographs
Shetland Local website, local history, archaeology, crafts, culture
Shetland Art 19th-century watermill, now a visual and applied art gallery operated by Shetland Arts
Historic house website, operated by the National Trust for Scotland, 17th-century thatched house where poet Robert Burns formed a debating club
Historic house 18th-century birthplace of poet Robert Burns, part of the Burns National Heritage Park
Biographical website, operated by the National Trust for Scotland, important sites associated with poet Robert Burns, planned museum to include the new Robert Burns Birthplace Museum
Historic house Regency-era castle and gardens
Religious Operated by Historic Scotland, remains of a medieval abbey
Historic house Operated by the National Trust for Scotland, 18th-century stately house castle designed by Robert Adam
Historic house
Art website, classic and contemporary art
Local website, local history and artefacts
Art website, also features the Ayrshire Yeomanry Museum
Historic house website, operated by the National Trust for Scotland, thatched cottage containing shoe-making tools and Robert Burns-related artefacts
Literary website, part of the Burns National Heritage Park, multimedia presentation of Robert Burns' poem Tam o' Shanter
Greater Glasgow and Clyde Valley Industry website, preserved gasworks
Greater Glasgow and Clyde Valley Historic house Operated by Historic Scotland, remains of a medieval castle
BiggarGreater Glasgow and Clyde Valley Historic house website, operated by the Biggar Museum Trust, open by appointment, home of poet Hugh MacDiarmid
David Livingstone Birthplace MuseumGreater Glasgow and Clyde ValleyBiographical Birthplace of Scottish icon David Livingstone, featuring stories and objects from 19th century Southern Africa, Scotland, and beyond. Exploring colonialism, slavery, empire, science, and the natural world.
Greater Glasgow and Clyde Valley History website, operated by the Biggar Museum Trust, 14,000 years of history of Upper Clydesdale, late-19th- and early-20th-century-period shops and businesses, including a grocer, printer, bootmaker, bank, chemist
Greater Glasgow and Clyde Valley Historic house Childhood home of two 18th-century medical pioneers, William and John Hunter, exhibits on their lives and medical work
Greater Glasgow and Clyde Valley Local website, information, local history, culture, textile industry
Greater Glasgow and Clyde Valley Local website, local history, culture, industry, William Wallace, King Robert the Bruce
Leadhills Miners LibraryLeadhillsSouth LanarkshireGreater Glasgow and Clyde ValleyLocalwebsite The oldest subscription library in the British Isles, includes objects from local area and mines and the library collection
Little SpartaDunsyreSouth LanarkshireGreater Glasgow and Clyde Valley Sculpture parkwebsite The garden of artist and poet Ian Hamilton Finlay, includes over 275 artworks by the artist, created in collaboration with numerous craftsmen and women
Low Parks MuseumHamiltonSouth LanarkshireGreater Glasgow and Clyde ValleyLocal website, local history, culture, Cameronian (Scottish Rifles) Regiment, agriculture, textiles, mining, Victorian kitchen
Greater Glasgow and Clyde Valley Agriculture Formerly the Museum of Scottish Country Life, 1950s working farm, exhibits of rural room settings and oil paintings, agriculture models and machinery
Greater Glasgow and Clyde Valley Open-air Restored 19th-century textile mill village
Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders Regimental MuseumArgyll, the Isles, Loch Lomond, Stirling and Trossachs Military Located in Stirling Castle, includes uniforms, weapons, medals, dioramas, regimental regalia and memorabilia
Argyll, the Isles, Loch Lomond, Stirling and Trossachs Historic house Operated by Historic Scotland, 17th-century townhouse adjacent to and included with admission to Stirling Castle
Bannockburn Heritage CentreArgyll, the Isles, Loch Lomond, Stirling and Trossachs Religious Operated by the National Trust for Scotland, history and site of a significant Scottish victory in the 14th-century Wars of Scottish Independence
Argyll, the Isles, Loch Lomond, Stirling and Trossachs Religious Operated by Historic Scotland, remains of a medieval Augustinian monastery
Argyll, the Isles, Loch Lomond, Stirling and Trossachs Historic house Operated by Historic Scotland, late-14th-century courtyard castle, used in the film Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Argyll, the Isles, Loch Lomond, Stirling and Trossachs Local website, local history, history and artefacts of Dunblane Cathedral
Argyll, the Isles, Loch Lomond, Stirling and Trossachs Religious Operated by Historic Scotland, remains of a medieval priory
Argyll, the Isles, Loch Lomond, Stirling and Trossachs Historic house Operated by the National Trust for Scotland, preserved 19th-century cruck frame cottage
National Wallace MonumentArgyll, the Isles, Loch Lomond, Stirling and Trossachs History Tower monument with exhibits about 13th-century Scottish hero William Wallace
Argyll, the Isles, Loch Lomond, Stirling and Trossachs Historic house
Argyll, the Isles, Loch Lomond, Stirling and Trossachs Prison website, costumed guided tours and portrayals of the Victorian-era prison
Argyll, the Isles, Loch Lomond, Stirling and Trossachs Multiple Art, local history, social history, ethnography, women's history, natural history
Argyll, the Isles, Loch Lomond, Stirling and Trossachs Art website, art gallery of the Dalmuir Library
Argyll, the Isles, Loch Lomond, Stirling and Trossachs Local Local history, culture, shipbuilding industry, collection of sewing machines
Greater Glasgow and Clyde ValleyAutomotive website, vintage and classic cars, memorabilia
DumbartonGreater Glasgow and Clyde Valley Maritime website, site of the Denny Ship Model Experiment Tank, contains model ships and details of the Denny Brothers, builders of the famous Cutty-Sark
Argyll, the Isles, Loch Lomond, Stirling and Trossachs Technology 150 feet (46 m) high cantilever crane used in the lifting of heavy equipment during the fitting-out of battleships and ocean liners
Edinburgh and Lothians Local website, local history
Edinburgh and Lothians Archaeology Operated by Historic Scotland, excavated Neolithic hill with reconstructed graves and visitor centre
Edinburgh and Lothians Historic house 18th-century estate, 150acres of gardens and grounds, near South Queensferry
Edinburgh and Lothians Historic house Operated by the National Trust for Scotland, 17th-century house with mid-18th and early-19th-century additions, collection of porcelain, paintings and furniture, parklands
Linlithgow Canal CentreEdinburgh and Lothians Transportation History, construction and life around the Union Canal
Edinburgh and Lothians Historic house Operated by Historic Scotland, ruins of a 15th-century manor palace
Linlithgow MuseumEdinburgh and Lothians Local Formerly the Linlithgow Story at Annet House Museum, the new Linlithgow Museum opened in Spring 2019 in the upper floor of the Partnership Centre, High Street, Linlithgow, featuring three galleries and a community space. Run by Linlithgow Heritage Trust.

Defunct museums

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: What is ICOM’s definition of a museum? – ICOM. icom.museum. 1 March 2019.
  2. https://stmonans.photography/camera-collection/
  3. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-53821146
  4. Web site: Textiles. Shetland Museum & Archives. en-GB. 30 June 2019.
  5. Web site: End of an era as Abbot House closes. Dunfermline Press. en. 17 July 2019.
  6. News: Beaton. Alistair. It's time up for ‘white elephant’ Archaeolink. 24 July 2012. Aberdeen Press and Journal. 18 February 2011.
  7. Web site: Birkhill Fireclay Mine. www.srps.org.uk. 15 July 2019.
  8. Web site: Brander Museum, Huntly. Aberdeenshire Council. 8 October 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20130818012435/http://aberdeenshire.gov.uk/museums/visit/locations/brander.asp. 18 August 2013. dead.
  9. Web site: Video about its demise . 19 June 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120320133451/http://vodpod.com/watch/1383204-dunaskin-heritage-centre-by-dalmellington-primary-school . 20 March 2012 . dead .
  10. https://www.flickr.com/photos/cessna152towser/2653300465/ Photos from the air
  11. Web site: Carnegie Inverurie Museum. Aberdeenshire Council. 8 October 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20130811231305/http://aberdeenshire.gov.uk/museums/visit/locations/carnegie.asp. 11 August 2013. dead.
  12. Web site: Garlogie Mill Power House. Aberdeenshire Council. 8 October 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20130816005342/http://aberdeenshire.gov.uk/museums/visit/locations/garlogie.asp. 16 August 2013. dead.
  13. Web site: £2million Glover House plans approved. Hebditch. Jon. Press and Journal. en-US. 2 September 2019.
  14. http://www.gcu.ac.uk/heatherbank/ Heatherbank Museum of Social Work
  15. http://www.fifedirect.org.uk/atoz/index.cfm?fuseaction=facility.display&facid=B383A69F-75B6-4DF2-9ECB02A7C1144750 Fife Council
  16. http://www.thomascarlyle.eu/HistoricSites.aspx Thomas and Jane Carlyle's Historic Sites
  17. http://www.lochwinnoch.info/tales/battle-rages.htm Lochwinnoch.info, Local Tales, "THE BATTLE RAGES ON"
  18. Web site: IME Property – Musselburgh Church Sold. 25 May 2015. IME Property Ltd. en-GB. 17 July 2019.
  19. Web site: National Museum of Costume to close. National Museums Scotland. en. 26 June 2019.
  20. http://www.moray.gov.uk/moray_standard/page_629.html Moray Council
  21. Web site: 'Heavy hearts' as Maritime Heritage Centre closes. January 19, 2010. Buchan Observer. 8 October 2013.
  22. http://www.monklands.co.uk/airdrie/index.htm Monklands Online, Airdrie
  23. News: Eyemouth museum boat and historic maritime items collection goes under the hammer. 13 July 2017. intheboatshed.net. 2 November 2017. en-US.