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Encyclopedia > Museums in Scotland

Museums in Scotland is a link page for any museum in Scotland. A museum is typically a non-profit, permanent institution in the service of society and of its development, open to the public, which acquires, conserves, researches, communicates and exhibits, for purposes of study, education enjoyment, the tangible and intangible evidence of people and their environment. ... Scotland (Alba in Scottish Gaelic) is a country in northwest Europe and a constituent nation of the United Kingdom. ...

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Dumfries and Galloway

  • Castle Douglas Art Gallery
  • Dumfries Museum
  • Sanquhar Tolbooth Museum
  • Savings Banks Museum, Ruthwell
  • Stewartry Museum, Kirkcudbright
  • Stranraer Museum
  • The Old Bridge House, Dumfries
  • Tolbooth Art Centre, Kirkcudbright

Ruthwell is a village and parish on the Solway Firth between Dumfries and Annan in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. ... Location within the British Isles. ... Location within the British Isles. ... Location within the British Isles. ...

Edinburgh & Lothian

The Dean Gallery is an art gallery in Edinburgh, Scotland, and is part of the National Galleries of Scotland. ... The Museum of Flight is an aerospace musuem in East Lothian, Scotland, and part of the National Museums of Scotland. ... Categories: United Kingdom-related stubs | Art museums and galleries in the UK | Edinburgh ... The National Museum of Childhood in Bethnal Green in the East End of London is a branch of the Victoria and Albert Museum (the V&A), which is the United Kingdoms national museum of applied arts. ... The Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh, is a museum dedicated to the history, people and culture of Scotland. ... The National War Museum of Scotland is housed in Edinburgh, Scotland, and forms part of the National Museums of Scotland. ... The main hall of The Royal Museum of Scotland The Royal Museum of Scotland is a museum on Chambers Street, in Edinburgh, Scotland. ... Categories: Stub | Edinburgh ... The Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art in Edinburgh, Scotland, holds the national collection of Modern art. ... Scottish National Portrait Gallery The Scottish National Portrait Gallery is an art gallery on Queen Street, Edinburgh, Scotland. ...

Fife

  • Craigrothie Folk Museum

Glasgow & Strathclyde

The Burrell Collection is an art collection in the city of Glasgow. ... The University of Glasgows Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery is the oldest public museum in Scotland. ... Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum is Glasgows premier museum and art gallery and has one of Europes great civic art collections. ...

Orkney

  • Wireless Museum, Kirkwall
  • Stromness Museum

Kirkwall is the largest town and capital of the Orkney Islands, in northern Scotland. ...

Perth and Kinross

  • Clan Donnachaidh Museum

Scottish Borders

  • Coldstream Museum - Scottish Borders Council Museums (SBCM)
  • Eyemouth Museum - local history museum
  • Halliwell's House Museum, Selkirk (SBCM)
  • Hawick Museum (SBCM)
  • Jim Clark Room, Duns (SBCM)
  • Robert Smail's Printing Works - printing museum, National Trust for Scotland
  • Selkirk Glass - Glass blowing museum
  • Tweeddale Museum and Picture Gallery, Peebles (SBCM)

Map sources for Selkirk at grid reference NT469286 Selkirk is a royal burgh in the Scottish Borders, and historically the county town of Selkirkshire. ... Duns is a burgh in the Scottish Borders. ... The National Trust for Scotland, or NTS, describes itself as The conservation charity that protects and promotes Scotlands natural and cultural heritage for present and future generations to enjoy. ... Old Parish Church, Peebles Location within the British Isles Peebles is a burgh in the traditional county of Peeblesshire (of which is it the county town), in the Scottish Borders, lying on the River Tweed. ...

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Scotland - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (5667 words)
The Kingdom of Scotland was united in 843, by King Kenneth I of Scotland, and is thus one of the oldest still-existing countries in the world.
Scotland's territorial extent is generally that established by the 1237 Treaty of York between Scotland and England and the 1266 Treaty of Perth between Scotland and Norway.
Scottish sundial — the renaissance sundials of Scotland.
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