List of museums in Scotland

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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.

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Museums[edit]

Name Image Town/City Council area Region Type Summary
Aberdeen Art Gallery Aberdeen Aberdeen City Aberdeen City & Shire Art Includes 19th- to 21st-century works, Post-Impressionists, Scottish Colourists, applied arts and crafts
Aberdeen Arts Centre Aberdeen Aberdeen City Aberdeen City & Shire Art Includes exhibit gallery
Aberdeen Maritime Museum Aberdeen Aberdeen City Aberdeen City & Shire Maritime Shipbuilding, fast sailing ships, fishing, port history, North Sea oil industry
Gordon Highlanders Museum Aberdeen Aberdeen City Aberdeen City & Shire Military History of the Gordon Highlanders, uniforms, medals, weapons, memorabilia
King's Museum Aberdeen Aberdeen City Aberdeen City & Shire History Operated by the University of Aberdeen, changing exhibits from its collection, located in Old Aberdeen
Provost Skene's House Aberdeen Aberdeen City Aberdeen City & Shire Historic house Features period rooms from the 17th, 18th and early 19th centuries, religious paintings, costumes
Tolbooth Museum Aberdeen Aberdeen City Aberdeen City & Shire Prison 17th-century gaol
Aberdeen Biodiversity Centre Aberdeen Aberdeen City Aberdeen 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
Aberdeenshire Farming Museum Mintlaw Aberdeenshire Aberdeen City & Shire Agriculture Located in Aden Country Park, 20th-century estate life, farming history and innovations, working 1950s period farm
Alford Heritage Museum
Alford Aberdeenshire 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
Alford Valley Railway Alford Aberdeenshire Aberdeen City & Shire Railway Heritage 2 ft (610 mm) narrow gauge railway and museum
Arbuthnot Museum Peterhead Aberdeenshire 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.
Balmoral Castle Crathie Aberdeenshire 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
Banchory Museum Banchory Aberdeenshire Aberdeen City & Shire Local website, local history, composer J. Scott Skinner, 19th-century tartans, natural history, Victoriana
Banff Museum Banff Aberdeenshire Aberdeen City & Shire Local website, local history, natural history, geology, silver, arms and armour
Blairs Museum Blairs Aberdeenshire Aberdeen City & Shire Religious Scotland's Catholic history and heritage
Braemar Castle Braemar Aberdeenshire Aberdeen City & Shire Historic house 18th-century castle, ancestral home and seat of Clan Farquharson
Corgarff Castle Corgarff Aberdeenshire Aberdeen City & Shire Historic house Operated by the Historic Scotland, 16th-century castle later used as a military garrison, reconstructed 1750 period barracks
Craigievar Castle Alford Aberdeenshire Aberdeen City & Shire Historic house Operated by the National Trust for Scotland, 17th-century Scottish Baronial castle
Crathes Castle Banchory Aberdeenshire 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
Delgatie Castle Turriff Aberdeenshire Aberdeen City & Shire Historic house 16th-century castle and gardens
Drum Castle Drumoak Aberdeenshire Aberdeen City & Shire Historic house Operated by the National Trust for Scotland, 13th-century castle, 18th-century gardens
Duff House Banff Aberdeenshire Aberdeen City & Shire Multiple 18th-century country house with paintings and furniture in the care of the National Galleries of Scotland
Fraserburgh Heritage Centre Fraserburgh Aberdeenshire Aberdeen City & Shire Maritime website, maritime heritage, local history
Fordyce Joiner's Workshop and Visitor Centre Fordyce Aberdeenshire Aberdeen City & Shire Technology website, rural carpenter's workshop and tools
Fyvie Castle Fyvie Aberdeenshire Aberdeen City & Shire Historic house Operated by the National Trust for Scotland, dates back to the 13th century, lavish Edwardian interiors, art collection, gardens
Grampian Transport Museum Alford Aberdeenshire 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 Centre Arbuthnott Aberdeenshire Aberdeen City & Shire History Detailing the life of local author, Lewis Grassic Gibbon
Haddo House Tarves Aberdeenshire Aberdeen City & Shire Historic house Operated by the National Trust for Scotland, Georgian Palladian house with late Victorian interior, painting collection, gardens
Huntly Castle Huntly Aberdeenshire Aberdeen City & Shire Historic house Operated by Historic Scotland, remains of a medieval castle
Insch Connection Museum Insch Aberdeenshire Aberdeen City & Shire Railway Located in a former railway station, railway and local history
Little Treasures: Grampian Toy Museum Kemnay Aberdeenshire Aberdeen City & Shire Toy website, toy museum and shop, doll houses
Maud Railway Station Museum Maud Aberdeenshire Aberdeen City & Shire Railway Located in a former railway station, steam engines, railway memorabilia
Museum of Scottish Lighthouses Fraserburgh Aberdeenshire Aberdeen City & Shire Maritime Historic lighthouse and exhibits of lighthouse technology and history
Peterhead Prison Museum Peterhead Aberdeenshire Aberdeen City & Shire Prison website
Sandhaven Meal Mill Sandhaven Aberdeenshire Aberdeen City & Shire Mill website, 19th-century mill for oats
Stonehaven Tolbooth
Stonehaven Aberdeenshire Aberdeen City & Shire Local 16th-century stone building originally used as a courthouse and a prison, exhibits of local history
Tolquhon Castle Pitmedden Aberdeenshire Aberdeen City & Shire Historic house Operated by the Historic Scotland, 16th-century castle remains
Turriff and District Heritage Society Museum Turriff Aberdeenshire Aberdeen City & Shire Local website local history and collection from the surrounding area
Arbroath Abbey Arbroath Angus Angus & Dundee Religious website, Operated by Historic Scotland, visitor centre with artifacts from ruined medieval abbey
Arbroath Art Gallery Arbroath Angus Angus & Dundee Art website Artwork from the Angus collections and touring exhibitions
J M Barrie's Birthplace Kirriemuir Angus 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
Barry Mill Barry Angus Angus & Dundee Mill website, Operated by the National Trust for Scotland, restored watermill
Brechin Town House Museum Brechin Angus Angus & Dundee Local website, local history, art
Edzell Castle Edzell Angus Angus & Dundee Historic house website, Operated by the Historic Scotland, ruined 16th-century castle with an early-17th-century walled garden
Glamis Castle Glamis Angus Angus & Dundee Historic house website, Childhood home of Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon, best known as the Queen Mother
Glenesk Folk Museum Tarfside Angus Angus & Dundee History website, Period costumes, furniture, room settings
Hospitalfield
Arbroath Angus Angus & Dundee Multiple website Former art school containing art collection and archive of Patrick Allan Fraser
House of Dun Montrose Angus Angus & Dundee Historic house website, Operated by the National Trust for Scotland, 18th-century family house, gardens, woodlands
Inglis Memorial Hall and Library Edzell Angus Angus & Dundee Local website Original Victorian library and exhibition on Lieutenant Colonel Robert William Inglis and his family
Kirriemuir Gateway to the Glens Museum Kirriemuir Angus Angus & Dundee Local website, local history, culture, natural history, archaeology
Meffan Museum and Art Gallery Forfar Angus Angus & Dundee Local website, Local history, art, collection of Pictish stones
Montrose Air Station Heritage Centre Montrose Angus Angus & Dundee Military website Located on site of former air station, history of RAF Montrose
Montrose Museum Montrose Angus Angus & Dundee Multiple website, Local history, archaeology, natural history, art, ethnography
Signal Tower Museum Arbroath Angus Angus & Dundee Local website, Local history, lighthouse, fishing and maritime history, textile industry
St Vigeans Sculpture Stones St Vigeans Angus Angus & Dundee Archaeology website, operated by Historic Scotland, over 30 Pictish stones
William Lamb Studio Montrose Angus Angus & Dundee Art website, studio and works by sculptor William Lamb
An Iodhlann Scarinish Argyll and Bute Argyll, the Isles, Loch Lomond, Stirling and Trossachs Historic items website, historical centre
An Tobar Tobermory Argyll and Bute Argyll, the Isles, Loch Lomond, Stirling and Trossachs Art website, multidisciplinary arts centre with gallery
Auchindrain Township Museum Auchindrain Argyll and Bute Argyll, the Isles, Loch Lomond, Stirling and Trossachs Open-air Turn-of-the-20th-century township
Bonawe Iron Furnace Bonawe Argyll and Bute Argyll, the Isles, Loch Lomond, Stirling and Trossachs Industry website, operated by Historic Scotland, 18th-century charcoal-fuelled ironworks
Bute Museum Isle of Bute Argyll and Bute Argyll, the Isles, Loch Lomond, Stirling and Trossachs Local website, island's archaeology, social and natural history
Campbeltown Heritage Centre Campbeltown Argyll and Bute Argyll, the Isles, Loch Lomond, Stirling and Trossachs Local local history, culture, maritime heritage, Scotch whisky industry
Castle House Museum Dunoon Argyll and Bute Argyll, the Isles, Loch Lomond, Stirling and Trossachs Local website, local history, Victorian period rooms, located in the upper floors of Castle Toward
Columba Centre Iona Argyll and Bute 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
Duart Castle Isle of Mull Argyll and Bute Argyll, the Isles, Loch Lomond, Stirling and Trossachs Historic house Restored medieval castle with Edwardian period rooms
Easdale Island Folk Museum
Easdale Argyll and Bute Argyll, the Isles, Loch Lomond, Stirling and Trossachs Local website, local history, culture, slate industry, geology, maritime
Hill House Helensburgh Argyll and Bute Argyll, the Isles, Loch Lomond, Stirling and Trossachs Historic house Early-20th-century house, interior and furnishings designed by Charles Rennie Mackintosh
Iona Abbey Iona Argyll and Bute 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
Iona Heritage Centre Iona Argyll and Bute Argyll, the Isles, Loch Lomond, Stirling and Trossachs Local information, local history, culture
Inveraray Castle Inveraray Argyll and Bute 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
Inveraray Jail Inveraray Argyll and Bute Argyll, the Isles, Loch Lomond, Stirling and Trossachs Prison 19th-century living history prison
Inverarary Maritime Heritage Museum Inveraray Argyll and Bute 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 Centre
Lismore Argyll and Bute Argyll, the Isles, Loch Lomond, Stirling and Trossachs Local website, local history, culture, contains the archive of Comann Eachdraidh Lios Mor.
Kilmartin Museum Kilmartin Argyll and Bute Argyll, the Isles, Loch Lomond, Stirling and Trossachs Archaeology website, history of the prehistoric stones found in Kilmartin Glen, area artefacts and excavations
Mount Stuart House Isle of Bute Argyll and Bute Argyll, the Isles, Loch Lomond, Stirling and Trossachs Historic house Victorian Gothic Revival mansion, 300-acre (1.2 km2) gardens
Mull Museum Tobermory Argyll and Bute Argyll, the Isles, Loch Lomond, Stirling and Trossachs Local website, local history, culture of the Isle of Mull
Museum of Islay Life Port Charlotte Port Charlotte, Islay Argyll and Bute Argyll, the Isles, Loch Lomond, Stirling and Trossachs Local website, local history, culture, archaeology
Oban War and Peace Museum
Oban Argyll and Bute 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
Ross Of Mull Historical Centre Bunessan Argyll and Bute Argyll, the Isles, Loch Lomond, Stirling and Trossachs Local website, local history, culture, natural history of the Ross of Mull peninsula
Sandaig Island Life Museum Tiree Argyll and Bute Argyll, the Isles, Loch Lomond, Stirling and Trossachs Historic house information, late-19th-century cottar's home
Slate Islands Heritage Centre and Museum
Ellenabeich Argyll and Bute Argyll, the Isles, Loch Lomond, Stirling and Trossachs Industry website, slate industry of the Slate Islands, social history
Skerryvore Lighthouse Museum Tiree Argyll and Bute Argyll, the Isles, Loch Lomond, Stirling and Trossachs Maritime History and construction of the lighthouse
Strachur Smiddy Museum Strachur Argyll and Bute Argyll, the Isles, Loch Lomond, Stirling and Trossachs History website, history blacksmith shop and craft shop
Torosay Castle Isle of Mull Argyll and Bute Argyll, the Isles, Loch Lomond, Stirling and Trossachs Historic house 19th-century Baronial house and garden
Alloa Tower Alloa Clackmannanshire 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
Castle Campbell Dollar Clackmannanshire Argyll, the Isles, Loch Lomond, Stirling and Trossachs Historic house Operated by Historic Scotland, 15th-century medieval castle tower house
Dollar Museum Dollar Clackmannanshire Argyll, the Isles, Loch Lomond, Stirling and Trossachs Local website, local history
Menstrie Castle Menstrie Clackmannanshire 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
Annan Museum Annan Dumfries and Galloway Dumfries and Galloway Local website, website, local history
Broughton House and Garden Kirkcudbright Dumfries and Galloway 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
Caerlaverock Castle Dumfries and Galloway Dumfries and Galloway Historic house Operated by Historic Scotland, remains of a 13th-century triangular moated castle
Castle Douglas Art Gallery Castle Douglas Dumfries and Galloway Dumfries and Galloway Art website, contemporary art and craft
Castle of St. John Stranraer Dumfries and Galloway Dumfries and Galloway History 16th-century tower house used as a home, a court, a prison, and as a military garrison
Creetown Gem Rock Museum Creetown Dumfries and Galloway Dumfries and Galloway Natural history website, gemstones, crystals, minerals, rocks and fossils
The Devil's Porridge Museum Eastriggs Dumfries and Galloway Dumfries and Galloway Military website, history of the HM Factory, Gretna for Cordite manufacturing
Drumlanrig Castle Thornhill Dumfries and Galloway Dumfries and Galloway Historic house Baroque country house with period furnishings, fine art and antiques, Victorian gardens
Dumfries Museum Dumfries Dumfries and Galloway Dumfries and Galloway Local Local history, archaeology, natural history, camera obscura, housed in an 18th-century windmill
Dumfries and Galloway Aviation Museum Dumfries Dumfries and Galloway Dumfries and Galloway Transportation Located in a former RAF station, aircraft, military aviation history
Ellisland Farm Auldgirth Dumfries and Galloway Dumfries and Galloway Historic house Farmhouse where poet Robert Burns lived and worked, exhibits on his life and works, also farming exhibits
Gracefield Arts Centre
Dumfries Dumfries and Galloway Dumfries and Galloway Art Scottish contemporary art, Scottish Colourists, Glasgow Boys, Kirkcudbright School
John Paul Jones Cottage Museum
Kirkbean Dumfries and Galloway Dumfries and Galloway Historic house 18th-century-period birthplace of U.S. naval hero John Paul Jones
Moffat Museum Moffat Dumfries and Galloway Dumfries and Galloway Local Located in the Old Moffat Bakehouse and focuses on local and family history
Mull of Galloway Lighthouse Mull of Galloway Dumfries and Galloway Dumfries and Galloway Maritime website, tours of the lighthouse and engine room
Museum of Lead Mining Wanlockhead Dumfries and Galloway Dumfries and Galloway Mining website, mine tour, miners' cottages, beam engine, minerals
Old Bridge House Museum Dumfries Dumfries and Galloway Dumfries and Galloway Historic house website, 17th-century house displaying home life in different periods
Robert Burns Centre Dumfries Dumfries and Galloway Dumfries and Galloway Biographical website, life and works of poet Robert Burns
Robert Burns House Dumfries Dumfries and Galloway Dumfries and Galloway Historic house website Archived 9 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine, 18th-century house where poet Robert Burns spent his last years
Sanquhar Tolbooth Museum Sanquhar Dumfries and Galloway Dumfries and Galloway Local website, information, local history, mining, wool trade and knitting industry
Savings Banks Museum Ruthwell Dumfries and Galloway Dumfries and Galloway Monetary website, history of the first savings bank, early home savings boxes, coins and bank notes
Stewartry Museum Kirkcudbright Dumfries and Galloway Dumfries and Galloway Local Local history, natural history, prehistoric rock carvings
Stranraer Museum Stranraer Dumfries and Galloway Dumfries and Galloway Local website, local history, archaeology, farming, dairying
The Museum, Newton Stewart Newton Stewart Dumfries and Galloway Dumfries and Galloway Local information, local social and natural history
Thomas Carlyle's Birthplace Ecclefechan Dumfries and Galloway 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
Tolbooth Art Centre Kirkcudbright Dumfries and Galloway Dumfries and Galloway Art website
Whithorn Priory and Museum Whithorn Dumfries and Galloway 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
Whithorn Story Visitor Centre Whithorn Dumfries and Galloway Dumfries and Galloway Archaeology website, archaeology and local history
Wigtown County Buildings Wigtown Dumfries and Galloway Dumfries and Galloway Local information, local history, collection of early-18th-century bronze town weights and measures, 18th-century prison cell
Broughty Castle Broughty Ferry Dundee City Angus & Dundee Local Medieval castle housing local history museum
D'Arcy Thompson Zoology Museum Dundee Dundee City Angus & Dundee Natural History website 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 Point Dundee Dundee City Angus & Dundee Maritime website, Museum ship for polar explorations
Dundee Contemporary Arts Dundee Dundee City Angus & Dundee Art Contemporary arts centre
Dundee Museum of Transport Dundee Dundee City Angus & Dundee Transportation website collection detailing the history of the local transport network
HMS Unicorn Dundee Dundee City Angus & Dundee Maritime Sailing frigate museum ship
McManus Galleries Dundee Dundee City Angus & Dundee Multiple Fine and decorative art, natural history, local history, ethnographic artifacts
Mills Observatory Dundee Dundee City Angus & Dundee Science Scientific instruments, astronomy
V&A Dundee Dundee Dundee City Angus & Dundee Design Decorative arts and design
Verdant Works Dundee Dundee City Angus & Dundee Industry Textile industry, jute and linen
Baird Museum Cumnock East Ayrshire Ayrshire and Arran Local website, local history, industry, Mauchline Ware, Cumnock pottery, labour leader Keir Hardie
Boswell Museum & Mausoleum Auchinleck East Ayrshire Ayrshire and Arran Biographical information, life of author James Boswell
Burns House, Mauchline Mauchline East Ayrshire Ayrshire and Arran Biographical website, information, artefacts and memorabilia of poet Robert Burns, who lived and worked in town between 1784 and 1788
Dean Castle Kilmarnock East Ayrshire Ayrshire and Arran 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
Dick Institute Kilmarnock East Ayrshire Ayrshire and Arran Multiple Art, local and natural history, industry
Doon Valley Museum Dalmellington East Ayrshire Ayrshire and Arran Local website, local history, coal mining, ironworks, social history, art gallery
Dumfries House Cumnock East Ayrshire Ayrshire and Arran Historic house 18th-century Palladian country house with Thomas Chippendale furniture
Scottish Industrial Railway Centre Patna East Ayrshire Ayrshire and Arran Railway Open on selected days, steam and diesel locomotives
Auld Kirk Museum Kirkintilloch East Dunbartonshire Greater Glasgow and Clyde Valley Local website, local history, coal mining, iron industry
Lillie Art Gallery Milngavie East Dunbartonshire Greater Glasgow and Clyde Valley Art website, Scottish art
Athelstaneford Parish Church and Flag Heritage Centre Athelstaneford East Lothian 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
Coastal Communities Museum North Berwick East Lothian Edinburgh and Lothians Local History, heritage and culture of East Lothian coastal communities. website
Dirleton Castle Dirleton East Lothian Edinburgh and Lothians Historic house Operated by Historic Scotland, remains of a medieval castle, gardens
Dunbar Town House Museum Dunbar East Lothian Edinburgh and Lothians Local website, archaeology and local history
Gosford House Longniddry East Lothian Edinburgh and Lothians Historic house Operated by Historic Scotland, restored mansion designed by Robert Adam, gardens
John Gray Centre Haddington East Lothian Edinburgh and Lothians Local Tells stories from across the region and displays many artefacts never seen before. website
John Muir's Birthplace Dunbar East Lothian Edinburgh and Lothians Historic house House and life of conservationist John Muir
Lennoxlove House Haddington East Lothian Edinburgh and Lothians Historic house Medieval fortress house, collections of portraits, furniture and porcelain
Musselburgh Museum Musselburgh East Lothian Edinburgh and Lothians Local website, local history and community curated exhibitions
Myreton Motor Museum Aberlady East Lothian Edinburgh and Lothians Transportation Cars, motorcycles, bicycles, motoring memorabilia and toy cars dating back to the turn of the 20th century
National Museum of Flight East Fortune East Lothian Edinburgh and Lothians Transportation Includes military planes, passenger travel, a Concorde, Royal Air Force in World War II
Newhailes House Musselburgh East Lothian 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
Preston Mill East Linton East Lothian Edinburgh and Lothians Mill Operated by the National Trust for Scotland, 18th-century watermill
Prestongrange Industrial Heritage Museum Prestongrange East Lothian 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
Tantallon Castle North Berwick East Lothian Edinburgh and Lothians Historic house Operated by Historic Scotland, remains of a mid-14th-century fortress
City Art Centre
Edinburgh City of Edinburgh Edinburgh and Lothians Art website, changing exhibits of Scottish and international art, design, photography
Craigmillar Castle Edinburgh City of Edinburgh Edinburgh and Lothians Historic house In the care of Historic Environment Scotland as a scheduled monument.
Dalmeny House Edinburgh City of Edinburgh Edinburgh and Lothians Historic house 19th-century Gothic Revival mansion with Regency interiors, French furniture and porcelain
Modern Two Edinburgh City of Edinburgh Edinburgh 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 Castle Edinburgh City of Edinburgh 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
Fruitmarket Gallery Edinburgh City of Edinburgh Edinburgh and Lothians Art Contemporary art gallery
Georgian House Edinburgh City of Edinburgh 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
Gladstone's Land Edinburgh City of Edinburgh Edinburgh and Lothians Historic house Operated by the National Trust for Scotland, 17th-century-period tenement house, also art gallery
Holyrood Palace Edinburgh City of Edinburgh Edinburgh and Lothians Historic house Official residence of the monarch in Scotland
John Knox House Edinburgh City of Edinburgh Edinburgh and Lothians Historic house Medieval house, final home of Protestant reformer John Knox
Jupiter Artland
Edinburgh City of Edinburgh Edinburgh and Lothians Sculpture Park website Contemporary sculpture park set across 100 acres of meadow, woodland and five indoor gallery spaces.
Lauriston Castle Edinburgh City of Edinburgh Edinburgh and Lothians Historic house 19th-century mansion with Edwardian interiors, furniture and art, Japanese garden
Museum of Childhood (Edinburgh) Edinburgh City of Edinburgh Edinburgh and Lothians Toy Toys, dolls, games, teddy bears, model trains, soldiers, tricycle, 1930s schoolroom
Museum of Edinburgh Edinburgh City of Edinburgh Edinburgh and Lothians Local City history, culture, silver and porcelain
Museum of Scottish Fire Heritage A white sign on a dark grey exterior wall which reads "Museum of Scottish Fire Heritage Edinburgh City of Edinburgh Edinburgh and Lothians Fire Service website Museum dedicated to the history of fire fighting in Scotland. Collections include fire engines, safety and rescue equipment, and uniforms.
Museum on the Mound Edinburgh City of Edinburgh Edinburgh and Lothians Monetary Art, design, technology, crime, trade and security involving currency and money
Scottish National Gallery Edinburgh City of Edinburgh Edinburgh 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
National Library of Scotland Edinburgh City of Edinburgh Edinburgh and Lothians Library Changing exhibits of art, history and culture from its collections
National Museum of Scotland Edinburgh City of Edinburgh Edinburgh and Lothians Multiple Scotland's history, culture, natural history, industry, technology, science, decorative arts, personalities, sports
National War Museum of Scotland Edinburgh City of Edinburgh 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
No 28 Charlotte Square Edinburgh City of Edinburgh Edinburgh and Lothians Art website, information centre for the National Trust for Scotland, features collection of 20th-century Scottish paintings and Regency furniture
People's Story Museum Edinburgh City of Edinburgh Edinburgh and Lothians Local website, history, lives, work and leisure of the ordinary people of Edinburgh
Queen's Gallery, Edinburgh Edinburgh City of Edinburgh Edinburgh and Lothians Art Exhibits from the Royal collection of art, located adjacent to the Palace of Holyroodhouse
Queensferry Museum South Queensferry City of Edinburgh Edinburgh and Lothians Local website, local history, culture, natural history, transportation
Royal Scottish Academy Building Edinburgh City of Edinburgh Edinburgh and Lothians Art Run by National Galleries Scotland. Part of the Scottish National Gallery, changing exhibits
Royal Yacht Britannia Leith City of Edinburgh Edinburgh and Lothians Maritime Museum ship, former Royal Yacht of the British royal family
Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art Edinburgh City of Edinburgh Edinburgh and Lothians Art Part of National Galleries Scotland, modern and contemporary art
Scottish National Portrait Gallery Edinburgh City of Edinburgh Edinburgh and Lothians Art Part of National Galleries Scotland, portraits of figures in Scottish history, photography
St Cecilia's Hall Edinburgh City of Edinburgh Edinburgh and Lothians Musical Part of the University of Edinburgh, Concert room and musical instrument collection.
Surgeons' Hall Museum
Edinburgh City of Edinburgh Edinburgh and Lothians Medical History of surgery since Roman times, dentistry, pathological anatomy, sports medicine
Talbot Rice Gallery
Edinburgh City of Edinburgh Edinburgh and Lothians Art Part of the University of Edinburgh
Trinity House of Leith Leith Edinburgh Edinburgh and Lothians Maritime Run by Historic Environment Scotland, former customs house, hospital and pilotage school, maritime objects
Water of Leith Longstone City of Edinburgh Edinburgh and Lothians Natural history Visitor center exhibits about the river's wildlife and heritage
Writers' Museum Edinburgh City of Edinburgh 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
Blackness Castle Blackness Falkirk Argyll, the Isles, Loch Lomond, Stirling and Trossachs Historic house Operated by Historic Environment Scotland, 15th-century fortress castle
Callendar House and Park Gallery Falkirk Falkirk 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
Grangemouth Museum Grangemouth Falkirk Argyll, the Isles, Loch Lomond, Stirling and Trossachs Local website, local history, industry
Kinneil House Bo'ness Falkirk 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
Kinneil Museum Bo'ness Falkirk 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 Railways
Bo'ness Falkirk Argylle, the Isles, Loch Lomond, Stirling and Trossachs Railway website, Scotland's largest railway museum, situated within the Bo'ness and Kinneil Railway, contains operational rolling stock
Aberdour Castle Aberdour Fife Kingdom of Fife Historic house Operated by Historic Scotland, remains of a medieval castle and gardens
Andrew Carnegie Birthplace Museum Dunfermline Fife 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 Andrews St Andrews Fife Kingdom of Fife Natural history website, part of the University of St Andrews, collection of natural history and zoology specimens, housed in the Bute Building
Buckhaven Museum Buckhaven Fife Kingdom of Fife Local website local history, fishing industry
Burntisland Museum Burntisland Fife Kingdom of Fife Local website 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
Crail Museum & Heritage Centre Crail Fife Kingdom of Fife Local website, local history, maritime heritage, medieval church, airfield history
Culross Palace Culross Fife Kingdom of Fife Historic house Operated by the National Trust for Scotland, 16th- to 17th-century furnished palace, study and townhouse with gardens
Dunfermline Abbey Dunfermline Fife Kingdom of Fife Religious Operated by Historic Scotland, remains and artefacts of the medieval abbey, attached to Dunfermline Palace
Dunfermline Carnegie Library & Galleries Dunfermline Fife Kingdom of Fife Local Website. Operated by OnFife and attached to the Carnegie library.
Dunfermline Palace Dunfermline Fife Kingdom of Fife Historic house Operated by Historic Scotland, remains of a medieval royal palace, attached to Dunfermline Abbey
Falkland Palace Falkland Fife Kingdom of Fife Historic house Operated by the National Trust for Scotland, 14th- to 15th-century royal palace and gardens
Fife Folk Museum Ceres Fife Kingdom of Fife Local website Local history, rural life, agriculture
Harbourmaster's House Dysart Fife Kingdom of Fife Local website, visitor centre with exhibits about the area's coastal history, natural history, geology, maritime heritage
Hill of Tarvit Cupar Fife 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
Inchcolm Abbey Inchcolm Fife Kingdom of Fife Religious Operated by Historic Scotland, medieval abbey
John McDouall Stuart Museum Dysart Fife Kingdom of Fife Biographical website, birthplace home and exhibits about John McDouall Stuart, explorer of Australia
Kellie Castle Arncroach Fife 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
Kirkcaldy Galleries Kirkcaldy Fife 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.
Laing Museum Newburgh Fife Kingdom of Fife Local website, local history, culture
Methil Heritage Centre Methil Fife Kingdom of Fife Local website, local history, culture
Museum of Communication, Scotland Burntisland Fife Kingdom of Fife Technology website, communications technology and artefacts, including early electronic devices, telegraphy, telephones, radio, television and information technology
Wardlaw Museum at University of St Andrews St Andrews Fife Kingdom of Fife Multiple website History of the university, exhibits of art, science, manuscripts and books from its collections, archaeology
R&A World Golf Museum St Andrews Fife Kingdom of Fife Sports website History and memorabilia of golf
Scotland's Secret Bunker Anstruther Fife Kingdom of Fife Military website, Cold War-era underground bunker for the government in case of a nuclear attack
Scottish Fisheries Museum Anstruther Fife Kingdom of Fife Maritime Scottish fishing industry
Scottish Vintage Bus Museum Lathalmond Fife Kingdom of Fife Transportation website, buses and memorabilia
St Andrew's Cathedral St Andrews Fife Kingdom of Fife Religious Operated by Historic Scotland, remains of medieval cathedral, museum with medieval sculpture and other relics
St Andrews Castle St Andrews Fife Kingdom of Fife Historic house Operated by Historic Scotland, remains of medieval castle, includes dungeon, mine and counter-mine for siege warfare
St Andrews Museum St Andrews Fife Kingdom of Fife Local website Local history, culture
St Andrews Preservation Trust Museum St Andrews Fife Kingdom of Fife Local website, local history, period shop and business displays
St Monans Windmill St Monans Fife Kingdom of Fife Mill website, late-18th-century windmill and saltpans
602 Squadron Museum Glasgow Glasgow City Greater Glasgow and Clyde Valley Military website, regimental history of the No. 602 Squadron RAF, located in the headquarters of the Royal Highland Fusiliers
Burrell Collection Glasgow Glasgow City Greater Glasgow and Clyde Valley Art Collections include French Impressionists, late medieval art, Chinese and Islamic art, Ancient Civilizations
CCA Glasgow Glasgow Glasgow City Greater Glasgow and Clyde Valley Art Arts centre with gallery
Fossil Grove Glasgow Glasgow City Greater Glasgow and Clyde Valley Natural history Covered fossilised grove of prehistoric trees
Gallery of Modern Art Glasgow Glasgow City Greater Glasgow and Clyde Valley Art Contemporary art
Glasgow Police Museum Glasgow Glasgow City Greater Glasgow and Clyde Valley Law enforcement website
Glasgow Print Studio Glasgow Glasgow City Greater Glasgow and Clyde Valley Art Artist-led centre with exhibitions
Glasgow School of Art Glasgow Glasgow City Greater Glasgow and Clyde Valley Art Features exhibitions across its four campuses
Glasgow Women's Library
Glasgow Glasgow City Greater Glasgow and Clyde Valley Women's History website The only accredited museum in the UK dedicated to women's lives, history and achievements. The museum contains a lending library and archive collections
Holmwood House Glasgow Glasgow City Greater Glasgow and Clyde Valley Historic house Operated by the National Trust for Scotland, mid-19th-century residential villa
House for an Art Lover Glasgow Glasgow City Greater Glasgow and Clyde Valley Historic house Contemporary house based on designs by Charles Rennie Mackintosh
Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery Glasgow Glasgow City 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
Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum Glasgow Glasgow City Greater Glasgow and Clyde Valley Multiple Art, natural history, arms and armour, history
The Lighthouse Glasgow Glasgow Glasgow City Greater Glasgow and Clyde Valley Art Architecture and design
National Piping Center – Museum of Piping Glasgow Glasgow City Greater Glasgow and Clyde Valley Music Collection and history of bagpipes, Scottish smallpipes, Irish uileann pipes, and traditional musical instruments
People's Palace Glasgow Glasgow City Greater Glasgow and Clyde Valley History History of the people and city of Glasgow from 1750 to the end of the 20th century
Pollok House Glasgow Glasgow City 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
Provand's Lordship Glasgow Glasgow City Greater Glasgow and Clyde Valley Historic house 17th-century-period house
Riverside Museum Glasgow Glasgow City Greater Glasgow and Clyde Valley Transportation Opening in 2011, collections of the Glasgow Museum of Transport
Royal Highland Fusiliers Museum Glasgow Glasgow City Greater Glasgow and Clyde Valley Military website, regimental history of the Royal Highland Fusiliers
Scotland Street School Museum Glasgow Glasgow City Greater Glasgow and Clyde Valley Education History of education in Scotland from the late 19th to late 20th century
Scottish Football Museum Glasgow Glasgow City Greater Glasgow and Clyde Valley Sports Located at Hampden Park, also known as the Hampden Experience, history and memorabilia of football in Scotland
Scottish Jewish Heritage Centre Glasgow Glasgow City Greater Glasgow and Clyde Valley History Based in Garnethill Synagogue, Scotland's oldest synagogue
Sharmanka Kinetic Gallery Glasgow Glasgow City Greater Glasgow and Clyde Valley Art
St Mungo Museum of Religious Life and Art Glasgow Glasgow City Greater Glasgow and Clyde Valley Art Art and artefacts of religious life in Scotland
Tall Ship at Glasgow Harbour Glasgow Glasgow City Greater Glasgow and Clyde Valley Maritime Three-masted barque museum ship
Tenement House (Glasgow) Glasgow Glasgow City 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
Applecross Heritage Centre Applecross Highland The Highlands – Ross and Cromarty Local website, local history, culture
Ardnamurchan Lighthouse Ardnamurchan Highland The Highlands – Lochaber Multiple History and operations of the lighthouse, area geology, natural history and culture
Brora Heritage Centre Brora Highland The Highlands – Sutherland Local website, local history, culture
Caithness Broch Centre Auckengill Highland The Highlands – Caithness Archaeology website, history of the brochs in Caithness, their construction, excavations and influence
Caithness Horizons Thurso Highland The Highlands – Caithness Local website, local history, culture, archaeology, geology, industry, natural history and ecology
Castle Leod Strathpeffer Highland The Highlands – Ross and Cromarty Historic house Seat of the Chief of the Clan MacKenzie, 17th-century castle with 19th-century renovations
Castle of Mey John o' Groats Highland The Highlands – Caithness Historic house Formerly Barrogill Castle, 16th-century castle with alterations over several centuries, holiday home of Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother
Castlehill Heritage Centre Castletown Highland The Highlands – Caithness Local website, local history, culture
Cawdor Castle Cawdor Highland The Highlands – Nairn Historic house Castle built from the 15th to 19th centuries, known for its gardens and connection to William Shakespeare's play Macbeth
Clan Cameron Museum Achnacarry Highland The Highlands – Lochaber Ethnic History and heritage of Clan Cameron
Clan Gunn Heritage Centre Latheron Highland The Highlands – Caithness Ethnic website, history and heritage of Clan Gunn
Clan Macpherson Museum Newtonmore Highland The Highlands – Badenoch and Strathspey Ethnic website, history and heritage of Clan Macpherson
Colbost Croft Museum Colbost Highland The Highlands – Skye and Lochalsh Historic house 19th-century-period crofter's cottage
Commando Museum Spean Bridge Highland The Highlands – Lochaber Military website, artefacts and memorabilia of the Commandos who trained nearby and at Achnacarry during World War II
Cromarty Courthouse Museum Cromarty Highland The Highlands – Ross and Cromarty Local website, local history, culture
Culloden Battlefield Culloden Highland The Highlands – Inverness Military Operated by the National Trust for Scotland, site and history of the Battle of Culloden, daily living history demonstrations
Dingwall Museum Dingwall Highland The Highlands – Ross and Cromarty Local website, information, local history, culture
Dornoch Historylinks Museum Dornoch Highland The Highlands – Sutherland Local website, local history, culture, Dornoch Cathedral, Picts and Vikings
Dunbeath Heritage Centre Dunbeath Highland The Highlands – Caithness Local website, local history
Dunrobin Castle Golspie Highland The Highlands – Sutherland 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
Dunvegan Castle Dunvegan Highland The Highlands – Skye and Lochalsh Historic house Seat of the chief of the Clan MacLeod
Ferrycroft Visitor Centre Lairg Highland The Highlands – Sutherland Local website, local history, culture, natural history, agriculture, industry
Fort George Ardersier Highland The Highlands Military Operated by Historic Scotland, 18th-century fort still in use, displays of its history in different periods, memorabilia of different regiments
Gairloch Heritage Museum
Gairloch Highland The Highlands – Ross and Cromarty Local website Local history and archaeology, contains the Gairloch Pictish Stone, the first Pictish symbol stone found on the West Coast mainland of Scotland
Giant MacAskill Museum Dunvegan Highland The Highlands – Skye and Lochalsh Biographical information, life of natural giant Angus MacAskill
Glencoe Folk Museum Glencoe Highland The Highlands – Lochaber Local website, local history, culture
Glendale Toy Museum Glendale Highland The Highlands – Skye and Lochalsh Toy website, toys, games and dolls
Glenfinnan Station Museum Glenfinnan Highland The Highlands – Lochaber Railway
Glengarry Heritage Centre Invergarry Highland The Highlands – Inverness Local website, local history, culture, Clan MacDonell of Glengarry heritage
Grantown Museum Grantown-on-Spey Highland The Highlands – Badenoch and Strathspey Local website, information, local history, culture
Groam House Museum Rosemarkie Highland The Highlands – Ross and Cromarty Multiple website, 15 carved Pictish stones, local history, Celtic art by George Bain
Highland Folk Museum
Newtonmore Highland The Highlands – Badenoch and Strathspey Open-air 80-acre (32 ha) site portrays aspects of 200 years of Highland rural life from the early 18th century to the mid-20th century
Highland Museum of Childhood Strathpeffer Highland The Highlands – Ross and Cromarty Toys Dolls, toys, games, children's costume and childhood furniture
Highlanders Museum Ardersier Highland The Highlands – Nairn Military Regimental artefacts of the Queen's Own Highlanders (Seaforth and Camerons) and Lovat Scouts
Hugh Miller's Birthplace Cromarty Highland The Highlands – Ross and Cromarty Historic house website, Run by the NTS, birthplace of 19th-century geologist Hugh Miller
Inverness Museum and Art Gallery Inverness Highland The Highlands – Inverness Multiple Art, history and heritage of the Highlands, natural history, contemporary craft
Iona Gallery Kingussie Highland The Highlands – Badenoch and Strathspey Art website
Laidhay Croft Museum Dunbeath Highland The Highlands – Caithness Historic house information, information, early-20th-century-period thatched Caithness longhouse incorporating dwelling, stable and byre under one roof
Land, Sea and Islands Centre Arisaig Highland The Highlands – Lochaber Local website, located in Lochaber, local history, culture, natural history
Last House Museum John o' Groats Highland The Highlands – Caithness Local information, information, local history exhibits and gift shop
Lyth Arts Centre Wick Highland The Highlands – Caithness Art website, arts centre with exhibits gallery
MacCrimmon Piping Heritage Centre Borreraig Highland The Highlands – Sutherland 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
Mallaig Heritage Centre Mallaig Highland The Highlands – Lochaber Local website, local history, maritime heritage, fishing, culture, railway
Mary Anne's Cottage West Dunnet Highland The Highlands – Caithness Historic house website, website, 19th-century croft cottage with original fixtures and furnishings
Museum of the Isles Armadale Highland The Highlands – Skye and Lochalsh Ethnic History and heritage of Clan Donald
Nairn Museum Nairn Highland The Highlands – Nairn Local website, local history, fishing industry, military, agriculture, social history
Orcadian Stone Golspie Highland The Highlands – Sutherland Natural history website, store and exhibition of rocks, minerals and fossils
Seadrift Centre Dunnet Highland The Highlands – Caithness Natural history website, website, area natural and local history, also known as Seadrift-Dunnet Visitor Centre
Skye Museum of Island Life Duntulm Highland The Highlands – Skye and Lochalsh Open-air website, 19th-century-period township of thatched cottages depicting typical island crofting life
St Fergus Gallery Wick Highland The Highlands – Caithness Art website, exhibits of art, photography, culture, crafts
Strathnaver Museum Bettyhill Highland The Highlands – Sutherland Local website, history and artefacts of Clan Mackay, local social history, archaeology
Strathspey Railway
Aviemore Highland The Highlands Railway website, preserved railway line and working steam engine exhibits
Swanson Gallery Thurso Highland The Highlands – Caithness Art website, located in the Thurso Library
Tain & District Museum Tain Highland The Highlands – Ross and Cromarty Local history Local culture, Clan Ross, silverwork, locally relevant historic displays and artifacts: known locally as 'Tain Through Time'
Tarbat Discovery Centre
Portmahomack Highland The Highlands – Ross and Cromarty Local website, local history, culture, Pictish stones and sculpture, medieval life and material culture
Timespan Museum and Arts Centre Helmsdale Highland The Highlands – Sutherland Multiple website, recreations of a croft, byre, smithy and shop, displays on area archaeology, geology and natural history, art exhibits
Treasures of the Earth Corpach Highland The Highlands – Lochaber Natural history website, geology display with simulated caves, caverns and mining scenes, exhibits of crystals, gemstones and fossils
Ullapool Museum
Ullapool Highland The Highlands – Ross and Cromarty Local website, local history, culture
Urquhart Castle Drumnadrochit Highland The Highlands – Inverness Historic house Operated by Historic Scotland, medieval fortress castle ruins, visitor centre exhibits about its history
Waterlines Visitor Centre Lybster Highland The Highlands – Caithness Maritime information, local herring fishing industry, geology, wildlife
West Highland Museum Fort William Highland The Highlands – Lochaber Local Local history, culture, natural history, geology, archaeology, Highland regiments
Wick Heritage Centre Wick Highland The Highlands – Caithness 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 Greenock Inverclyde Greater Glasgow and Clyde Valley Multiple Art, natural history, world cultures, local history, archaeology, industry
Newark Castle Port Glasgow Inverclyde Greater Glasgow and Clyde Valley Historic house Operated by Historic Scotland, 15th-century castle
Scottish Fire and Rescue Service Museum and Heritage Centre Greenock Inverclyde Greater Glasgow and Clyde Valley Fire and rescue Website
Arniston House Temple Midlothian Edinburgh and Lothians Historic house 18th-century Georgian mansion was designed by William Adam
National Mining Museum Scotland Newtongrange Midlothian Edinburgh and Lothians Mining website, Victorian colliery and underground coal mine
Vogrie House Vogrie Country Park Midlothian Edinburgh and Lothians Historic house 19th-century Victorian baronial mansion
Ballindalloch Castle Craigellachie Moray The Highlands Historic house
Brodie Castle Forres Moray The Highlands Historic house Operated by the National Trust for Scotland, 19th-century Scottish Baronial mansion, fine art, antique furniture, porcelain
Buckie & District Heritage Centre Buckie Moray The Highlands Local website, local history, maritime heritage
Burghead Visitor Centre Burghead Moray The Highlands Local website, site of an important Pictish hill fort, local history
Elgin Museum (Moray) Elgin Moray The Highlands Multiple website, local history, fossils, Pictish stones, Roman artifacts, archaeology, art, butterflies, eggs and shells
Falconer Museum Forres Moray The Highlands Local website, local history, household items
Findhorn Heritage Centre & Icehouse Findhorn Moray The Highlands Multiple website, local history, fishing industry, marine environment, natural history, historic icehouse
Fochabers Folk Museum Fochabers Moray The Highlands Local website, local and social history, collection of gigs and carriages, reconstructed schoolroom and history of Alexander Milne
Lossiemouth Fisheries & Community Museum Lossiemouth Moray The Highlands Local information, maritime heritage, fishing, local history
Moray Art Centre Findhorn Moray The Highlands Art website
Moray Motor Museum Elgin Moray The Highlands Automotive website, veteran, vintage, classic cars, motorcycles, model cars, memorabilia
River Findhorn Heritage Centre Forres Moray The Highlands Multiple website, natural history, geology and impact of the River Findhorn; Alexander Stewart, Earl of Buchan; model croft house
Tomintoul Museum Tomintoul Moray The Highlands Local website, local history, culture, reconstructed crofter's kitchen and village blacksmith's shop, natural history
Brodick Castle Brodick North Ayrshire Ayrshire and Arran 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
Isle of Arran Heritage Museum Brodick North Ayrshire Ayrshire and 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
Irvine Burns Museum Irvine North Ayrshire Ayrshire and Arran Biographical website, artefacts and memorabilia about poet Robert Burns
Kilwinning Abbey Tower Kilwinning North Ayrshire Ayrshire and Arran Local Local and abbey history exhibits in the remaining tower of a medieval abbey
Largs Museum Largs North Ayrshire Ayrshire and Arran Local website, local history
Mother Lodge of Scotland Museum North Ayrshire Ayrshire and Arran Masonic Historic lodge and Masonic artefacts
Museum of Ayrshire Country Life and Costume Kilwinning North Ayrshire Ayrshire and Arran 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
Museum of the Cumbraes Millport North Ayrshire Ayrshire and Arran Local information, information, island history, archaeology, culture, maritime heritage
North Ayrshire Museum Saltcoats North Ayrshire Ayrshire and Arran Local information, information, local history, archaeology, costume, transport, popular culture, maritime heritage
Scottish Maritime Museum Irvine North Ayrshire Ayrshire and Arran Maritime website based in the Victorian linthouse and Irvine harbourside, contains Scottish maritime collections and large ships such as the MV Spartan
Vennel Gallery Irvine North Ayrshire Ayrshire and Arran Art information, gallery in the former flax mill where poet Robert Burns worked, included his lodging house
Vikingar Largs North Ayrshire Ayrshire and Arran History website, information, multi-media and living presentation of Viking history in Scotland
West Kilbride Museum West Kilbride North Ayrshire Ayrshire and Arran Local website, local history, art
Cumbernauld Museum Cumbernauld North Lanarkshire Greater Glasgow and Clyde Valley Local information, local history
Kilsyth's Heritage Kilsyth North Lanarkshire Greater Glasgow and Clyde Valley Local information, local history
North Lanarkshire Heritage Centre Motherwell North Lanarkshire Greater Glasgow and Clyde Valley Local Multimedia display of local history, industry, Roman era, domestic life using talking figures and interactive interpretation
Summerlee, Museum of Scottish Industrial Life Motherwell North Lanarkshire Greater Glasgow and Clyde Valley Industry Industry, technology, social impact of the Industrial Revolution, transportation and electric tramway, recreated mine and miners' cottages
Barony Mills Birsay Orkney Orkney Mill website, 19th-century watermill
Bishop's Palace Kirkwall Orkney Orkney Historic house Operated by Historic Scotland, remains of a medieval castle
Broch of Gurness Mainland Orkney Orkney Archaeology Operated by Historic Scotland, excavated Iron Age broch village and artefacts
Corrigall Farm Museum Harray Orkney Orkney Agriculture website 19th-century-period farmhouse and outbuildings, with peat fire, livestock, horse-drawn agriculture equipment
Earl's Palace Kirkwall Orkney Orkney Historic house Operated by Historic Scotland, remains of a 17th-century palace
Hackness Martello Tower and Battery South Walls Orkney Orkney Military Operated by Historic Scotland, Napoleonic War-era fort and battery
Kirbuster Farm Museum Birsay Orkney Orkney Historic house website 19th-century farmhouse and outbuildings, with peat-fired central hearth, stone beds and collection of farm tools
Longhope Lifeboat Museum Brims Orkney Orkney Maritime website History of the Longhope lifeboat station and crew
Maeshowe Chambered Cairn South Walls Orkney Orkney Archaeology Operated by Historic Scotland, Neolithic chambered cairn and passage grave, features Viking graffiti runes
Orkney Fossil and Heritage Centre Burray Orkney Orkney Geological website Fossil and geological exhibits on the local area
Orkney Museum Kirkwall Orkney Orkney Local website, also known as the Tankerness House Museum, period rooms, local history, archaeology, Picts and Vikings
Orkney Wireless Museum Kirkwall Orkney Orkney Technology website Collection of radio and wartime communications equipment, strategic and military importance of Orkney during World War II, history of radar
Pier Arts Centre
Stromness Orkney Orkney Art website Contemporary art gallery and museum, contains fine art collection of Margaret Gardiner
Sanday Heritage Centre Sanday Orkney Orkney Local website Local history of the island of Sanday
Scapa Flow Museum Lyness Orkney Orkney Military website history of the naval anchorage in World Wars I and II, island history
Skaill House Sandwick Orkney Orkney Historic house website, 17th-century house with 1950s period furnishings on site dating back to the Iron Age
Skara Brae Bay of Skaill Orkney Orkney Archaeology Operated by Historic Scotland, excavated stone-built Neolithic settlement
Stromness Museum Stromness Orkney Orkney Multiple website, maritime and natural history, local history
Westray Heritage Centre Pierowall Orkney Orkney Local website Local history and archeology of the island of Westray, contains the neolithic Westray Stone
An Lanntair Stornoway Outer Hebrides Argyll, the Isles, Loch Lomond, Stirling and Trossachs Art Arts centre with gallery
Museum nan Eilean Stornoway Outer Hebrides Argyll, the Isles, Loch Lomond, Stirling and Trossachs Local Website; archaeology, social, domestic and economic history of the Western Isles
Taigh Chearsabhagh Museum & Arts Centre Lochmaddy Outer Hebrides Argyll, the Isles, Loch Lomond, Stirling and Trossachs Multiple Website, local history, culture, art
Kildonan Museum Kildonan, South Uist Outer Hebrides 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
Alyth Museum Alyth Perth and Kinross Perthshire Local website, local history
Atholl Country Life Museum Blair Atholl Perth and Kinross Perthshire Local website, local history, agriculture, social history
Atholl Palace Museum Pitlochry Perth and Kinross Perthshire Medical website, history of the Victorian spa hotel and the Hydropathic movement
Black Watch Regimental Museum Perth Perth and Kinross Perthshire Military Located in Balhousie Castle, regimental uniforms, weapons, medals, regalia, artefacts, memorabilia
Birnam Arts Dunkeld Perth and Kinross Perthshire Multiple Arts and community centre, features permanent exhibit on author Beatrix Potter, changing exhibits of art, photography and culture
Blair Castle Blair Atholl Perth and Kinross 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
Castle Menzies Weem Perth and Kinross Perthshire Historic house Ancestral seat of the Clan Menzies, restored 16th-century castle
Clan Donnachaidh Museum Blair Atholl Perth and Kinross Perthshire Ethnic website, gift shop and Clan Donnachaidh history
Dunkeld Cathedral Dunkeld Perth and Kinross Perthshire Religious Medieval cathedral, includes the Chapter House Museum with relics from monastic and Medieval times and local history exhibits
Elcho Castle Perth and Kinross Perthshire Historic house Operated by Historic Scotland, 16th-century fortified mansion with three projecting towers
Fergusson Gallery Perth Perth and Kinross Perthshire Art website, works by artist John Duncan Fergusson and his lifelong partner, choreographer Margaret Morris
Huntingtower Castle Huntingtower Perth and Kinross Perthshire Historic house Operated by Historic Scotland, 15th- to 18th-century tower house
Loch Leven Castle Perth and Kinross Perthshire Historic house Operated by Historic Scotland, remains of a medieval castle, located on an island in Loch Leven
Meigle Sculptured Stone Museum Meigle Perth and Kinross Perthshire Religious Carved Pictish stones
Michael Bruce Museum Kinnesswood Perth and Kinross Perthshire Historic house website, information, birthplace cottage of 18th-century poet Michael Bruce
Museum of Abernethy Abernethy Perth and Kinross Perthshire Local website, local history, culture
Perth Museum and Art Gallery Perth Perth and Kinross Perthshire Multiple Art, local history, natural history, social history, ethnology, decorative arts including Perthshire glass and silver
Scone Palace Scone Perth and Kinross Perthshire Historic house Early-19th-century Georgian Gothic style castle, state rooms feature collections of furniture, ceramics, ivories, and clocks
Scottish Crannog Centre Kenmore Perth and Kinross Perthshire Archaeology website, accurate full-size reconstruction of an Iron Age crannog (ancient loch-dwelling) and artefacts
Coats Observatory Paisley Renfrewshire Greater Glasgow and Clyde Valley Science Observatory with astronomical equipment and displays, weather and earthquake recording equipment
Paisley Museum Paisley Renfrewshire Greater Glasgow and Clyde Valley Multiple website, local history, fine and decorative art, natural history, Ancient Egyptian artefacts, textiles, industry
Renfrew Museum Renfrew Renfrewshire Greater Glasgow and Clyde Valley Local website, local history, culture
Sma Shot Cottages Paisley Renfrewshire 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 Museum Paisley Renfrewshire Greater Glasgow and Clyde Valley Industry website local textile industry and textile collections
Weaver's Cottage, Renfrewshire Kilbarchan Renfrewshire 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
Borders Textile Towerhouse Hawick Scottish Borders Scottish Borders Textile website, costumes and fashion, area textile industries, textile arts and heritage
Coldstream Museum Coldstream Scottish Borders Scottish Borders Local website, local history, Coldstream Guards exhibit, art exhibits
Duns Exhibition Room Duns Scottish Borders Scottish Borders Local website, located in the Duns Library, local history and art exhibits
Eyemouth Museum Eyemouth Scottish Borders Scottish Borders Local website, local history, culture, maritime heritage
Halliwell's House Museum Selkirk Scottish Borders Scottish Borders Multiple website, recreated historic house and ironworker's shop, art, contemporary crafts and local history exhibits
Harestanes Countryside Visitor Centre Ancrum Scottish Borders Scottish Borders Multiple website, park with programs and exhibits of art, nature
Hawick Museum Hawick Scottish Borders 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 Jedburgh Scottish Borders Scottish Borders Prison 1820s period prison and local history displays
Jim Clark Motorsport Museum Duns Scottish Borders Scottish Borders Sports website, exploring the life and career of motor racing champion Jim Clark
John Buchan Museum Peebles Scottish Borders Scottish Borders Biographical website, life of John Buchan, author of The Thirty-Nine Steps and Governor General of Canada
Mary Queen of Scots' Visitor Centre Jedburgh Scottish Borders Scottish Borders Biographical website, 16th-century tower house with artefacts and exhibits about the life of Mary, Queen of Scots
Melrose Abbey Melrose Scottish Borders Scottish Borders Religious Operated by Historic Scotland, remains of a large medieval abbey
Old Gala House Galashiels Scottish Borders Scottish Borders Local Local history, art gallery, history of the house, culture
Paxton House Paxton Scottish Borders Scottish Borders Historic house 18th-century country house, features gallery of paintings from the National Galleries of Scotland
Robert Smail's Printing Works Innerleithen Scottish Borders Scottish Borders Media Operated by the National Trust for Scotland, historic print shop with printing press
St Ronan's Wells Visitor Centre Innerleithen Scottish Borders Scottish Borders Local website, local history, spa town history, connections with Scottish writers Sir Walter Scott and James Hogg
Sir Walter Scott's Courtroom Selkirk Scottish Borders 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
Thirlestane Castle Lauder Scottish Borders Scottish Borders Historic house Mansion castle with paintings, furniture, porcelain, historic toys, Victorian kitchen, gardens
Trimontium Heritage Centre Melrose Scottish Borders Scottish Borders Archaeology website, artefacts from the excavated Roman fort Trimontium
Tweeddale Museum and Gallery Peebles Scottish Borders Scottish Borders Multiple Art, local history
Whitrope Heritage Centre Hermitage Scottish Borders Scottish Borders Railway Artefacts and memorabilia of the Waverley Line
Bayanne House Yell Shetland Shetland Local website, local history, crafts
Böd of Gremista Lerwick Shetland 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
Bressay Heritage Centre Bressay Shetland Shetland Local website, local history, culture
The Cabin Museum, Shetland Vidlin Shetland Shetland Military website World War II artefacts and memorabilia, wartime life in Shetland
Croft House Museum Boddam Shetland Shetland Historic house website, mid-19th-century croft cottage,
Fetlar Interpretive Centre Fetlar Shetland Shetland Local website, local history, culture
George Waterston Memorial Centre and Museum Fair Isle Shetland Shetland Multiple Local history, natural history, art, archaeology, costumes and textiles, industry, transportation, maritime heritage
Hoswick Visitor Centre Hoswick Shetland Shetland Local website local history, collection of old radios, fishing equipment, looms
Jarlshof Prehistoric and Norse Settlement Sumburgh Shetland 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
Old Haa Museum Burravoe Shetland Shetland Local website Local and natural history
Old Scatness Dunrossness Shetland Shetland Archaeology Costumed guided tours of the excavated mediaeval, Viking, Pictish, and Bronze Age remains, replica Iron Age and Pictish buildings, crafts demonstrations
Quendale Water Mill Dunrossness Shetland Shetland Mill website, restored 19th-century water mill with local history and agriculture exhibits
Scalloway Museum Scalloway Shetland Shetland Local website, local history, culture
Shetland Museum and Archives Lerwick Shetland Shetland Multiple website Local history, maritime, social history and a nationally significant textile collection[2]
Tangwick Haa Museum Tangwick Shetland Shetland Local website local history, culture, social history
Unst Boat Haven Unst Shetland Shetland Maritime website collection of over 20 wooden boats, fishing gear, equipment, photographs
Unst Heritage Centre Unst Shetland Shetland Local website, local history, archaeology, crafts, culture
Weisdale Mill Weisdale Shetland Shetland Art 19th-century watermill, now a visual and applied art gallery operated by Shetland Arts
Bachelors Club Tarbolton South Ayrshire Ayrshire and Arran Historic house website, operated by the National Trust for Scotland, 17th-century thatched house where poet Robert Burns formed a debating club
Burns Cottage Alloway South Ayrshire Ayrshire and Arran Historic house 18th-century birthplace of poet Robert Burns, part of the Burns National Heritage Park
Burns National Heritage Park Alloway South Ayrshire Ayrshire and Arran 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
Blairquhan Castle Maybole South Ayrshire Ayrshire and Arran Historic house Regency-era castle and gardens
Crossraguel Abbey Maybole South Ayrshire Ayrshire and Arran Religious Operated by Historic Scotland, remains of a medieval abbey
Culzean Castle Maybole South Ayrshire Ayrshire and Arran Historic house Operated by the National Trust for Scotland, 18th-century stately house castle designed by Robert Adam
Dundonald Castle Dundonald South Ayrshire Ayrshire and Arran Historic house Remains of a 14th-century royal fortified tower house built for Robert II on his accession to the throne of Scotland
Maclaurin Art Gallery Ayr South Ayrshire Ayrshire and Arran Art website, classic and contemporary art
McKechnie Institute Ayr South Ayrshire Ayrshire and Arran Local website, local history and artefacts
Rozelle House Galleries Ayr South Ayrshire Ayrshire and Arran Art website, also features the Ayrshire Yeomanry Museum
Souter Johnnie's Cottage Kirkoswald South Ayrshire Ayrshire and Arran Historic house website, operated by the National Trust for Scotland, thatched cottage containing shoe-making tools and Robert Burns-related artefacts
Tam O'Shanter Experience Alloway South Ayrshire Ayrshire and Arran Literary website, part of the Burns National Heritage Park, multimedia presentation of Robert Burns' poem Tam o' Shanter
Biggar Gasworks Biggar South Lanarkshire Greater Glasgow and Clyde Valley Industry website, preserved gasworks
Bothwell Castle Bothwell South Lanarkshire Greater Glasgow and Clyde Valley Historic house Operated by Historic Scotland, remains of a medieval castle
Brownsbank Cottage Biggar South Lanarkshire Greater Glasgow and Clyde Valley Historic house website, operated by the Biggar Museum Trust, open by appointment, home of poet Hugh MacDiarmid
David Livingstone Birthplace Museum Blantyre South Lanarkshire Greater Glasgow and Clyde Valley Biographical 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.
Biggar & Upper Clydesdale Museum Biggar South Lanarkshire 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
Hunter House Museum East Kilbride South Lanarkshire 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
John Hastie Museum Strathaven South Lanarkshire Greater Glasgow and Clyde Valley Local website[permanent dead link], information, local history, culture, textile industry
Lanark Museum Lanark South Lanarkshire Greater Glasgow and Clyde Valley Local website, local history, culture, industry, William Wallace, King Robert the Bruce
Leadhills Miners Library Leadhills South Lanarkshire Greater Glasgow and Clyde Valley Local website The oldest subscription library in the British Isles, includes objects from local area and mines and the library collection
Little Sparta
Dunsyre South Lanarkshire Greater Glasgow and Clyde Valley Sculpture park website 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 Museum Hamilton South Lanarkshire Greater Glasgow and Clyde Valley Local website[permanent dead link], local history, culture, Cameronian (Scottish Rifles) Regiment, agriculture, textiles, mining, Victorian kitchen
National Museum of Rural Life East Kilbride South Lanarkshire 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
New Lanark New Lanark South Lanarkshire Greater Glasgow and Clyde Valley Open-air Restored 19th-century textile mill village
Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders Regimental Museum Stirling Stirling Argyll, the Isles, Loch Lomond, Stirling and Trossachs Military Located in Stirling Castle, includes uniforms, weapons, medals, dioramas, regimental regalia and memorabilia
Argyll's Lodging Stirling Stirling 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 Centre Cambuskenneth Stirling Argyll, 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
Cambuskenneth Abbey Cambuskenneth Stirling Argyll, the Isles, Loch Lomond, Stirling and Trossachs Religious Operated by Historic Scotland, remains of a medieval Augustinian monastery
Doune Castle Doune Stirling 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
Dunblane Museum Dunblane Stirling Argyll, the Isles, Loch Lomond, Stirling and Trossachs Local website, local history, history and artefacts of Dunblane Cathedral
Inchmahome Priory Inchmahome Stirling Argyll, the Isles, Loch Lomond, Stirling and Trossachs Religious Operated by Historic Scotland, remains of a medieval priory
Moirlanich Longhouse Killin Stirling 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 Monument Stirling Stirling Argyll, the Isles, Loch Lomond, Stirling and Trossachs History Tower monument with exhibits about 13th-century Scottish hero William Wallace
Stirling Castle Stirling Stirling Argyll, the Isles, Loch Lomond, Stirling and Trossachs Historic house Operated by Historic Scotland, royal castle and fortress, includes Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders Regimental Museum and Argyll's Lodging
Stirling Old Town Jail Stirling Stirling Argyll, the Isles, Loch Lomond, Stirling and Trossachs Prison website, costumed guided tours and portrayals of the Victorian-era prison
Stirling Smith Museum and Art Gallery Stirling Stirling Argyll, the Isles, Loch Lomond, Stirling and Trossachs Multiple Art, local history, social history, ethnography, women's history, natural history
Backdoor Gallery Dalmuir West Dunbartonshire Argyll, the Isles, Loch Lomond, Stirling and Trossachs Art website, art gallery of the Dalmuir Library
Clydebank Museum Clydebank West Dunbartonshire Argyll, the Isles, Loch Lomond, Stirling and Trossachs Local Local history, culture, shipbuilding industry, collection of sewing machines
Motoring Heritage Centre Alexandria West Dunbartonshire Greater Glasgow and Clyde Valley Automotive website, vintage and classic cars, memorabilia
Scottish Maritime Museum Dumbarton West Dunbartonshire Greater 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
Titan Clydebank Clydebank West Dunbartonshire 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
Almond Valley Heritage Centre
Livingston West Lothian Edinburgh and Lothians Multiple website, includes a farm, historic mill, shale oil industry museum, narrow gauge railway, activities
Bennie Museum Bathgate West Lothian Edinburgh and Lothians Local website, local history
Cairnpapple Hill Linlithgow West Lothian Edinburgh and Lothians Archaeology Operated by Historic Scotland, excavated Neolithic hill with reconstructed graves and visitor centre
Hopetoun House near South Queensferry West Lothian Edinburgh and Lothians Historic house 18th-century estate, 150 acres (0.61 km2) of gardens and grounds, near South Queensferry
House of the Binns Linlithgow West Lothian 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 Centre Linlithgow West Lothian Edinburgh and Lothians Transportation History, construction and life around the Union Canal
Linlithgow Palace Linlithgow West Lothian Edinburgh and Lothians Historic house Operated by Historic Scotland, ruins of a 15th-century manor palace
Linlithgow Museum Linlithgow West Lothian Edinburgh 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.

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  1. ^ "What is ICOM's definition of a museum? – ICOM". icom.museum. Retrieved 1 March 2019.
  2. ^ "Textiles". Shetland Museum & Archives. Retrieved 30 June 2019.
  3. ^ "End of an era as Abbot House closes". Dunfermline Press. Retrieved 17 July 2019.
  4. ^ "Birkhill Fireclay Mine". www.srps.org.uk. Retrieved 15 July 2019.
  5. ^ "Brander Museum, Huntly". Aberdeenshire Council. Archived from the original on 18 August 2013. Retrieved 8 October 2013.
  6. ^ "Video about its demise". Archived from the original on 20 March 2012. Retrieved 19 June 2010.
  7. ^ Photos from the air
  8. ^ "Carnegie Inverurie Museum". Aberdeenshire Council. Archived from the original on 11 August 2013. Retrieved 8 October 2013.
  9. ^ "Garlogie Mill Power House". Aberdeenshire Council. Archived from the original on 16 August 2013. Retrieved 8 October 2013.
  10. ^ Hebditch, Jon. "£2million Glover House plans approved". Press and Journal. Retrieved 2 September 2019.
  11. ^ Heatherbank Museum of Social Work Archived 20 May 2013 at the Wayback Machine
  12. ^ Fife Council, accessed 26 June 2010
  13. ^ Thomas and Jane Carlyle's Historic Sites Archived 25 June 2010 at the Wayback Machine, "Jane Baillie Welsh was born on 14 July 1801 in Haddington, East Lothian. Until recently, her parental home at Lodge Street in the centre of Haddington was a museum open to the public.", accessed 29 June 2010
  14. ^ Lochwinnoch.info, Local Tales, "THE BATTLE RAGES ON"[permanent dead link]
  15. ^ "IME Property – Musselburgh Church Sold". IME Property Ltd. 25 May 2015. Retrieved 17 July 2019.
  16. ^ "National Museum of Costume to close". National Museums Scotland. Retrieved 26 June 2019.
  17. ^ Moray Council, "Please note that the Peter Anson Gallery has now closed. However a catalogue of the paintings by Peter Anson in our collection is available in the Buckie Library, both in printed and computer format.", accessed 15 June 2010
  18. ^ "'Heavy hearts' as Maritime Heritage Centre closes". January 19, 2010. Buchan Observer. Retrieved 8 October 2013.
  19. ^ Monklands Online, Airdrie Archived 26 February 2010 at the Wayback Machine, "There was a Weavers Cottage Museum located in Wellwynd but this has now been closed."
  20. ^ "Eyemouth museum boat and historic maritime items collection goes under the hammer". intheboatshed.net. 13 July 2017. Retrieved 2 November 2017.

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