Strathclyde Museums
This museum of local history includes a restored blacksmith's shop, a milk house, a late 19th-century cottage, plus an exhibition area of displays of local history and archaeology. There is a footpath to Brodick Castle from the museum.
Rosaburn, Brodick, Isle of Arran, Arran, Strathclyde, Scotland, KA27 8DP
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An open-air folklife museum of the West Highlands, the history of Auchindrain Township dates back over 1000 years. There is a display centre with historic houses, barns and byres. Auchindrain is perhaps the best-preserved example of a Highland farm township, inhabited since at least 1533 and covering 21 acres.
Auchindrain, Furnace, Inveraray, Argyll and Bute, Strathclyde, Scotland, PA32 8WD
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This small 17th century thatched house was used by poet Robert Burns and his friends as the meeting place for a debating club for unmarried men. Burns learned to dance here, and joined the Freemasons.
Sandgate Street, Tarbolton, Argyll and Bute, Strathclyde, Scotland, KA5 5RB
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Dominating the landscape near Auchinleck is a gigantic welded steel frame used to run two sets of winding gear for raising coal and miners from No 3 shaft at Barony Colliery. It is the only tangible reminder of the colliery, which operated from 1906-1989 and employed thousands of local men and women.
B7036, Auchinleck, Strathclyde, Scotland, KA18 2LP
Attraction Type: Museum - Industrial Heritage
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Heritage Highlight: Almost unique steel welded steel frame
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One of the first gasworks in Scotland and one of the last to close. Biggar Gasworks operated from 1839-1973 and has been preserved exactly as it was when it closed its doors for the last time. Come on a Steam Day and see the historic equipment at work.
Gas Works Road, Biggar, Strathclyde, Scotland, ML12 6BZ
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The house where Robert Burns briefly rented a room with his wife, Jean Armour, now hosts a museum dedicated to his life and association with the town of Mauchline. See rare Burns memorabilia and manuscripts, and visit the grave of his children in the churchyard across the road.
Castle Street, Mauchline, Strathclyde, Scotland, KA5 5BZ
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Heritage Highlight: Robert Burns lived here briefly before moving to Dumfries with Jean Armour
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Bute Museum is an independent museum covering the archaeology, history and geology of the island, from the Mesolithic era to the present day.
7 Stuart Street, Rothesay, Isle of Bute, Bute, Strathclyde, Scotland, PA20 0EP
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Heritage Highlight: Queen of the Inch exhibit
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An old schoolhouse is home to several local businesses and houses a heritage centre covering the Carradale area, with displays on agriculture, fishing, and forestry on the Kintyre peninsula.
Carradale , Campbeltown, Argyll and Bute, Strathclyde, Scotland, PA28 6QG
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Milling has taken place at Dalgarven since the early 13th century when the abbey of Kilwinning established a mill here. Now the restored 19th-century grain mill hosts a museum of country life and a large collection of historic costumes.
A737, Kilwinning, Strathclyde, Scotland, KA13 6PL
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Heritage Highlight: One of the oldest working grain mills in Scotland
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Gladstone Court in an indoor street museum showing historic shops. Explore a reconstruction of a Victorian street scene, with authentic shops, and a 19th-century schoolroom. Aimed at children but appealing to kids of all ages, the museum gives a glimpse of what life was like in the Victorian period.
156 High Street, Biggar, Strathclyde, Scotland, ML12 6DH
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