Tayside - Museums
The Aberfeldy Water Mill is a restored Grade-A listed 1825 oatmeal mill, now home to the largest bookstore in the Highlands, with an art gallery, coffee shop, and visitor centre.
Mill Street, Aberfeldy, Perth and Kinross, Tayside, Scotland, PH15 2BG
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The Angus Folk Museum is a complex of six 18th-century cottages hosting a collection of rural life, including a manse parlour, dairy, laundry and a Victorian schoolroom. The museum showcases traditional cottage industries, a kitchen, and holds written and photographic records for Angus.
Kirkwynd, Glamis, Forfar, Tayside, Scotland, DD8 1RT
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This free museum is housed in a row of historic Regency houses on Arbroath's seafront. The houses were built by famed lighthouse architect Robert Stephenson as a shore base for lighthouse keepers and their families who looked after Bell Rock lighthouse.
Ladyloan, Arbroath, Tayside, Scotland, DD11 1PU
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Barry Mill is a 19th-century water-powered meal mill, rebuilt in 1814 after a fire. The original milling machinery has been restored to working order.
Barry, Carnoustie, Angus and Dundee, Tayside, Scotland, DD7 7RJ
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Heritage Highlight: One of only 3 traditional meal mills in Scotland still in working order
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The Black Watch was formed to bring peace to the Highlands after the First Jacobite Rising. The museum tells the history of the regiment from its origins through to the present day, with a huge collection of historic artefacts including uniforms, weapons, silver, medals, and much, much more.
Balhousie Castle, Hay Street, Perth, Tayside, Scotland, PH1 5HR
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Heritage Highlight: Scotland's most prestigious Highland regiment
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This small museum, which forms part of the popular House of Bruar complex, tells the story of Clan Donnachaidh, thought to be one of the oldest clans in Scotland.
Blair Atholl, Pitlochry, Tayside, Scotland, PH18 5TW
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Heritage Highlight: Jacobite memorabilia
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Housed in a historic water tower, the gallery showcases the work of JD Fergusson, leader of the Scottish Colourist movement, and his wife, modern dancer Margaret Morris.
Marshall Place, Perth, Perth and Kinross, Tayside, Scotland, PH2 8NS
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See the simple house where JM Barrie, author of Peter Pan, was born. The upper floors are as Barrie would have known them, while the adjacent house has an exhibition on Barrie and his literary works.
9 Brechin Road, Kirriemuir, Tayside, Scotland, DD8 4BX
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Heritage Highlight: Barrie's writing desk and cradle
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A striking Victorian Gothic building houses 'The McManus' collection of Victorian and other Scottish paintings and local history exhibits.
Albert Square, Meadowside, Dundee, Angus and Dundee, Tayside, Scotland, DD1 1DA
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The former village school houses an outstanding collection of red sandstone early Christian monuments, including cross slabs, recumbent gravestones, architectural carved stones, and a hogback grave stone. There are also displays illustrating life and art of the Picts who produced these outstanding works of sculpture.
Meigle, Tayside, Scotland, PH12 8SB
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Heritage Highlight: The best single collection of Pictish sculptured stones in Britain. Superb.
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