Museums in Scotland
This list includes the homes of historic figures and buildings that portray a particular historical lifestyle. Both public and commercial museums are included in this list.
Name | Town | County | Organisation | Heritage Rating |
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Abbot House Heritage Centre | Dunfermline | Fife | ||
Aberdeen Art Gallery | Aberdeen | Grampian | ||
Aberdeen Maritime Museum | Aberdeen | Grampian | ||
Aberdeenshire Farming Museum | Mintlaw | Grampian | ||
Aberfeldy Water Mill | Aberfeldy | Tayside | ||
Achanlochy Clearance Village | Bettyhill | Highlands and Islands | ||
Andrew Carnegie Birthplace | Dunfermline | Fife | ||
Angus Folk Museum | Glamis | Tayside | ||
Arbroath Signal Tower Museum | Arbroath | Tayside | ||
Arbuthnot Museum | Peterhead | Grampian | ||
Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders Regimental Museum | Stirling | Central Scotland | ||
Armadale Castle Gardens and Museum of the Isles | Armadale | Highlands and Islands | ||
Arnol Black House | Arnol | Highlands and Islands | Historic Scotland | |
Aros Experience | Portree | Highlands and Islands | ||
Arran Heritage Museum | Brodick | Strathclyde | ||
Auchindrain Open Air Museum | Furnace | Strathclyde | ||
Bachelors' Club | Tarbolton | Strathclyde | National Trust for Scotland | |
Badbea Clearance Village | Berriedale | Highlands and Islands | ||
Banchory Museum | Banchory | Grampian | ||
Banff Museum | Banff | Grampian | ||
Barony A-Frame | Auchinleck | Strathclyde | ||
Barry Mill | Barry | Tayside | National Trust for Scotland | |
Battle of Bannockburn Heritage Centre | Stirling | Central Scotland | National Trust for Scotland | |
Biggar Gasworks Museum | Biggar | Strathclyde | Historic Scotland | |
Black Watch Regimental Museum | Perth | Tayside | ||
Bod of Gremista & Shetland Textile Museum | Lerwick | Highlands and Islands | ||
Brander Museum | Huntly | Grampian | ||
Breadalbane Folklore Centre | Killin | Central Scotland | ||
British Golf Museum | St Andrews | Fife | ||
Burns House Museum | Mauchline | Strathclyde | ||
Bute Museum | Rothesay | Strathclyde | ||
Caithness Broch Centre | Auckengill | Highlands and Islands | ||
Caithness Horizons Museum & Art Gallery | Thurso | Highlands and Islands | ||
Carradale Network Heritage Centre | Carradale | Strathclyde | ||
Clan Cameron Museum | Achnacarry | Highlands and Islands | ||
Clan Donnachaidh Museum | Blair Atholl | Tayside | ||
Clan Gunn Heritage Centre & Museum | Latheron | Highlands and Islands | ||
Clan Macpherson Museum | Newtonmore | Highlands and Islands | ||
Coastal Communities Museum | North Berwick | Lothian | ||
Coldstream Museum | Coldstream | Borders | ||
Corrigall Farm Museum | Harray | Highlands and Islands | ||
Cromarty Courthouse Museum | Cromarty | Highlands and Islands | ||
Culloden Battlefield | Inverness | Highlands and Islands | National Trust for Scotland | |
Culross Palace and Royal Burgh | Culross | Fife | National Trust for Scotland | |
Dalgarven Mill | Kilwinning | Strathclyde | ||
Dallas Dhu Distillery | Forres | Grampian | Historic Scotland | |
Devil's Porridge Museum | Eastriggs | Dumfries and Galloway | ||
Duff House | Banff | Grampian | Historic Scotland | |
Dumfries Museum & Camera Obscura | Dumfries | Dumfries and Galloway | ||
Dunbeath Heritage Centre | Dunbeath | Highlands and Islands | ||
Dunfermline Museum | Dunfermline | Fife | ||
Elgin Museum | Elgin | Grampian | ||
Eyemouth Museum | Eyemouth | Borders | ||
Fordyce Joiner's Workshop | Fordyce | Grampian | ||
Fort Augustus Clansman Centre | Fort Augustus | Highlands and Islands | ||
Gairloch Heritage Museum | Gairloch | Highlands and Islands | ||
Gearrannan Blackhouse Village | Garenin | Highlands and Islands | ||
Gladstone Court Museum | Biggar | Strathclyde | ||
Grampian Transport Museum | Alford | Grampian | ||
Greenhill Covenanters' House | Biggar | Strathclyde | ||
Groam House Museum | Rosemarkie | Highlands and Islands | ||
Halliwell's House Museum | Selkirk | Borders | ||
Highland Folk Museum | Newtonmore | Highlands and Islands | ||
Hugh Miller's Cottage | Cromarty | Highlands and Islands | National Trust for Scotland | |
Inveraray Jail | Inveraray | Strathclyde | ||
Inveraray Maritime Museum | Inveraray | Strathclyde | ||
Inverness Museum and Art Gallery | Inverness | Highlands and Islands | ||
Irvine Burns Club | Irvine | Strathclyde | ||
JD Fergusson Gallery | Perth | Tayside | ||
Jedburgh Castle Jail and Museum | Jedburgh | Borders | ||
JM Barrie's Birthplace | Kirriemuir | Tayside | National Trust for Scotland | |
Kilberry Sculptured Stones | Kilberry | Strathclyde | Historic Scotland | |
Kildonan Museum | Kildonan | Highlands and Islands | ||
Kilmartin Museum | Kimartin | Strathclyde | ||
Kinneil Museum | Bo'ness | Central Scotland | ||
Kirbuster Museum | Kirbuster | Highlands and Islands | Orkney Museums and Heritage | |
Kirkcaldy Museum and Art Gallery | Kirkcaldy | Fife | ||
Laidhay Croft Museum | Dunbeath | Highlands and Islands | ||
Linlithgow Museum | Linlithgow | Lothian | ||
Loch Ness Centre | Drumnadrochit | Highlands and Islands | ||
Low Parks Museum | Hamilton | Strathclyde | ||
Maggie's Hoosie | Inverallochy | Grampian | ||
Mary Ann's Cottage | Dunnet | Highlands and Islands | ||
Mary, Queen of Scots Visitor Centre | Jedburgh | Borders | ||
McManus Galleries | Dundee | Tayside | ||
Meigle Sculptured Stone Museum | Meigle | Tayside | Historic Scotland | |
Moffat Museum | Moffat | Dumfries and Galloway | ||
Moirlanich Longhouse | Killin | Central Scotland | National Trust for Scotland | |
Moray Motor Museum | Elgin | Grampian | ||
Museum of Abernethy | Abernerthy | Tayside | ||
Museum of Edinburgh | Edinburgh | Lothian | ||
Museum of Islay Life | Port Charlotte | Strathclyde | ||
Museum of Scottish Lighthouses | Fraserburgh | Grampian | Historic Scotland | |
National Flag Heritage Centre | Athelstaneford | Lothian | ||
National Museum of Flight | Haddington | Lothian | ||
National Museum of Scotland | Edinburgh | Lothian | ||
New Abbey Corn Mill | New Abbey | Dumfries and Galloway | Historic Scotland | |
New Lanark World Heritage Site | New Lanark | Strathclyde | ||
North Ayrshire Heritage Centre | Saltcoats | Strathclyde | ||
Old Bridge House Museum | Dumfries | Dumfries and Galloway | ||
Paisley Museum | Paisley | Strathclyde | ||
Perth Museum and Art Gallery | Perth | Tayside | ||
Pitlochry & Moulin Heritage Centre | Pitlochry | Tayside | ||
Pittencrieff House Museum | Dunfermline | Fife | ||
Preston Mill and Phantassie Doocot | East Linton | Lothian | National Trust for Scotland | |
Provost Skene's House | Aberdeen | Grampian | ||
Rannoch Moor Visitor Centre | Rannoch Station | Central Scotland | ||
Robert Burns Birthplace Museum | Alloway | Strathclyde | ||
Robert Burns Centre | Dumfries | Dumfries and Galloway | ||
Robert Burns House | Dumfries | Dumfries and Galloway | ||
Robert Smail's Printing Works | Innerleithen | Borders | National Trust for Scotland | |
Sanquhar Tolbooth Museum | Sanquhar | Dumfries and Galloway | ||
Scottish Crannog Centre | Kenmore | Tayside | ||
Scottish Maritime Museum | Irvine | Strathclyde | ||
Scottish Mining Museum | Newtongrange | Lothian | ||
Scottish National Gallery | Edinburgh | Lothian | ||
Scottish National Portrait Gallery | Edinburgh | Lothian | ||
Shambellie House | New Abbey | Dumfries and Galloway | ||
Shawbost Norse Mill and Kiln | Shawbost | Highlands and Islands | ||
Shetland Croft House Museum | Boddam | Highlands and Islands | ||
Shetland Museum | Lerwick | Highlands and Islands | ||
Skye Museum of Island Life | Kilmuir | Highlands and Islands | ||
Souter Johnnie's Cottage | Kirksowald | Strathclyde | National Trust for Scotland | |
St Vigeans Museum | St Vigeans | Tayside | Historic Scotland | |
Stirling Smith Art Gallery and Museum | Stirling | Central Scotland | ||
Strathnaver Museum | Bettyhill | Highlands and Islands | ||
Stromness Museum | Stromness | Highlands and Islands | ||
The Orkney Museum | Kirkwall | Highlands and Islands | ||
The People's Story Museum | Edinburgh | Lothian | ||
Thirlestane Castle | Lauder | Borders | Historic Houses Association | |
Timespan | Helmsdale | Highlands and Islands | ||
Tolbooth Museum | Aberdeen | Grampian | ||
Trinity House Maritime Museum | Leith | Lothian | Historic Scotland | |
Verdant Works | Dundee | Tayside | ||
Wallace Monument | Stirling | Central Scotland | ||
Wanlockhead Lead Mining Museum | Wanlockhead | Dumfries and Galloway | ||
Weaver's Cottage | Kilbarchan | Strathclyde | National Trust for Scotland | |
West Highland Museum | Fort William | Highlands and Islands | ||
Whithorn Museum | Whithorn | Dumfries and Galloway | Historic Scotland | |
Wick Heritage Centre | Wick | Highlands and Islands | ||
Writer's Museum | Edinburgh | Lothian | ||
Name | Town | County | Organisation | Heritage Rating |