Dunblane Museum is a historic building in the Scottish town of

Dunblane Dunblane (, ) is a town in the council area of Stirling in central Scotland, and inside the historic boundaries of the county of Perthshire. It is a commuter town, with many residents making use of good transport links to much of the Central Be ...

Stirling Stirling (; ; ) is a City status in the United Kingdom, city in Central Belt, central Scotland, northeast of Glasgow and north-west of Edinburgh. The market town#Scotland, market town, surrounded by rich farmland, grew up connecting the roya ...

. Located in The Cross, immediately to the south of

Dunblane Cathedral Dunblane Cathedral is the larger of the two Church of Scotland parish churches serving Dunblane, near the city of Stirling, in central Scotland. The lower half of the tower is pre- Romanesque from the 11th century, and was originally free-stan ...

, it is a

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dating to the early 17th century. It is home to the Dunblane Museum, which opened in 1943.

History

A former

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thought to date back to 1624, the building was enlarged in 1765. In 1943, the museum was established to exhibit items from the

, which dates back to the 11th century. It has one of the largest collections of communion tokens. The museum's collections have been expanded over the years to include items related to Dunblane's history, going back as far as 4000 years. Today, the museum also exhibits items relating to tennis players

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. The museum also holds genealogical records for the Dunblane area. The museum is run entirely by volunteers. It also hosts a gift shop. The original sections fronting onto The Cross are thought to have been constructed by James Pearson, who was

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of the cathedral in 1624, for the initials and the

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on the carved plaque are his. The first floor of the main block was likely his townhouse. The Kirk Street section is believed to have originally been constructed as separate cottages. It is not known when the two structures were combined. The building was added to the register of Category A listed buildings on 5 October 1971. A two-storey exhibition hall overlooking the courtyard was added during a 2009 redevelopment.

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* {{Scottish Museums and Art Galleries 17th-century establishments in Scotland Museums in Stirling (council area) Museums established in 1943 Local museums in Scotland Category A listed buildings in Stirling (council area) Listed buildings in Dunblane

History

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