This list of museums in

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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. Also included are non-profit art galleries and university art galleries. Museums that exist only in cyberspace (i.e.,

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s) are not included. Many other small historical displays are located in the country's

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Museums

Defunct museums

*Abbott House, Dunfermline, closed in 2015 *

Angus Folk Museum Angus Folk Museum was a centre for History of Agriculture, agricultural history and rural life located near Forfar, Angus. It was located in the village of Glamis off the A94 road, A94. The museum was founded by Jean, Lady Maitland who gave her ...

Glamis Glamis is a small village in Angus, Scotland, located south of Kirriemuir and southwest of Forfar. It is the location of Glamis Castle, the childhood home of Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother. History The vicinity of Glamis has prehistoric t ...

, closed in 2017 due to structural issues, collections moved to

House of Dun The House of Dun is a National Trust for Scotland property in the parish of Dun, lying close to the edge of Montrose Basin and situated approximately halfway between the towns of Montrose and Brechin, in Angus, Scotland. History The Dun Estate ...

*Archaeolink Prehistory Park,

Oyne Oyne is a small village in rural Aberdeenshire at the bottom of Bennachie in Scotland. Locality The village has limited local resources. It once had a railway station which closed 6 May 1968, and now has a daily bus service to Inverurie away ...

, Aberdeenshire, closed in 2011 *Alyth Museum, Alyth. Closed by Culture Perth and Kinross in 2024. *Birkhill Fireclay Mine * Brander Museum, Huntly * The Big Idea,

Irvine, North Ayrshire Irvine ( ;
; ) is a town and former

Dalmellington Dalmellington (, ) is a market town and civil parish in East Ayrshire, Scotland Scotland is a Countries of the United Kingdom, country that is part of the United Kingdom. It contains nearly one-third of the United Kingdom's land area, co ...

* The Falconer Museum, Forres. Closed in 2022 by Moray Council. * The Fergusson Gallery, Perth. The collection was permanently moved to Perth Art Gallery * Garlogie Mill Power House, Garlogie *

Glasgow Museum of Transport The Riverside Museum (replacing the preceding Glasgow Museum of Transport) is a museum in the Partick area of Glasgow, Scotland, housed in a building designed by Zaha Hadid Architects, with its River Clyde frontage at the new Pointhouse Quay. ...

, closed in 2010, collections moving to the

Riverside Museum The Riverside Museum (replacing the preceding Glasgow Museum of Transport) is a museum in the Partick area of Glasgow, Scotland, housed in a building designed by Zaha Hadid, Zaha Hadid Architects, with its River Clyde frontage at the new Point ...

* Glover House, closed in 2006 * Heatherbank Museum of Social Work,

Glasgow Caledonian University Glasgow Caledonian University, informally GCU, Caledonian or Caley (), is a public university in Glasgow, Scotland. It was formed in 1993 by the merger of The Queen's College, Glasgow (founded in 1875) and Glasgow Polytechnic (originally Glasg ...

, closed in 2004, collections now online only * Inverkeithing Museum * Jane Welsh Carlyle House,

Haddington, East Lothian The Royal Burgh of Haddington (, ) is a town in East Lothian, Scotland. It is the main administrative, cultural and geographical centre for East Lothian. It lies about east of Edinburgh. The name Haddington is Anglo-Saxon, dating from the six ...

* Lochwinnoch Community Museum *

Marischal Museum Marischal Museum was a museum in Aberdeen, Scotland, specialising in anthropology and artifacts from cultures around the world. The museum was a part of the University of Aberdeen, situated at Marischal College, a grand Gothic Revival architec ...

, Aberdeen, closed in 2008, collection items now on display in the King's Museum. *Musselburgh Doll Museum, closed in 2014 * National Museum of Costume, New Abbey, closed in 2013. Items from the costume collection are now on display in the Art and Design galleries of the

National Museum of Scotland The National Museum of Scotland in Edinburgh, Scotland, is a museum of Scottish history and culture. It was formed in 2006 with the merger of the new Museum of Scotland, with collections relating to Scottish antiquities, culture and history, ...

. * Newhaven Heritage Museum, Edinburgh, closed in 2007 * Peter Anson Gallery,

Buckie Buckie () is a burgh town (defined as such in List of burghs in Scotland, 1888) on the Moray Firth coast of Scotland. Counties of Scotland, Historically in Banffshire, Buckie was the largest town in the county until the administrative area was ...

Moray Moray ( ; or ) is one of the 32 council areas of Scotland. It lies in the north-east of the country, with a coastline on the Moray Firth, and borders the council areas of Aberdeenshire and Highland. Its council is based in Elgin, the area' ...

* Peterhead Maritime Heritage Centre, Peterhead, closed in 2010 *Pictavia Visitor Centre,

Brechin Brechin (; ) is a town and former royal burgh in Angus, Scotland. Traditionally Brechin was described as a city because of its cathedral and its status as the seat of a pre-Scottish Reformation, Reformation Roman Catholic diocese (which contin ...

, closed 2014. * Pittencrieff House Museum, Dunfermline, collections now on display in the Dunfermline Carnegie Library and Galleries * Springburn Museum,

Springburn Springburn () is an inner-city district in the north of the Scottish city of Glasgow, made up of generally working-class households. Springburn developed from a rural hamlet at the beginning of the 19th century. Its industrial expansion began ...

, Glasgow * Weaver's Cottage,

Airdrie, North Lanarkshire Airdrie (; ; ) is a town in North Lanarkshire, Scotland. It lies on a plateau 400 ft (130 m) above sea level, 12 miles (19 km) east of Glasgow. , it had a population of 37,130. Airdrie developed as a market town in the late 17th ce ...

* World of Boats, Eyemouth, Owners Eyemouth International Sailing Craft Association (EISCA) entered liquidation in June 2017 and the collection was sold at auction in July 2017.

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Visit ScotlandDumfries and Galloway – Museums and Galleries

Museums & Galleries of Scotland
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