<P> This list of museums in Scotland contains museums which are defined for this context as institutions (including nonprofit organizations, 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., virtual museums) are not included . Many other small historical displays are located in the country's stately homes, including those run by the National Trust for Scotland . </P> <P> To use the sortable table, click on the icons at the top of each column to sort that column in alphabetical order; click again for reverse alphabetical order . </P> <Table> <Tr> <Th> Name </Th> <Th> Image </Th> <Th> Town / City </Th> <Th> Council area </Th> <Th> Region </Th> <Th> Type </Th> <Th> Summary </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Aberdeen Art Gallery </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Aberdeen </Td> <Td> Aberdeen </Td> <Td> Aberdeen City & Shire </Td> <Td> Art </Td> <Td> Includes 19th - to 21st - century works, Post-Impressionists, Scottish Colourists, applied arts and crafts </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Aberdeen Arts Centre </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Aberdeen </Td> <Td> Aberdeen </Td> <Td> Aberdeen City & Shire </Td> <Td> Art </Td> <Td> Includes exhibit gallery </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Aberdeen Maritime Museum </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Aberdeen </Td> <Td> Aberdeen </Td> <Td> Aberdeen City & Shire </Td> <Td> Maritime </Td> <Td> Shipbuilding, fast sailing ships, fishing, port history, North Sea oil industry </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Glover House </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Aberdeen </Td> <Td> Aberdeen </Td> <Td> Aberdeen City & Shire </Td> <Td> Historic house </Td> <Td> Victorian period childhood home of Thomas Blake Glover, who built the Japanese conglomerate Mitsubishi </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Gordon Highlanders Museum </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Aberdeen </Td> <Td> Aberdeen </Td> <Td> Aberdeen City & Shire </Td> <Td> Military </Td> <Td> History of the Gordon Highlanders, uniforms, medals, weapons, memorabilia </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> King's Museum </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Aberdeen </Td> <Td> Aberdeen </Td> <Td> Aberdeen City & Shire </Td> <Td> History </Td> <Td> Operated by the University of Aberdeen, changing exhibits from its collection, located in Old Aberdeen </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Marischal Museum </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Aberdeen </Td> <Td> Aberdeen </Td> <Td> Aberdeen City & Shire </Td> <Td> Multiple </Td> <Td> Part of Marischal College, University of Aberdeen, includes Egyptian and Classical antiquities, non-Western ethnography, Scottish prehistory, numismatics </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Provost Skene's House </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Aberdeen </Td> <Td> Aberdeen </Td> <Td> Aberdeen City & Shire </Td> <Td> Historic house </Td> <Td> Features period rooms from the 17th, 18th and early 19th centuries, religious paintings, costumes </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Satrosphere Science Centre </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Aberdeen </Td> <Td> Aberdeen </Td> <Td> Aberdeen City & Shire </Td> <Td> Science </Td> <Td> Hands - on science exhibits </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Tolbooth Museum </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Aberdeen </Td> <Td> Aberdeen </Td> <Td> Aberdeen City & Shire </Td> <Td> Prison </Td> <Td> 17th - century gaol </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> University of Aberdeen Natural History Centre </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Aberdeen </Td> <Td> Aberdeen </Td> <Td> Aberdeen City & Shire </Td> <Td> Natural history </Td> <Td> website, part of University of Aberdeen, nature centre and tours of the university's Zoology Museum </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Aberdeenshire Farming Museum </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Mintlaw </Td> <Td> Aberdeenshire </Td> <Td> Aberdeen City & Shire </Td> <Td> Agriculture </Td> <Td> Located in Aden Country Park, 20th - century estate life, farming history and innovations, working 1950s period farm </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Alford Heritage Centre </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Alford </Td> <Td> Aberdeenshire </Td> <Td> Aberdeen City & Shire </Td> <Td> History </Td> <Td> website, rural trades displays and tools, household artifacts and room displays, farm equipment and tools, local Royal Ordnance Corps, Doric poet Charles Murray </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Alford Valley Railway </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Alford </Td> <Td> Aberdeenshire </Td> <Td> Aberdeen City & Shire </Td> <Td> Railway </Td> <Td> Heritage 2 ft (610 mm) narrow gauge railway and museum </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Arbuthnot Museum </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Peterhead </Td> <Td> Aberdeenshire </Td> <Td> Aberdeen City & Shire </Td> <Td> Maritime </Td> <Td> website, development of Peterhead fishing boats, local history, Inuit artifacts, Arctic animals, whaling, coin collection, Mr. Arbuthnot's Exploration Gallery (Ethnography & Natural History), changing temporary exhibitions and hands - on fun stuff for all of the family . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Balmoral Castle </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Crathie </Td> <Td> Aberdeenshire </Td> <Td> Aberdeen City & Shire </Td> <Td> Multiple </Td> <Td> Royal residence and summer retreat of Queen Elizabeth II, ballroom displays of art and decorative art, display of carriages, estate life, royal memorabilia, art gallery, gardens and grounds </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Banchory Museum </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Banchory </Td> <Td> Aberdeenshire </Td> <Td> Aberdeen City & Shire </Td> <Td> Local </Td> <Td> website, local history, composer J. Scott Skinner, 19th - century tartans, natural history, Victoriana </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Banff Museum </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Banff </Td> <Td> Aberdeenshire </Td> <Td> Aberdeen City & Shire </Td> <Td> Local </Td> <Td> website, local history, natural history, geology, silver, arms and armour </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Blairs Museum </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Blairs </Td> <Td> Aberdeenshire </Td> <Td> Aberdeen City & Shire </Td> <Td> Religious </Td> <Td> Scotland's Catholic history and heritage </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Braemar Castle </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Braemar </Td> <Td> Aberdeenshire </Td> <Td> Aberdeen City & Shire </Td> <Td> Historic house </Td> <Td> 18th - century castle, ancestral home and seat of Clan Farquharson </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Corgarff Castle </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Corgarff </Td> <Td> Aberdeenshire </Td> <Td> Aberdeen City & Shire </Td> <Td> Historic house </Td> <Td> Operated by the Historic Scotland, 16th - century castle later used as a military garrison, reconstructed 1750 period barracks </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Craigievar Castle </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Alford </Td> <Td> Aberdeenshire </Td> <Td> Aberdeen City & Shire </Td> <Td> Historic house </Td> <Td> Operated by the National Trust for Scotland, 17th - century Scottish Baronial castle </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Crathes Castle </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Banchory </Td> <Td> Aberdeenshire </Td> <Td> Aberdeen City & Shire </Td> <Td> Historic house </Td> <Td> Operated by the National Trust for Scotland, 16th - century pink castle, significant collection of portraits, Jacobean rooms, gardens and grounds </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Delgatie Castle </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Turriff </Td> <Td> Aberdeenshire </Td> <Td> Aberdeen City & Shire </Td> <Td> Historic house </Td> <Td> 16th - century castle and gardens </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Drum Castle </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Drumoak </Td> <Td> Aberdeenshire </Td> <Td> Aberdeen City & Shire </Td> <Td> Historic house </Td> <Td> Operated by the National Trust for Scotland, 13th - century castle, 18th - century gardens </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Duff House </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Banff </Td> <Td> Aberdeenshire </Td> <Td> Aberdeen City & Shire </Td> <Td> Multiple </Td> <Td> 18th - century country house with paintings and furniture in the care of the National Galleries of Scotland </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Fraserburgh Heritage Centre </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Fraserburgh </Td> <Td> Aberdeenshire </Td> <Td> Aberdeen City & Shire </Td> <Td> Maritime </Td> <Td> website, maritime heritage, local history </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Fordyce Joiner's Workshop and Visitor Centre </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Fordyce </Td> <Td> Aberdeenshire </Td> <Td> Aberdeen City & Shire </Td> <Td> Technology </Td> <Td> website, rural carpenter's workshop and tools </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Fyvie Castle </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Fyvie </Td> <Td> Aberdeenshire </Td> <Td> Aberdeen City & Shire </Td> <Td> Historic house </Td> <Td> Operated by the National Trust for Scotland, dates back to the 13th century, lavish Edwardian interiors, art collection, gardens </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Grampian Transport Museum </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Alford </Td> <Td> Aberdeenshire </Td> <Td> Aberdeen City & Shire </Td> <Td> Transportation </Td> <Td> Automobiles, motorcycles, a double - decker bus, bicycles, tractors, steam vehicles, an electric tram, toy model vehicles, and transport memorabilia </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Haddo House </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Tarves </Td> <Td> Aberdeenshire </Td> <Td> Aberdeen City & Shire </Td> <Td> Historic house </Td> <Td> Operated by the National Trust for Scotland, Georgian Palladian house with late Victorian interior, painting collection, gardens </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Huntly Castle </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Huntly </Td> <Td> Aberdeenshire </Td> <Td> Aberdeen City & Shire </Td> <Td> Historic house </Td> <Td> Operated by Historic Scotland, remains of a medieval castle </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Insch Connection Museum </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Insch </Td> <Td> Aberdeenshire </Td> <Td> Aberdeen City & Shire </Td> <Td> Railway </Td> <Td> Located in a former railway station, railway and local history </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Little Treasures: Grampian Toy Museum </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Kemnay </Td> <Td> Aberdeenshire </Td> <Td> Aberdeen City & Shire </Td> <Td> Toy </Td> <Td> website, toy museum and shop, doll houses </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Maud Railway Station Museum </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Maud </Td> <Td> Aberdeenshire </Td> <Td> Aberdeen City & Shire </Td> <Td> Railway </Td> <Td> Located in a former railway station, steam engines, railway memorabilia </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Museum of Scottish Lighthouses </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Fraserburgh </Td> <Td> Aberdeenshire </Td> <Td> Aberdeen City & Shire </Td> <Td> Maritime </Td> <Td> Historic lighthouse and exhibits of lighthouse technology and history </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Sandhaven Meal Mill </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Sandhaven </Td> <Td> Aberdeenshire </Td> <Td> Aberdeen City & Shire </Td> <Td> Mill </Td> <Td> website, 19th - century mill for oats </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Stonehaven Tolbooth </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Stonehaven </Td> <Td> Aberdeenshire </Td> <Td> Aberdeen City & Shire </Td> <Td> Local </Td> <Td> 16th - century stone building originally used as a courthouse and a prison, exhibits of local history </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Tolquhon Castle </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Pitmedden </Td> <Td> Aberdeenshire </Td> <Td> Aberdeen City & Shire </Td> <Td> Historic house </Td> <Td> Operated by the Historic Scotland, 16th - century castle remains </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Angus Folk Museum </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Forfar </Td> <Td> Angus </Td> <Td> Angus & Dundee </Td> <Td> Open - air </Td> <Td> Operated by the National Trust for Scotland, six 18th - century cottages with exhibits of rural life in Angus, including a schoolroom, Victorian parlour, kitchen, reconstructed farm steading </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Arbroath Abbey </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Arbroath </Td> <Td> Angus </Td> <Td> Angus & Dundee </Td> <Td> Religious </Td> <Td> Operated by Historic Scotland, visitor centre with artifacts from ruined medieval abbey </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Arbroath Art Gallery </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Arbroath </Td> <Td> Angus </Td> <Td> Angus & Dundee </Td> <Td> Art </Td> <Td> website </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> JM Barrie's Birthplace </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Kirriemuir </Td> <Td> Angus </Td> <Td> Angus & Dundee </Td> <Td> Historic house </Td> <Td> website, operated by the National Trust for Scotland, birthplace home of Peter Pan playwright JM Barrie, adjacent cottage with Peter Pan memorabilia </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Barry Mill </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Barry </Td> <Td> Angus </Td> <Td> Angus & Dundee </Td> <Td> Mill </Td> <Td> Operated by the National Trust for Scotland, restored watermill </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Brechin Town House Museum </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Brechin </Td> <Td> Angus </Td> <Td> Angus & Dundee </Td> <Td> Local </Td> <Td> website, local history, art </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Edzell Castle </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Edzell </Td> <Td> Angus </Td> <Td> Angus & Dundee </Td> <Td> Historic house </Td> <Td> Operated by the Historic Scotland, ruined 16th - century castle with an early - 17th - century walled garden </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Glamis Castle </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Glamis </Td> <Td> Angus </Td> <Td> Angus & Dundee </Td> <Td> Historic house </Td> <Td> Childhood home of Elizabeth Bowes - Lyon, best known as the Queen Mother </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Glenesk Folk Museum </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Tarfside </Td> <Td> Angus </Td> <Td> Angus & Dundee </Td> <Td> History </Td> <Td> Period costumes, furniture, room settings </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> House of Dun </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Montrose </Td> <Td> Angus </Td> <Td> Angus & Dundee </Td> <Td> Historic house </Td> <Td> Operated by the National Trust for Scotland, 18th - century family house, gardens, woodlands </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Kirriemuir Gateway to the Glens Museum </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Kirriemuir </Td> <Td> Angus </Td> <Td> Angus & Dundee </Td> <Td> Local </Td> <Td> website, local history, culture, natural history, archaeology </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Meffan Museum and Art Gallery </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Forfar </Td> <Td> Angus </Td> <Td> Angus & Dundee </Td> <Td> Local </Td> <Td> Local history, art, collection of Pictish stones </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Montrose Air Station Heritage Centre </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Montrose </Td> <Td> Angus </Td> <Td> Angus & Dundee </Td> <Td> Military </Td> <Td> Located on site of former air station, history of RAF Montrose </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Montrose Museum </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Montrose </Td> <Td> Angus </Td> <Td> Angus & Dundee </Td> <Td> Multiple </Td> <Td> Local history, archaeology, natural history, art, ethnography </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Pictavia Visitor Centre </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Brechin </Td> <Td> Angus </Td> <Td> Angus & Dundee </Td> <Td> History </Td> <Td> website, Pictish history, culture and artifacts </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Signal Tower Museum </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Arbroath </Td> <Td> Angus </Td> <Td> Angus & Dundee </Td> <Td> Local </Td> <Td> Local history, lighthouse, fishing and maritime history, textile industry </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> St Vigeans Sculpture Stones </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> St Vigeans </Td> <Td> Angus </Td> <Td> Angus & Dundee </Td> <Td> Archaeology </Td> <Td> website, operated by Historic Scotland, over 30 Pictish stones </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> William Lamb Studio </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Montrose </Td> <Td> Angus </Td> <Td> Angus & Dundee </Td> <Td> Art </Td> <Td> website, studio and works by sculptor William Lamb </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> An Tobar </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Tobermory </Td> <Td> Argyll and Bute </Td> <Td> Argyll, the Isles, Loch Lomond, Stirling and Trossachs </Td> <Td> Art </Td> <Td> website, multidisciplinary arts centre with gallery </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Auchindrain Township Museum </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Auchindrain </Td> <Td> Argyll and Bute </Td> <Td> Argyll, the Isles, Loch Lomond, Stirling and Trossachs </Td> <Td> Open - air </Td> <Td> Turn - of - the - 20th - century township </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Bonawe Iron Furnace </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Bonawe </Td> <Td> Argyll and Bute </Td> <Td> Argyll, the Isles, Loch Lomond, Stirling and Trossachs </Td> <Td> Industry </Td> <Td> website, operated by Historic Scotland, 18th - century charcoal - fuelled ironworks </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Bute Museum </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Isle of Bute </Td> <Td> Argyll and Bute </Td> <Td> Argyll, the Isles, Loch Lomond, Stirling and Trossachs </Td> <Td> Local </Td> <Td> website, island's archaeology, social and natural history </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Campbeltown Heritage Centre </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Campbeltown </Td> <Td> Argyll and Bute </Td> <Td> Argyll, the Isles, Loch Lomond, Stirling and Trossachs </Td> <Td> Local </Td> <Td> local history, culture, maritime heritage, Scotch whisky industry </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Castle House Museum </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Dunoon </Td> <Td> Argyll and Bute </Td> <Td> Argyll, the Isles, Loch Lomond, Stirling and Trossachs </Td> <Td> Local </Td> <Td> website, local history, Victorian period rooms, located in the upper floors of Castle Toward </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Columba Centre </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Iona </Td> <Td> Argyll and Bute </Td> <Td> Argyll, the Isles, Loch Lomond, Stirling and Trossachs </Td> <Td> Religious </Td> <Td> website, operated by Historic Scotland, life and work of St Columba and the religious community he founded on Iona in 563 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Duart Castle </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Isle of Mull </Td> <Td> Argyll and Bute </Td> <Td> Argyll, the Isles, Loch Lomond, Stirling and Trossachs </Td> <Td> Historic house </Td> <Td> Restored medieval castle with Edwardian period rooms </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Easdale Island Folk Museum </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Easdale </Td> <Td> Argyll and Bute </Td> <Td> Argyll, the Isles, Loch Lomond, Stirling and Trossachs </Td> <Td> Local </Td> <Td> website, local history, culture, slate industry, geology, maritime </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Hill House </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Helensburgh </Td> <Td> Argyll and Bute </Td> <Td> Argyll, the Isles, Loch Lomond, Stirling and Trossachs </Td> <Td> Historic house </Td> <Td> Early - 20th - century house, interior and furnishings designed by Charles Rennie Mackintosh </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Iona Abbey </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Iona </Td> <Td> Argyll and Bute </Td> <Td> Argyll, the Isles, Loch Lomond, Stirling and Trossachs </Td> <Td> Religious </Td> <Td> Operated by Historic Scotland, founded by St Columba and his Irish followers in AD 563, one of Scotland's most historic and sacred sites </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Iona Heritage Centre </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Iona </Td> <Td> Argyll and Bute </Td> <Td> Argyll, the Isles, Loch Lomond, Stirling and Trossachs </Td> <Td> Local </Td> <Td> information, local history, culture </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Inveraray Castle </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Inveraray </Td> <Td> Argyll and Bute </Td> <Td> Argyll, the Isles, Loch Lomond, Stirling and Trossachs </Td> <Td> Historic house </Td> <Td> Seat of the Chief of Clan Campbell, the Duke of Argyll, 18th - and 19th - century castle with formal gardens </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Inveraray Jail </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Inveraray </Td> <Td> Argyll and Bute </Td> <Td> Argyll, the Isles, Loch Lomond, Stirling and Trossachs </Td> <Td> Prison </Td> <Td> 19th - century living history prison </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Inverarary Maritime Heritage Museum </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Inveraray </Td> <Td> Argyll and Bute </Td> <Td> Argyll, the Isles, Loch Lomond, Stirling and Trossachs </Td> <Td> Maritime </Td> <Td> website, maritime artefacts and memorabilia displayed in the three - masted schooner Arctic Penguin </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Isle of Lismore Gaelic Museum </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Isle of Lismore </Td> <Td> Argyll and Bute </Td> <Td> Argyll, the Isles, Loch Lomond, Stirling and Trossachs </Td> <Td> Local </Td> <Td> website, local history, culture </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Kilmartin House Museum </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Kilmartin </Td> <Td> Argyll and Bute </Td> <Td> Argyll, the Isles, Loch Lomond, Stirling and Trossachs </Td> <Td> Archaeology </Td> <Td> website, history of the prehistoric stones found in Kilmartin Glen, area artefacts and excavations </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Mount Stuart House </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Isle of Bute </Td> <Td> Argyll and Bute </Td> <Td> Argyll, the Isles, Loch Lomond, Stirling and Trossachs </Td> <Td> Historic house </Td> <Td> Victorian Gothic Revival mansion, 300 - acre (1.2 km) gardens </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Mull Museum </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Tobermory </Td> <Td> Argyll and Bute </Td> <Td> Argyll, the Isles, Loch Lomond, Stirling and Trossachs </Td> <Td> Local </Td> <Td> website, local history, culture of the Isle of Mull </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Museum of Islay Life Port Charlotte </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Port Charlotte, Islay </Td> <Td> Argyll and Bute </Td> <Td> Argyll, the Isles, Loch Lomond, Stirling and Trossachs </Td> <Td> Local </Td> <Td> website, local history, culture, archaeology </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Oban War and Peace Museum </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Oban </Td> <Td> Argyll and Bute </Td> <Td> Argyll, the Isles, Loch Lomond, Stirling and Trossachs </Td> <Td> Local </Td> <Td> website, local history, fishing and maritime industries, railways and road transport, strategic role played by Oban during World War II </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Ross Of Mull Historical Centre </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Bunessan </Td> <Td> Argyll and Bute </Td> <Td> Argyll, the Isles, Loch Lomond, Stirling and Trossachs </Td> <Td> Local </Td> <Td> website, local history, culture, natural history of the Ross of Mull peninsula </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Sandaig Island Life Museum </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Isle of Tiree </Td> <Td> Argyll and Bute </Td> <Td> Argyll, the Isles, Loch Lomond, Stirling and Trossachs </Td> <Td> Historic house </Td> <Td> information, late - 19th - century cottar's home </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Slate Islands Heritage Centre </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Easdale </Td> <Td> Argyll and Bute </Td> <Td> Argyll, the Isles, Loch Lomond, Stirling and Trossachs </Td> <Td> Industry </Td> <Td> website, slate industry of the Slate Islands, social history </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Skerryvore Lighthouse Museum </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Isle of Tiree </Td> <Td> Argyll and Bute </Td> <Td> Argyll, the Isles, Loch Lomond, Stirling and Trossachs </Td> <Td> Maritime </Td> <Td> History and construction of the lighthouse </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Strachur Smiddy Museum </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Strachur </Td> <Td> Argyll and Bute </Td> <Td> Argyll, the Isles, Loch Lomond, Stirling and Trossachs </Td> <Td> History </Td> <Td> website, history blacksmith shop and craft shop </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Torosay Castle </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Isle of Mull </Td> <Td> Argyll and Bute </Td> <Td> Argyll, the Isles, Loch Lomond, Stirling and Trossachs </Td> <Td> Historic house </Td> <Td> 19th - century Baronial house and garden </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Alloa Tower </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Alloa </Td> <Td> Clackmannanshire </Td> <Td> Argyll, the Isles, Loch Lomond, Stirling and Trossachs </Td> <Td> Historic house </Td> <Td> Operated by the National Trust for Scotland, medieval tower house, collections of portraits, silver and furniture </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Castle Campbell </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Dollar </Td> <Td> Clackmannanshire </Td> <Td> Argyll, the Isles, Loch Lomond, Stirling and Trossachs </Td> <Td> Historic house </Td> <Td> Operated by Historic Scotland, 15th - century medieval castle tower house </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Dollar Museum </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Dollar </Td> <Td> Clackmannanshire </Td> <Td> Argyll, the Isles, Loch Lomond, Stirling and Trossachs </Td> <Td> Local </Td> <Td> website, local history </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Menstrie Castle </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Menstrie </Td> <Td> Clackmannanshire </Td> <Td> Argyll, the Isles, Loch Lomond, Stirling and Trossachs </Td> <Td> Historic house </Td> <Td> Operated by the National Trust for Scotland, 16th - century house, home to Sir William Alexander, 1st Earl of Stirling, who was instrumental in founding the colony of Nova Scotia </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Annan Museum </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Annan </Td> <Td> Dumfries and Galloway </Td> <Td> Dumfries and Galloway </Td> <Td> Local </Td> <Td> website, website, local history </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Broughton House and Garden </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Kirkcudbright </Td> <Td> Dumfries and Galloway </Td> <Td> Dumfries and Galloway </Td> <Td> Historic house </Td> <Td> website, 18th - century town house, later home and studio early - 20th - century artist Edward Atkinson Hornel, features collection of art, ceramics, furniture and literature </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Caerlaverock Castle </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Dumfries and Galloway </Td> <Td> Dumfries and Galloway </Td> <Td> Historic house </Td> <Td> Operated by Historic Scotland, remains of a 13th - century triangular moated castle </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Castle Douglas Art Gallery </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Castle Douglas </Td> <Td> Dumfries and Galloway </Td> <Td> Dumfries and Galloway </Td> <Td> Art </Td> <Td> website, contemporary art and craft </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Castle of St. John </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Stranraer </Td> <Td> Dumfries and Galloway </Td> <Td> Dumfries and Galloway </Td> <Td> History </Td> <Td> 16th - century tower house used as a home, a court, a prison, and as a military garrison </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Creetown Gem Rock Museum </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Creetown </Td> <Td> Dumfries and Galloway </Td> <Td> Dumfries and Galloway </Td> <Td> Natural history </Td> <Td> website, gemstones, crystals, minerals, rocks and fossils </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Devil's Porridge Exhibition </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Eastriggs </Td> <Td> Dumfries and Galloway </Td> <Td> Dumfries and Galloway </Td> <Td> Military </Td> <Td> website, history of the HM Factory, Gretna for Cordite manufacturing </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Drumlanrig Castle </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Thornhill </Td> <Td> Dumfries and Galloway </Td> <Td> Dumfries and Galloway </Td> <Td> Historic house </Td> <Td> Baroque country house with period furnishings, fine art and antiques, Victorian gardens </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Dumfries Museum </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Dumfries </Td> <Td> Dumfries and Galloway </Td> <Td> Dumfries and Galloway </Td> <Td> Local </Td> <Td> Local history, archaeology, natural history, camera obscura, housed in an 18th - century windmill </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Dumfries and Galloway Aviation Museum </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Dumfries </Td> <Td> Dumfries and Galloway </Td> <Td> Dumfries and Galloway </Td> <Td> Transportation </Td> <Td> Located in a former RAF station, aircraft, military aviation history </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Ellisland Farm </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Auldgirth </Td> <Td> Dumfries and Galloway </Td> <Td> Dumfries and Galloway </Td> <Td> Historic house </Td> <Td> Farmhouse where poet Robert Burns lived and worked, exhibits on his life and works, also farming exhibits </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Galloway Hydros Visitor Centre </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Tongland </Td> <Td> Dumfries and Galloway </Td> <Td> Dumfries and Galloway </Td> <Td> Science </Td> <Td> website, hydro - electric power, environmental and public safety </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Gracefield Arts Centre </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Dumfries </Td> <Td> Dumfries and Galloway </Td> <Td> Dumfries and Galloway </Td> <Td> Art </Td> <Td> Scottish contemporary art, Scottish Colourists, Glasgow Boys, Kirkcudbright School </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> John Paul Jones Cottage Museum </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Kirkbean </Td> <Td> Dumfries and Galloway </Td> <Td> Dumfries and Galloway </Td> <Td> Historic house </Td> <Td> 18th - century - period birthplace of U.S. naval hero John Paul Jones </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Mull of Galloway Lighthouse </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Mull of Galloway </Td> <Td> Dumfries and Galloway </Td> <Td> Dumfries and Galloway </Td> <Td> Maritime </Td> <Td> website, tours of the lighthouse and engine room </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Museum of Lead Mining </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Wanlockhead </Td> <Td> Dumfries and Galloway </Td> <Td> Dumfries and Galloway </Td> <Td> Mining </Td> <Td> website, mine tour, miners' cottages, beam engine, minerals </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> National Museum of Costume </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> New Abbey </Td> <Td> Dumfries and Galloway </Td> <Td> Dumfries and Galloway </Td> <Td> Textile </Td> <Td> Fashion and accessories from the 1850s to 1950s, presented in room settings </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Old Bridge House Museum </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Dumfries </Td> <Td> Dumfries and Galloway </Td> <Td> Dumfries and Galloway </Td> <Td> Historic house </Td> <Td> website, 17th - century house displaying home life in different periods </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Robert Burns Centre </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Dumfries </Td> <Td> Dumfries and Galloway </Td> <Td> Dumfries and Galloway </Td> <Td> Biographical </Td> <Td> website, life and works of poet Robert Burns </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Robert Burns House </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Dumfries </Td> <Td> Dumfries and Galloway </Td> <Td> Dumfries and Galloway </Td> <Td> Historic house </Td> <Td> website, 18th - century house where poet Robert Burns spent his last years </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Sanquhar Tolbooth Museum </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Sanquhar </Td> <Td> Dumfries and Galloway </Td> <Td> Dumfries and Galloway </Td> <Td> Local </Td> <Td> website, information, local history, mining, wool trade and knitting industry </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Savings Banks Museum </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Ruthwell </Td> <Td> Dumfries and Galloway </Td> <Td> Dumfries and Galloway </Td> <Td> Monetary </Td> <Td> website, history of the first savings bank, early home savings boxes, coins and bank notes </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Stewartry Museum </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Kirkcudbright </Td> <Td> Dumfries and Galloway </Td> <Td> Dumfries and Galloway </Td> <Td> Local </Td> <Td> Local history, natural history, prehistoric rock carvings </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Stranraer Museum </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Stranraer </Td> <Td> Dumfries and Galloway </Td> <Td> Dumfries and Galloway </Td> <Td> Local </Td> <Td> website, local history, archaeology, farming, dairying </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> The Museum, Newton Stewart </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Newton Stewart </Td> <Td> Dumfries and Galloway </Td> <Td> Dumfries and Galloway </Td> <Td> Local </Td> <Td> information, local social and natural history </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Thomas Carlyle's Birthplace </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Ecclefechan </Td> <Td> Dumfries and Galloway </Td> <Td> Dumfries and Galloway </Td> <Td> Historic house </Td> <Td> website, operated by the National Trust for Scotland, 19th - century - period house with artefacts and displays about author Thomas Carlyle </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Tolbooth Art Centre </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Kirkcudbright </Td> <Td> Dumfries and Galloway </Td> <Td> Dumfries and Galloway </Td> <Td> Art </Td> <Td> website </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Whithorn Priory and Museum </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Whithorn </Td> <Td> Dumfries and Galloway </Td> <Td> Dumfries and Galloway </Td> <Td> Religious </Td> <Td> website, museum with stone grave markers of early Christians, remains of the 13th - century St Ninian's Chapel and priory, Saint Ninian's Cave </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Whithorn Story Visitor Centre </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Whithorn </Td> <Td> Dumfries and Galloway </Td> <Td> Dumfries and Galloway </Td> <Td> Archaeology </Td> <Td> website, archaeology and local history </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Wigtown County Buildings </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Wigtown </Td> <Td> Dumfries and Galloway </Td> <Td> Dumfries and Galloway </Td> <Td> Local </Td> <Td> information, local history, collection of early - 18th - century bronze town weights and measures, 18th - century prison cell </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Broughty Castle </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Broughty Ferry </Td> <Td> Dundee </Td> <Td> Angus & Dundee </Td> <Td> Local </Td> <Td> Medieval castle housing local history museum </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Discovery Point </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Dundee </Td> <Td> Dundee </Td> <Td> Angus & Dundee </Td> <Td> Maritime </Td> <Td> Museum ship for polar explorations </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Dundee Contemporary Arts </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Dundee </Td> <Td> Dundee </Td> <Td> Angus & Dundee </Td> <Td> Art </Td> <Td> Contemporary arts centre </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> HMS Unicorn </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Dundee </Td> <Td> Dundee </Td> <Td> Angus & Dundee </Td> <Td> Maritime </Td> <Td> Sailing frigate museum ship </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> McManus Galleries </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Dundee </Td> <Td> Dundee </Td> <Td> Angus & Dundee </Td> <Td> Multiple </Td> <Td> Fine and decorative art, natural history, local history, ethnographic artifacts </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Mills Observatory </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Dundee </Td> <Td> Dundee </Td> <Td> Angus & Dundee </Td> <Td> Science </Td> <Td> Scientific instruments, astronomy </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Sensation Science Centre </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Dundee </Td> <Td> Dundee </Td> <Td> Angus & Dundee </Td> <Td> Science </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Verdant Works </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Dundee </Td> <Td> Dundee </Td> <Td> Angus & Dundee </Td> <Td> Industry </Td> <Td> Textile industry, jute and linen </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Baird Museum </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Cumnock </Td> <Td> East Ayrshire </Td> <Td> Ayrshire and Arran </Td> <Td> Local </Td> <Td> website, local history, industry, Mauchline Ware, Cumnock pottery, labour leader Keir Hardie </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Boswell Museum & Mausoleum </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Auchinleck </Td> <Td> East Ayrshire </Td> <Td> Ayrshire and Arran </Td> <Td> Biographical </Td> <Td> information, life of author James Boswell </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Burns House, Mauchline </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Mauchline </Td> <Td> East Ayrshire </Td> <Td> Ayrshire and Arran </Td> <Td> Biographical </Td> <Td> website, information, artefacts and memorabilia of poet Robert Burns, who lived and worked in town between 1784 and 1788 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Dean Castle </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Kilmarnock </Td> <Td> East Ayrshire </Td> <Td> Ayrshire and Arran </Td> <Td> Historic house </Td> <Td> Medieval castle with connections to important figures in Scottish history, features collections of arms & armour, historical musical instruments and tapestries, located in a country park </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Dick Institute </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Kilmarnock </Td> <Td> East Ayrshire </Td> <Td> Ayrshire and Arran </Td> <Td> Multiple </Td> <Td> Art, local and natural history, industry </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Doon Valley Museum </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Dalmellington </Td> <Td> East Ayrshire </Td> <Td> Ayrshire and Arran </Td> <Td> Local </Td> <Td> website, local history, coal mining, ironworks, social history, art gallery </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Dumfries House </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Cumnock </Td> <Td> East Ayrshire </Td> <Td> Ayrshire and Arran </Td> <Td> Historic house </Td> <Td> 18th - century Palladian country house with Thomas Chippendale furniturre </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Scottish Industrial Railway Centre </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Patna </Td> <Td> East Ayrshire </Td> <Td> Ayrshire and Arran </Td> <Td> Railway </Td> <Td> Open on selected days, steam and diesel locomotives </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Auld Kirk Museum </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Kirkintilloch </Td> <Td> East Dunbartonshire </Td> <Td> Greater Glasgow and Clyde Valley </Td> <Td> Local </Td> <Td> website, local history, coal mining, iron industry </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Lillie Art Gallery </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Milngavie </Td> <Td> East Dunbartonshire </Td> <Td> Greater Glasgow and Clyde Valley </Td> <Td> Art </Td> <Td> website, Scottish art </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Athelstaneford Parish Church and Flag Heritage Centre </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Athelstaneford </Td> <Td> East Lothian </Td> <Td> Edinburgh and Lothians </Td> <Td> Multiple </Td> <Td> website, historic church with exhibit on author Nigel Tranter, adjacent centre with exhibits about the town's connections to the Flag of Scotland </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Coastal Communities Museum </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> North Berwick </Td> <Td> East Lothian </Td> <Td> Edinburgh and Lothians </Td> <Td> Local </Td> <Td> History, heritage and culture of East Lothian coastal communities . website </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Dirleton Castle </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Dirleton </Td> <Td> East Lothian </Td> <Td> Edinburgh and Lothians </Td> <Td> Historic house </Td> <Td> Operated by Historic Scotland, remains of a medieval castle, gardens </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Dunbar Town House Museum </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Dunbar </Td> <Td> East Lothian </Td> <Td> Edinburgh and Lothians </Td> <Td> Local </Td> <Td> website, archaeology and local history </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Gosford House </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Longniddry </Td> <Td> East Lothian </Td> <Td> Edinburgh and Lothians </Td> <Td> Historic house </Td> <Td> Operated by Historic Scotland, restored mansion designed by Robert Adam, gardens </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> John Gray Centre </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Haddington </Td> <Td> East Lothian </Td> <Td> Edinburgh and Lothians </Td> <Td> Local </Td> <Td> Tells stories from across the region and displays many artefacts never seen before . website </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> John Muir's Birthplace </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Dunbar </Td> <Td> East Lothian </Td> <Td> Edinburgh and Lothians </Td> <Td> Historic house </Td> <Td> House and life of conservationist John Muir </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Lennoxlove House </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Haddington </Td> <Td> East Lothian </Td> <Td> Edinburgh and Lothians </Td> <Td> Historic house </Td> <Td> Medieval fortress house, collections of portraits, furniture and porcelain </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Musselburgh Doll Museum </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Musselburgh </Td> <Td> East Lothian </Td> <Td> Edinburgh and Lothians </Td> <Td> Toy </Td> <Td> information </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Musselburgh Museum </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Musselburgh </Td> <Td> East Lothian </Td> <Td> Edinburgh and Lothians </Td> <Td> Local </Td> <Td> website, local history, museum planned to open in 2010 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Myreton Motor Museum </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Aberlady </Td> <Td> East Lothian </Td> <Td> Edinburgh and Lothians </Td> <Td> Transportation </Td> <Td> Cars, motorcycles, bicycles, motoring memorabilia and toy cars dating back to the turn of the 20th century </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> National Museum of Flight </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> East Fortune </Td> <Td> East Lothian </Td> <Td> Edinburgh and Lothians </Td> <Td> Transportation </Td> <Td> Includes military planes, passenger travel, a Concorde, Royal Air Force in World War II </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Newhailes </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Musselburgh </Td> <Td> East Lothian </Td> <Td> Edinburgh and Lothians </Td> <Td> Historic house </Td> <Td> website, operated by the National Trust for Scotland, 17th - century villa with early - 18th - century decorative art and collections, gardens and landscape </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Preston Mill </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> East Linton </Td> <Td> East Lothian </Td> <Td> Edinburgh and Lothians </Td> <Td> Mill </Td> <Td> Operated by the National Trust for Scotland, 18th - century watermill </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Prestongrange Industrial Heritage Museum </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Prestongrange </Td> <Td> East Lothian </Td> <Td> Edinburgh and Lothians </Td> <Td> Industry </Td> <Td> Remains from a 16th - century harbour, 17th - century glass works, 18th - and 19th - century potteries, 19th - and 20th - century coal mine and brick works </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Tantallon Castle </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> North Berwick </Td> <Td> East Lothian </Td> <Td> Edinburgh and Lothians </Td> <Td> Historic house </Td> <Td> Operated by Historic Scotland, remains of a mid-14th - century fortress </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> City Art Centre, Edinburgh </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Edinburgh </Td> <Td> Edinburgh </Td> <Td> Edinburgh and Lothians </Td> <Td> Art </Td> <Td> website, changing exhibits of Scottish and international art, design, photography </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Craigmillar Community Arts </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Craigmillar </Td> <Td> Edinburgh </Td> <Td> Edinburgh and Lothians </Td> <Td> Art </Td> <Td> website, arts centre with exhibit gallery </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Dalmeny House </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Edinburgh </Td> <Td> Edinburgh </Td> <Td> Edinburgh and Lothians </Td> <Td> Historic house </Td> <Td> 19th - century Gothic Revival mansion with Regency interiors, French furniture and porcelain </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Dean Gallery </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Edinburgh </Td> <Td> Edinburgh </Td> <Td> Edinburgh and Lothians </Td> <Td> Art </Td> <Td> Part of the National Gallery of Scotland, modern and contemporary art, Dada and Surrealist art and literature </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Edinburgh Castle </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Edinburgh </Td> <Td> Edinburgh </Td> <Td> Edinburgh and Lothians </Td> <Td> Multiple </Td> <Td> Includes tours of the historic medieval stronghold, the Honours of Scotland crown jewels, 18th - century prisoners of war exhibits, rooms of the Royal Palace, Royal Scots Regimental Museum, Royal Scots Dragoon Guards Museum </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Edinburgh Printmakers Gallery </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Longstone </Td> <Td> Edinburgh </Td> <Td> Edinburgh and Lothians </Td> <Td> Art </Td> <Td> website, contemporary prints gallery </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Fruitmarket Gallery </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Edinburgh </Td> <Td> Edinburgh </Td> <Td> Edinburgh and Lothians </Td> <Td> Art </Td> <Td> Contemporary art gallery </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Georgian House </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Edinburgh </Td> <Td> Edinburgh </Td> <Td> Edinburgh and Lothians </Td> <Td> Historic house </Td> <Td> Operated by the National Trust for Scotland, late - 18th - century Georgian townhouse with a fine collection of furniture, porcelain, silver and pictures </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Gladstone's Land </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Edinburgh </Td> <Td> Edinburgh </Td> <Td> Edinburgh and Lothians </Td> <Td> Historic house </Td> <Td> Operated by the National Trust for Scotland, 17th - century - period tenement house, also art gallery </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Holyrood Palace </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Edinburgh </Td> <Td> Edinburgh </Td> <Td> Edinburgh and Lothians </Td> <Td> Historic house </Td> <Td> Official residence of the monarch in Scotland </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> John Knox House </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Edinburgh </Td> <Td> Edinburgh </Td> <Td> Edinburgh and Lothians </Td> <Td> Historic house </Td> <Td> Medieval house, final home of Protestant reformer John Knox </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Lauriston Castle </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Edinburgh </Td> <Td> Edinburgh </Td> <Td> Edinburgh and Lothians </Td> <Td> Historic house </Td> <Td> 19th - century mansion with Edwardian interiors, furniture and art, Japanese garden </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Museum of Childhood (Edinburgh) </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Edinburgh </Td> <Td> Edinburgh </Td> <Td> Edinburgh and Lothians </Td> <Td> Toy </Td> <Td> Toys, dolls, games, teddy bears, model trains, soldiers, tricycle, 1930s schoolroom </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Museum of Edinburgh </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Edinburgh </Td> <Td> Edinburgh </Td> <Td> Edinburgh and Lothians </Td> <Td> Local </Td> <Td> City history, culture, silver and porcelain </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Museum on the Mound </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Edinburgh </Td> <Td> Edinburgh </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Monetary </Td> <Td> Art, design, technology, crime, trade and security involving currency and money </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> National Gallery of Scotland </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Edinburgh </Td> <Td> Edinburgh </Td> <Td> Edinburgh and Lothians </Td> <Td> Art </Td> <Td> Early Renaissance to 1900 and the national collection of Scottish art c. 1600--c. 1900 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> National Library of Scotland </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Edinburgh </Td> <Td> Edinburgh </Td> <Td> Edinburgh and Lothians </Td> <Td> Library </Td> <Td> Changing exhibits of art, history and culture from its collections </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> National Museum of Scotland </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Edinburgh </Td> <Td> Edinburgh </Td> <Td> Edinburgh and Lothians </Td> <Td> Multiple </Td> <Td> Scotland's history, culture, natural history, industry, technology, science, decorative arts, personalities, sports </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> National War Museum of Scotland </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Edinburgh </Td> <Td> Edinburgh </Td> <Td> Edinburgh and Lothians </Td> <Td> Military </Td> <Td> Located within Edinburgh Castle, uniforms, insignia and equipment, medals, decorations, weapons, paintings, ceramics and silverware covering over 400 years of Scotland's military history </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> No 28 Charlotte Square </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Edinburgh </Td> <Td> Edinburgh </Td> <Td> Edinburgh and Lothians </Td> <Td> Art </Td> <Td> website, information centre for the National Trust for Scotland, features collection of 20th - century Scottish paintings and Regency furniture </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Our Dynamic Earth </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Edinburgh </Td> <Td> Edinburgh </Td> <Td> Edinburgh and Lothians </Td> <Td> Science </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> People's Story </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Edinburgh </Td> <Td> Edinburgh </Td> <Td> Edinburgh and Lothians </Td> <Td> Local </Td> <Td> website, history, lives, work and leisure of the ordinary people of Edinburgh </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Queen's Gallery, Edinburgh </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Edinburgh </Td> <Td> Edinburgh </Td> <Td> Edinburgh and Lothians </Td> <Td> Art </Td> <Td> Exhibits from the Royal collection of art, located in the Palace of Holyroodhouse </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Queensferry Museum </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> South Queensferry </Td> <Td> Edinburgh </Td> <Td> Edinburgh and Lothians </Td> <Td> Local </Td> <Td> website, local history, culture, natural history, transportation </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Royal Museum of Scotland </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Edinburgh </Td> <Td> Edinburgh </Td> <Td> Edinburgh and Lothians </Td> <Td> Multiple </Td> <Td> Natural history, geology, archaeology, science, technology, Ancient Egypt, art </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Royal Scottish Academy Building </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Edinburgh </Td> <Td> Edinburgh </Td> <Td> Edinburgh and Lothians </Td> <Td> Art </Td> <Td> Part of the National Gallery of Scotland, changing exhibits </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Royal Yacht Britannia </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Leith </Td> <Td> Edinburgh </Td> <Td> Edinburgh and Lothians </Td> <Td> Maritime </Td> <Td> Museum ship, former Royal Yacht of the British royal family </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Edinburgh </Td> <Td> Edinburgh </Td> <Td> Edinburgh and Lothians </Td> <Td> Art </Td> <Td> Part of the National Gallery of Scotland, modern art </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Scottish National Portrait Gallery </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Edinburgh </Td> <Td> Edinburgh </Td> <Td> Edinburgh and Lothians </Td> <Td> Art </Td> <Td> Part of the National Gallery of Scotland, portraits of figures in Scottish history, photography </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Surgeons' Hall Museum </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Edinburgh </Td> <Td> Edinburgh </Td> <Td> Edinburgh and Lothians </Td> <Td> Medical </Td> <Td> History of surgery since Roman times, dentistry, pathological anatomy, sports medicine </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Talbot Rice Gallery </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Edinburgh </Td> <Td> Edinburgh </Td> <Td> Edinburgh and Lothians </Td> <Td> Art </Td> <Td> Part of the University of Edinburgh </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Water of Leith </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Longstone </Td> <Td> Edinburgh </Td> <Td> Edinburgh and Lothians </Td> <Td> Natural history </Td> <Td> Visitor center exhibits about the river's wildlife and heritage </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Writers' Museum </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Edinburgh </Td> <Td> Edinburgh </Td> <Td> Edinburgh and Lothians </Td> <Td> Literary </Td> <Td> Lives and work of Scotland's literary figures, including Robert Burns, Sir Walter Scott and Robert Louis Stevenson </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Birkhill Fireclay Mine </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Bo'ness </Td> <Td> Falkirk </Td> <Td> Argyll, the Isles, Loch Lomond, Stirling and Trossachs </Td> <Td> Mining </Td> <Td> website, website, seasonal tours of the fireclay mine, access by the Bo'ness and Kinneil Railway at the Birkhill railway station </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Blackness Castle </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Blackness </Td> <Td> Falkirk </Td> <Td> Argyll, the Isles, Loch Lomond, Stirling and Trossachs </Td> <Td> Historic house </Td> <Td> Operated by Historic Scotland, 15th - century fortress castle </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Callendar House and Park Gallery </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Falkirk </Td> <Td> Falkirk </Td> <Td> Argyll, the Isles, Loch Lomond, Stirling and Trossachs </Td> <Td> Multiple </Td> <Td> Georgian - style mansion with living history interpreters, exhibits on the house, Scottish and area history, art exhibits </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Grangemouth Museum </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Grangemouth </Td> <Td> Falkirk </Td> <Td> Argyll, the Isles, Loch Lomond, Stirling and Trossachs </Td> <Td> Local </Td> <Td> website, local history, industry </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Kinneil House </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Bo'ness </Td> <Td> Falkirk </Td> <Td> Argyll, the Isles, Loch Lomond, Stirling and Trossachs </Td> <Td> Historic house </Td> <Td> Operated by Historic Scotland, 15th - to 17th - century house open on select days, grounds include the Kinneil Museum </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Kinneil Museum </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Bo'ness </Td> <Td> Falkirk </Td> <Td> Argyll, the Isles, Loch Lomond, Stirling and Trossachs </Td> <Td> Local </Td> <Td> website, located in the 17th - century stable block of Kinneil House, history of the park and house from Roman times to the present </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Abbot House Heritage Centre </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Dunfermline </Td> <Td> Fife </Td> <Td> Kingdom of Fife </Td> <Td> Historic house </Td> <Td> Tours giving the house's history, different uses, town and Scottish history spanning over 1000 years </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Aberdour Castle </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Aberdour </Td> <Td> Fife </Td> <Td> Kingdom of Fife </Td> <Td> Historic house </Td> <Td> Operated by Historic Scotland, remains of a medieval castle and gardens </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Andrew Carnegie Birthplace Museum </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Dunfermline </Td> <Td> Fife </Td> <Td> Kingdom of Fife </Td> <Td> Multiple </Td> <Td> website, life of Andrew Carnegie, local history, art and decorative arts, costumes and textiles </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Bell Pettigrew Museum </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> St Andrews </Td> <Td> Fife </Td> <Td> Kingdom of Fife </Td> <Td> Natural history </Td> <Td> website, part of the University of St Andrews, open to the public on Tuesday and Friday afternoons in the summer vacation </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> British Golf Museum </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> St Andrews </Td> <Td> Fife </Td> <Td> Kingdom of Fife </Td> <Td> Sports </Td> <Td> History and memorabilia of golf </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Buckhaven Museum </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Buckhaven </Td> <Td> Fife </Td> <Td> Kingdom of Fife </Td> <Td> Local </Td> <Td> information, information, local history, fishing industry </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Burntisland Heritage Centre </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Burntisland </Td> <Td> Fife </Td> <Td> Kingdom of Fife </Td> <Td> Local </Td> <Td> website, changing exhibits of local history </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Burntisland Museum </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Burntisland </Td> <Td> Fife </Td> <Td> Kingdom of Fife </Td> <Td> Amusement </Td> <Td> information, also known as Burntisland Edwardian Fairground Museum, recreated walk through the sights and sounds of the town's fair in 1910 with rides and side shows, information, accessed via the library </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Crail Museum & Heritage Centre </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Crail </Td> <Td> Fife </Td> <Td> Kingdom of Fife </Td> <Td> Local </Td> <Td> website, local history, maritime heritage, medieval church, airfield history </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Culross Palace </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Culross </Td> <Td> Fife </Td> <Td> Kingdom of Fife </Td> <Td> Historic house </Td> <Td> Operated by the National Trust for Scotland, 16th - to 17th - century furnished palace, study and townhouse with gardens </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Dunfermline Abbey </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Dunfermline </Td> <Td> Fife </Td> <Td> Kingdom of Fife </Td> <Td> Religious </Td> <Td> Operated by Historic Scotland, remains and artefacts of the medieval abbey, attached to Dunfermline Palace </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Dunfermline Museum & Art Gallery </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Dunfermline </Td> <Td> Fife </Td> <Td> Kingdom of Fife </Td> <Td> Local </Td> <Td> information </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Dunfermline Palace </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Dunfermline </Td> <Td> Fife </Td> <Td> Kingdom of Fife </Td> <Td> Historic house </Td> <Td> Operated by Historic Scotland, remains of a medieval royal palace, attached to Dunfermline Abbey </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Falkland Palace </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Falkland </Td> <Td> Fife </Td> <Td> Kingdom of Fife </Td> <Td> Historic house </Td> <Td> Operated by the National Trust for Scotland, 14th - to 15th - century royal palace and gardens </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Fife Folk Museum </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Ceres </Td> <Td> Fife </Td> <Td> Kingdom of Fife </Td> <Td> Local </Td> <Td> Local history, rural life, agriculture </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Gateway Galleries </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> St Andrews </Td> <Td> Fife </Td> <Td> Kingdom of Fife </Td> <Td> Art </Td> <Td> website, part of the University of St Andrews </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Harbourmaster's House </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Dysart </Td> <Td> Fife </Td> <Td> Kingdom of Fife </Td> <Td> Local </Td> <Td> website, visitor centre with exhibits about the area's coastal history, natural history, geology, maritime heritage </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Hill of Tarvit </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Cupar </Td> <Td> Fife </Td> <Td> Kingdom of Fife </Td> <Td> Historic house </Td> <Td> Operated by the National Trust for Scotland, 20th - century mansion house and gardens designed by Sir Robert Lorimer, features French and Chippendale - style furniture, porcelain and paintings </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Inchcolm Abbey </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Inchcolm </Td> <Td> Fife </Td> <Td> Kingdom of Fife </Td> <Td> Religious </Td> <Td> Operated by Historic Scotland, medieval abbey </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> John McDouall Stuart Museum </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Dysart </Td> <Td> Fife </Td> <Td> Kingdom of Fife </Td> <Td> Biographical </Td> <Td> website, birthplace home and exhibits about John McDouall Stuart, explorer of Australia </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Kellie Castle </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Arncroach </Td> <Td> Fife </Td> <Td> Kingdom of Fife </Td> <Td> Historic house </Td> <Td> Operated by the National Trust for Scotland, restored medieval Scots Baronial castle and gardens, features Scottish furniture designed by Sir Robert Lorimer, exhibitions of life and work of sculptor Hew Lorimer </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Kirkcaldy Galleries </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Kirkcaldy </Td> <Td> Fife </Td> <Td> Kingdom of Fife </Td> <Td> Art </Td> <Td> Fine and decorative arts </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Laing Museum </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Newburgh </Td> <Td> Fife </Td> <Td> Kingdom of Fife </Td> <Td> Local </Td> <Td> website, local history, culture </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Methil Heritage Centre </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Methil </Td> <Td> Fife </Td> <Td> Kingdom of Fife </Td> <Td> Local </Td> <Td> website, local history, culture </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Museum of Communications, Scotland </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Burntisland </Td> <Td> Fife </Td> <Td> Kingdom of Fife </Td> <Td> Technology </Td> <Td> website, communications technology and artefacts, including early electronic devices, telegraphy, telephones, radio, television and information technology </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Museum of the University of St Andrews </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> St Andrews </Td> <Td> Fife </Td> <Td> Kingdom of Fife </Td> <Td> Multiple </Td> <Td> History of the university, exhibits of art, science, manuscripts and books from its collections, archaeology </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Pittencrieff House Museum </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Dunfermline </Td> <Td> Fife </Td> <Td> Kingdom of Fife </Td> <Td> Natural history </Td> <Td> 17th - century house with exhibits about dinosaurs, fossils and area wildlife </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Scotland's Secret Bunker </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Anstruther </Td> <Td> Fife </Td> <Td> Kingdom of Fife </Td> <Td> Military </Td> <Td> website, Cold War - era underground bunker for the government in case of a nuclear attack </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Scottish Fisheries Museum </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Anstruther </Td> <Td> Fife </Td> <Td> Kingdom of Fife </Td> <Td> Maritime </Td> <Td> Scottish fishing industry </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Scottish Vintage Bus Museum </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Lathalmond </Td> <Td> Fife </Td> <Td> Kingdom of Fife </Td> <Td> Transportation </Td> <Td> website, buses and memorabilia <Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Wikimedia Commons has media related to Scottish Vintage Bus Museum . </Td> </Tr> </Table> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> St Andrew's Cathedral </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> St Andrews </Td> <Td> Fife </Td> <Td> Kingdom of Fife </Td> <Td> Religious </Td> <Td> Operated by Historic Scotland, remains of medieval cathedral, museum with medieval sculpture and other relics </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> St Andrews Castle </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> St Andrews </Td> <Td> Fife </Td> <Td> Kingdom of Fife </Td> <Td> Historic house </Td> <Td> Operated by Historic Scotland, remains of medieval castle, includes dungeon, mine and counter-mine for siege warfare </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> St Andrews Museum </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> St Andrews </Td> <Td> Fife </Td> <Td> Kingdom of Fife </Td> <Td> Local </Td> <Td> Local history, culture </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> St Andrews Trust Museum </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> St Andrews </Td> <Td> Fife </Td> <Td> Kingdom of Fife </Td> <Td> Local </Td> <Td> website, local history, period shop and business displays </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> St Monans Windmill </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> St Monans </Td> <Td> Fife </Td> <Td> Kingdom of Fife </Td> <Td> Mill </Td> <Td> website, late - 18th - century windmill and saltpans </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 602 Squadron Museum </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Glasgow </Td> <Td> Glasgow </Td> <Td> Greater Glasgow and Clyde Valley </Td> <Td> Military </Td> <Td> website, regimental history of the No. 602 Squadron RAF, located in the headquarters of the Royal Highland Fusiliers </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Burrell Collection </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Glasgow </Td> <Td> Glasgow </Td> <Td> Greater Glasgow and Clyde Valley </Td> <Td> Art </Td> <Td> Collections include French Impressionists, late medieval art, Chinese and Islamic art, Ancient Civilizations </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> CCA Glasgow </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Glasgow </Td> <Td> Glasgow </Td> <Td> Greater Glasgow and Clyde Valley </Td> <Td> Art </Td> <Td> Arts centre with gallery </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Fossil Grove </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Glasgow </Td> <Td> Glasgow </Td> <Td> Greater Glasgow and Clyde Valley </Td> <Td> Natural history </Td> <Td> Covered fossilised grove of prehistoric trees </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Gallery of Modern Art </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Glasgow </Td> <Td> Glasgow </Td> <Td> Greater Glasgow and Clyde Valley </Td> <Td> Art </Td> <Td> Contemporary art </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Glasgow Police Museum </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Glasgow </Td> <Td> Glasgow </Td> <Td> Greater Glasgow and Clyde Valley </Td> <Td> Law enforcement </Td> <Td> website </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Glasgow Print Studio </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Glasgow </Td> <Td> Glasgow </Td> <Td> Greater Glasgow and Clyde Valley </Td> <Td> Art </Td> <Td> Artist - led centre with exhibitions </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Glasgow School of Art </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Glasgow </Td> <Td> Glasgow </Td> <Td> Greater Glasgow and Clyde Valley </Td> <Td> Art </Td> <Td> Features exhibitions across its four campuses </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Glasgow Science Centre </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Glasgow </Td> <Td> Glasgow </Td> <Td> Greater Glasgow and Clyde Valley </Td> <Td> Science </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Holmwood House </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Glasgow </Td> <Td> Glasgow </Td> <Td> Greater Glasgow and Clyde Valley </Td> <Td> Historic house </Td> <Td> Operated by the National Trust for Scotland, mid-19th - century residential villa </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> House for an Art Lover </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Glasgow </Td> <Td> Glasgow </Td> <Td> Greater Glasgow and Clyde Valley </Td> <Td> Historic house </Td> <Td> Contemporary house based on designs by Charles Rennie Mackintosh </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Glasgow </Td> <Td> Glasgow </Td> <Td> Greater Glasgow and Clyde Valley </Td> <Td> Multiple </Td> <Td> Operated by the University of Glasgow, art, Roman Scotland and archaeology, natural history, geology, ethnography, ancient Egypt, scientific instruments, coins and medals, medicine </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Glasgow </Td> <Td> Glasgow </Td> <Td> Greater Glasgow and Clyde Valley </Td> <Td> Multiple </Td> <Td> Art, natural history, arms and armour, history </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> The Lighthouse Glasgow </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Glasgow </Td> <Td> Glasgow </Td> <Td> Greater Glasgow and Clyde Valley </Td> <Td> Art </Td> <Td> Architecture and design </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> National Piping Center--Museum of Piping </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Glasgow </Td> <Td> Glasgow </Td> <Td> Greater Glasgow and Clyde Valley </Td> <Td> Music </Td> <Td> Collection and history of bagpipes, Scottish smallpipes, Irish uileann pipes, and traditional musical instruments </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> People's Palace </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Glasgow </Td> <Td> Glasgow </Td> <Td> Greater Glasgow and Clyde Valley </Td> <Td> History </Td> <Td> History of the people and city of Glasgow from 1750 to the end of the 20th century </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Pollok House </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Glasgow </Td> <Td> Glasgow </Td> <Td> Greater Glasgow and Clyde Valley </Td> <Td> Historic house </Td> <Td> Operated by the National Trust for Scotland, 18th - century house designed by William Adam, features collection of Spanish paintings including works by El Greco, Francisco Goya and Bartolomé Esteban Murillo </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Provand's Lordship </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Glasgow </Td> <Td> Glasgow </Td> <Td> Greater Glasgow and Clyde Valley </Td> <Td> Historic house </Td> <Td> 17th - century - period house </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Riverside Museum </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Glasgow </Td> <Td> Glasgow </Td> <Td> Greater Glasgow and Clyde Valley </Td> <Td> Transportation </Td> <Td> Opening in 2011, collections of the Glasgow Museum of Transport </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Glasgow </Td> <Td> Glasgow </Td> <Td> Greater Glasgow and Clyde Valley </Td> <Td> Art </Td> <Td> Features exhibitions of contemporary art </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Royal Highland Fusiliers Museum </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Glasgow </Td> <Td> Glasgow </Td> <Td> Greater Glasgow and Clyde Valley </Td> <Td> Military </Td> <Td> website, regimental history of the Royal Highland Fusiliers </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Scotland Street School Museum </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Glasgow </Td> <Td> Glasgow </Td> <Td> Greater Glasgow and Clyde Valley </Td> <Td> Education </Td> <Td> History of education in Scotland from the late 19th to late 20th century </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Scottish Football Museum </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Glasgow </Td> <Td> Glasgow </Td> <Td> Greater Glasgow and Clyde Valley </Td> <Td> Sports </Td> <Td> Located at Hampden Park, also known as the Hampden Experience, history and memorabilia of football in Scotland </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Sharmanka Kinetic Gallery </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Glasgow </Td> <Td> Glasgow </Td> <Td> Greater Glasgow and Clyde Valley </Td> <Td> Art </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> St Mungo Museum of Religious Life and Art </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Glasgow </Td> <Td> Glasgow </Td> <Td> Greater Glasgow and Clyde Valley </Td> <Td> Art </Td> <Td> Art and artefacts of religious life in Scotland </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Tall Ship at Glasgow Harbour </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Glasgow </Td> <Td> Glasgow </Td> <Td> Greater Glasgow and Clyde Valley </Td> <Td> Maritime </Td> <Td> Three - masted barque museum ship </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Tenement House (Glasgow) </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Glasgow </Td> <Td> Glasgow </Td> <Td> Greater Glasgow and Clyde Valley </Td> <Td> Historic house </Td> <Td> Operated by the National Trust for Scotland, authentic 19th - century Glasgow tenement house with over 50 years of artefacts and household items </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Tramway </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Glasgow </Td> <Td> Glasgow </Td> <Td> Greater Glasgow and Clyde Valley </Td> <Td> Art </Td> <Td> Arts centre with gallery </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Trongate 103 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Glasgow </Td> <Td> Glasgow </Td> <Td> Greater Glasgow and Clyde Valley </Td> <Td> Art </Td> <Td> website, arts centre </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Applecross Heritage Centre </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Applecross </Td> <Td> Highland </Td> <Td> The Highlands--Ross and Cromarty </Td> <Td> Local </Td> <Td> website, local history, culture </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Ardnamurchan Lighthouse </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Ardnamurchan </Td> <Td> Highland </Td> <Td> The Highlands--Lochaber </Td> <Td> Multiple </Td> <Td> History and operations of the lighthouse, area geology, natural history and culture </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Brora Heritage Centre </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Brora </Td> <Td> Highland </Td> <Td> The Highlands--Sutherland </Td> <Td> Local </Td> <Td> website, local history, culture </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Caithness Broch Centre </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Auckengill </Td> <Td> Highland </Td> <Td> The Highlands--Caithness </Td> <Td> Archaeology </Td> <Td> website, history of the brochs in Caithness, their construction, excavations and influence </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Caithness Horizons </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Thurso </Td> <Td> Highland </Td> <Td> The Highlands--Caithness </Td> <Td> Local </Td> <Td> website, local history, culture, archaeology, geology, industry, natural history and ecology </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Castle Leod </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Strathpeffer </Td> <Td> Highland </Td> <Td> The Highlands--Ross and Cromarty </Td> <Td> Historic house </Td> <Td> Seat of the Chief of the Clan MacKenzie, 17th - century castle with 19th - century renovations </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Castle of Mey </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> John o' Groats </Td> <Td> Highland </Td> <Td> The Highlands--Caithness </Td> <Td> Historic house </Td> <Td> Formerly Barrogill Castle, 16th - century castle with alterations over several centuries, holiday home of Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Castlehill Heritage Centre </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Castletown </Td> <Td> Highland </Td> <Td> The Highlands--Caithness </Td> <Td> Local </Td> <Td> website, local history, culture </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Cawdor Castle </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Cawdor </Td> <Td> Highland </Td> <Td> The Highlands--Nairn </Td> <Td> Historic house </Td> <Td> Castle built from the 15th to 19th centuries, known for its gardens and connection to William Shakespeare's play Macbeth </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Clan Cameron Museum </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Achnacarry </Td> <Td> Highland </Td> <Td> The Highlands--Lochaber </Td> <Td> Ethnic </Td> <Td> History and heritage of Clan Cameron </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Clan Gunn Heritage Centre </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Latheron </Td> <Td> Highland </Td> <Td> The Highlands--Caithness </Td> <Td> Ethnic </Td> <Td> website, history and heritage of Clan Gunn </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Clan Macpherson Museum </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Newtonmore </Td> <Td> Highland </Td> <Td> The Highlands--Badenoch and Strathspey </Td> <Td> Ethnic </Td> <Td> website, history and heritage of Clan Macpherson </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Colbost Croft Museum </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Colbost </Td> <Td> Highland </Td> <Td> The Highlands--Skye and Lochalsh </Td> <Td> Historic house </Td> <Td> 19th - century - period crofter's cottage </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Commando Museum </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Spean Bridge </Td> <Td> Highland </Td> <Td> The Highlands--Lochaber </Td> <Td> Military </Td> <Td> website, artefacts and memorabilia of the Commandos who trained nearby and at Achnacarry during World War II </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Cromarty Courthouse Museum </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Cromarty </Td> <Td> Highland </Td> <Td> The Highlands--Ross and Cromarty </Td> <Td> Local </Td> <Td> website, local history, culture </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Culloden Battlefield </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Culloden </Td> <Td> Highland </Td> <Td> The Highlands--Inverness </Td> <Td> Military </Td> <Td> Operated by the National Trust for Scotland, site and history of the Battle of Culloden, daily living history demonstrations </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Dingwall Museum </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Dingwall </Td> <Td> Highland </Td> <Td> The Highlands--Ross and Cromarty </Td> <Td> Local </Td> <Td> website, information, local history, culture </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Dornoch Historylinks Museum </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Dornoch </Td> <Td> Highland </Td> <Td> The Highlands--Sutherland </Td> <Td> Local </Td> <Td> website, local history, culture, Dornoch Cathedral, Picts and Vikings </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Dunbeath Heritage Centre </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Dunbeath </Td> <Td> Highland </Td> <Td> The Highlands--Caithness </Td> <Td> Local </Td> <Td> website, local history </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Dunrobin Castle </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Golspie </Td> <Td> Highland </Td> <Td> The Highlands--Sutherland </Td> <Td> Historic house </Td> <Td> Features 19th - century "French Renaissance meets Scots Baronial" style, formal gardens, museum displaying African wildlife trophy mounts, ethnographic artefacts, area archaeological relics including Pictish symbol stones and cross-slabs </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Dunvegan Castle </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Dunvegan </Td> <Td> Highland </Td> <Td> The Highlands--Skye and Lochalsh </Td> <Td> Historic house </Td> <Td> Seat of the chief of the Clan MacLeod </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Ferrycroft Visitor Centre </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Lairg </Td> <Td> Highland </Td> <Td> The Highlands--Sutherland </Td> <Td> Local </Td> <Td> website, local history, culture, natural history, agriculture, industry </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Fort George </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Ardersier </Td> <Td> Highland </Td> <Td> The Highlands </Td> <Td> Military </Td> <Td> Operated by Historic Scotland, 18th - century fort still in use, displays of its history in different periods, memorabilia of different regiments </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Gairloch Heritage Museum </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Gairloch </Td> <Td> Highland </Td> <Td> The Highlands--Ross and Cromarty </Td> <Td> Local </Td> <Td> Local history </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Giant MacAskill Museum </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Dunvegan </Td> <Td> Highland </Td> <Td> The Highlands--Skye and Lochalsh </Td> <Td> Biographical </Td> <Td> information, life of natural giant Angus MacAskill </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Glencoe Folk Museum </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Glencoe </Td> <Td> Highland </Td> <Td> The Highlands--Lochaber </Td> <Td> Local </Td> <Td> website, local history, culture </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Glendale Toy Museum </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Glendale </Td> <Td> Highland </Td> <Td> The Highlands--Skye and Lochalsh </Td> <Td> Toy </Td> <Td> website, toys, games and dolls </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Glenfinnan Station Museum </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Glenfinnan </Td> <Td> Highland </Td> <Td> The Highlands--Lochaber </Td> <Td> Railway </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Glengarry Heritage Centre </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Invergarry </Td> <Td> Highland </Td> <Td> The Highlands--Inverness </Td> <Td> Local </Td> <Td> website, local history, culture, Clan MacDonell of Glengarry heritage </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Grantown Museum </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Grantown - on - Spey </Td> <Td> Highland </Td> <Td> The Highlands--Badenoch and Strathspey </Td> <Td> Local </Td> <Td> website, information, local history, culture </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Groam House Museum </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Rosemarkie </Td> <Td> Highland </Td> <Td> The Highlands--Ross and Cromarty </Td> <Td> Multiple </Td> <Td> website, 15 carved Pictish stones, local history, Celtic art by George Bain </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Highland Folk Museum </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Newtonmore </Td> <Td> Highland </Td> <Td> The Highlands--Badenoch and Strathspey </Td> <Td> Living </Td> <Td> 80 - acre (320,000 m) site portrays aspects of 200 years of Highland rural life from the early 18th century to the mid-20th century </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Highland Museum of Childhood </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Strathpeffer </Td> <Td> Highland </Td> <Td> The Highlands--Ross and Cromarty </Td> <Td> Toys </Td> <Td> Dolls, toys, games, children's costume and childhood furniture </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Highlanders Museum </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Ardersier </Td> <Td> Highland </Td> <Td> The Highlands--Nairn </Td> <Td> Military </Td> <Td> Regimental artefacts of the Queen's Own Highlanders (Seaforth and Camerons) and Lovat Scouts </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Hugh Miller's House </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Cromarty </Td> <Td> Highland </Td> <Td> The Highlands--Ross and Cromarty </Td> <Td> Historic house </Td> <Td> website, home of 19th - century geologist Hugh Miller </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Inverness Museum and Art Gallery </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Inverness </Td> <Td> Highland </Td> <Td> The Highlands--Inverness </Td> <Td> Multiple </Td> <Td> Art, history and heritage of the Highlands, natural history, contemporary craft </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Iona Gallery </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Kingussie </Td> <Td> Highland </Td> <Td> The Highlands--Badenoch and Strathspey </Td> <Td> Art </Td> <Td> website </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Laidhay Croft Museum </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Dunbeath </Td> <Td> Highland </Td> <Td> The Highlands--Caithness </Td> <Td> Historic house </Td> <Td> information, information, early - 20th - century - period thatched Caithness longhouse incorporating dwelling, stable and byre under one roof </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Land, Sea and Islands Centre </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Arisaig </Td> <Td> Highland </Td> <Td> The Highlands--Lochaber </Td> <Td> Local </Td> <Td> website, located in Lochaber, local history, culture, natural history </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Last House Museum </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> John o' Groats </Td> <Td> Highland </Td> <Td> The Highlands--Caithness </Td> <Td> Local </Td> <Td> information, information, local history exhibits and gift shop </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Lyth Arts Centre </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Wick </Td> <Td> Highland </Td> <Td> The Highlands--Caithness </Td> <Td> Art </Td> <Td> website, arts centre with exhibits gallery </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> MacCrimmon Piping Heritage Centre </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Borreraig </Td> <Td> Highland </Td> <Td> The Highlands--Sutherland </Td> <Td> Multiple </Td> <Td> website, also known as the Borreraig Park Museum, artefacts and heritage of MacCrimmons, pipers to the chiefs of Clan Macleod, exhibition of bagpipes, local social, agriculture and rural life history </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Mallaig Heritage Centre </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Mallaig </Td> <Td> Highland </Td> <Td> The Highlands--Lochaber </Td> <Td> Local </Td> <Td> website, local history, maritime heritage, fishing, culture, railway </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Mary Anne's Cottage </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> West Dunnet </Td> <Td> Highland </Td> <Td> The Highlands--Caithness </Td> <Td> Historic house </Td> <Td> website, website, 19th - century croft cottage with original fixtures and furnishings </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Museum of the Isles </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Armadale </Td> <Td> Highland </Td> <Td> The Highlands--Skye and Lochalsh </Td> <Td> Ethnic </Td> <Td> History and heritage of Clan Donald </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Nairn Museum </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Nairn </Td> <Td> Highland </Td> <Td> The Highlands--Nairn </Td> <Td> Local </Td> <Td> website, local history, fishing industry, military, agriculture, social history </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Orcadian Stone </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Golspie </Td> <Td> Highland </Td> <Td> The Highlands--Sutherland </Td> <Td> Natural history </Td> <Td> website, store and exhibition of rocks, minerals and fossils </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Seadrift Centre </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Dunnet </Td> <Td> Highland </Td> <Td> The Highlands--Caithness </Td> <Td> Natural history </Td> <Td> website, website, area natural and local history, also known as Seadrift - Dunnet Visitor Centre </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Skye Museum of Island Life </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Duntulm </Td> <Td> Highland </Td> <Td> The Highlands--Skye and Lochalsh </Td> <Td> Open - air </Td> <Td> website, 19th - century - period township of thatched cottages depicting typical island crofting life </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> St Fergus Gallery </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Wick </Td> <Td> Highland </Td> <Td> The Highlands--Caithness </Td> <Td> Art </Td> <Td> website, exhibits of art, photography, culture, crafts </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Strathnaver Museum </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Bettyhill </Td> <Td> Highland </Td> <Td> The Highlands--Sutherland </Td> <Td> Local </Td> <Td> website, history and artefacts of Clan Mackay, local social history, archaeology </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Strathspey Railway </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Highland </Td> <Td> The Highlands </Td> <Td> Railway </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Swanson Gallery </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Thurso </Td> <Td> Highland </Td> <Td> The Highlands--Caithness </Td> <Td> Art </Td> <Td> website, located in the Thurso Library </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Tain & District Museum </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Tain </Td> <Td> Highland </Td> <Td> The Highlands--Ross and Cromarty </Td> <Td> Local history </Td> <Td> Local culture, Clan Ross, silverwork, locally relevant historic displays and artifacts: known locally as' Tain Through Time' </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Tarbat Discovery Centre </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Portmahomack </Td> <Td> Highland </Td> <Td> The Highlands--Ross and Cromarty </Td> <Td> Local </Td> <Td> website, local history, culture, Pictish stones and sculpture </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Timespan Museum and Arts Centre </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Helmsdale </Td> <Td> Highland </Td> <Td> The Highlands--Sutherland </Td> <Td> Multiple </Td> <Td> website, recreations of a croft, byre, smithy and shop, displays on area archaeology, geology and natural history, art exhibits </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Treasures of the Earth </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Corpach </Td> <Td> Highland </Td> <Td> The Highlands--Lochaber </Td> <Td> Natural history </Td> <Td> website, geology display with simulated caves, caverns and mining scenes, exhibits of crystals, gemstones and fossils </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Ullapool Museum </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Highland </Td> <Td> The Highlands--Ross and Cromarty </Td> <Td> Local </Td> <Td> website, local history, culture </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Urquhart Castle </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Drumnadrochit </Td> <Td> Highland </Td> <Td> The Highlands--Inverness </Td> <Td> Historic house </Td> <Td> Operated by Historic Scotland, medieval fortress castle ruins, visitor centre exhibits about its history </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Waterlines Visitor Centre </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Lybster </Td> <Td> Highland </Td> <Td> The Highlands--Caithness </Td> <Td> Maritime </Td> <Td> information, local herring fishing industry, geology, wildlife </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> West Highland Museum </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Fort William </Td> <Td> Highland </Td> <Td> The Highlands--Lochaber </Td> <Td> Local </Td> <Td> Local history, culture, natural history, geology, archaeology, Highland regiments </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Wick Heritage Centre </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Wick </Td> <Td> Highland </Td> <Td> The Highlands--Caithness </Td> <Td> Multiple </Td> <Td> website, local history, early - 20th - century - period rooms, historic photographs, civic regalia, Caithness glass, Noss Head Lighthouse lens, herring fishing industry, art gallery </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> McLean Museum and Art Gallery </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Greenock </Td> <Td> Inverclyde </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Multiple </Td> <Td> Art, natural history, world cultures, local history, archaeology, industry </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Newark Castle </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Port Glasgow </Td> <Td> Inverclyde </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Historic house </Td> <Td> Operated by Historic Scotland, 15th - century castle </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Arniston House </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Temple </Td> <Td> Midlothian </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Historic house </Td> <Td> 18th - century Georgian mansion was designed by William Adam </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> National Mining Museum </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Newtongrange </Td> <Td> Midlothian </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Mining </Td> <Td> Victorian colliery and underground coal mine </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Vogrie House </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Vogrie Country Park </Td> <Td> Midlothian </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Historic house </Td> <Td> 19th - century Victorian baronial mansion </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Ballindalloch Castle </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Craigellachie </Td> <Td> Moray </Td> <Td> The Highlands </Td> <Td> Historic house </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Brodie Castle </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Forres </Td> <Td> Moray </Td> <Td> The Highlands </Td> <Td> Historic house </Td> <Td> Operated by the National Trust for Scotland, 19th - century Scottish Baronial mansion, fine art, antique furniture, porcelain </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Buckie & District Heritage Centre </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Buckie </Td> <Td> Moray </Td> <Td> The Highlands </Td> <Td> Local </Td> <Td> website, local history, maritime heritage </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Burghead Visitor Centre </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Burghead </Td> <Td> Moray </Td> <Td> The Highlands </Td> <Td> Local </Td> <Td> website, site of an important Pictish hill fort, local history </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Elgin Museum (Moray) </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Elgin </Td> <Td> Moray </Td> <Td> The Highlands </Td> <Td> Multiple </Td> <Td> website, local history, fossils, Pictish stones, Roman artifacts, archaeology, art, butterflies, eggs and shells </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Falconer Museum </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Forres </Td> <Td> Moray </Td> <Td> The Highlands </Td> <Td> Local </Td> <Td> website, local history, household items </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Findhorn Heritage Centre & Icehouse </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Findhorn </Td> <Td> Moray </Td> <Td> The Highlands </Td> <Td> Multiple </Td> <Td> website, local history, fishing industry, marine environment, natural history, historic icehouse </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Fochabers Folk Museum </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Fochabers </Td> <Td> Moray </Td> <Td> The Highlands </Td> <Td> Local </Td> <Td> website, local and social history, collection of gigs and carriages, reconstructed schoolroom and history of Alexander Milne </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Lossiemouth Fisheries & Community Museum </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Lossiemouth </Td> <Td> Moray </Td> <Td> The Highlands </Td> <Td> Local </Td> <Td> information, maritime heritage, fishing, local history </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Moray Art Centre </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Findhorn </Td> <Td> Moray </Td> <Td> The Highlands </Td> <Td> Art </Td> <Td> website </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Moray Motor Museum </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Elgin </Td> <Td> Moray </Td> <Td> The Highlands </Td> <Td> Automotive </Td> <Td> website, veteran, vintage, classic cars, motorcycles, model cars, memorabilia </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> River Findhorn Heritage Centre </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Forres </Td> <Td> Moray </Td> <Td> The Highlands </Td> <Td> Multiple </Td> <Td> website, natural history, geology and impact of the River Findhorn; Alexander Stewart, Earl of Buchan; model croft house </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Tomintoul Museum </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Tomintoul </Td> <Td> Moray </Td> <Td> The Highlands </Td> <Td> Local </Td> <Td> website, local history, culture, reconstructed crofter's kitchen and village blacksmith's shop, natural history </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Brodick Castle </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Brodick </Td> <Td> North Ayrshire </Td> <Td> Ayrshire and Arran </Td> <Td> Historic house </Td> <Td> Operated by the National Trust for Scotland, castle with eclectic collection of paintings, furniture, porcelain and silver, located on the Isle of Arran </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Isle of Arran Heritage Museum </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Brodick </Td> <Td> North Ayrshire </Td> <Td> Ayrshire and Arran </Td> <Td> Open - air </Td> <Td> website, located on the Isle of Arran, buildings include a croft and smiddy, farmhouse, cottage, bothy, milk house, laundry, stable, coach house and harness room with exhibits of island agriculture, social history, archaeology and geology </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Irvine Burns Museum </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Irvine </Td> <Td> North Ayrshire </Td> <Td> Ayrshire and Arran </Td> <Td> Biographical </Td> <Td> website, artefacts and memorabilia about poet Robert Burns </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Kilwinning Abbey Tower </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Kilwinning </Td> <Td> North Ayrshire </Td> <Td> Ayrshire and Arran </Td> <Td> Local </Td> <Td> Local and abbey history exhibits in the remaining tower of a medieval abbey </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Largs Museum </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Largs </Td> <Td> North Ayrshire </Td> <Td> Ayrshire and Arran </Td> <Td> Local </Td> <Td> website, local history </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Mother Lodge of Scotland Museum </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> North Ayrshire </Td> <Td> Ayrshire and Arran </Td> <Td> Masonic </Td> <Td> Historic lodge and Masonic artefacts </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Museum of Ayrshire Country Life and Costume </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Kilwinning </Td> <Td> North Ayrshire </Td> <Td> Ayrshire and Arran </Td> <Td> Multiple </Td> <Td> Historic Dalgarven watermill, museum with displays of rural life and trades including ploughing, threshing, harvesting and the village smithy, period room displays, costume collection </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Museum of the Cumbraes </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Millport </Td> <Td> North Ayrshire </Td> <Td> Ayrshire and Arran </Td> <Td> Local </Td> <Td> information, information, island history, archaeology, culture, maritime heritage </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> North Ayrshire Museum </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Saltcoats </Td> <Td> North Ayrshire </Td> <Td> Ayrshire and Arran </Td> <Td> Local </Td> <Td> information, information, local history, archaeology, costume, transport, popular culture, maritime heritage </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Robertson Museum and Aquarium </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Millport </Td> <Td> North Ayrshire </Td> <Td> Ayrshire and Arran </Td> <Td> Natural history </Td> <Td> website, information, operated by the University Marine Biological Station Millport, history of marine science, marine creatures and environment, current research at the Marine Station </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Scottish Maritime Museum </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Irvine </Td> <Td> North Ayrshire </Td> <Td> Ayrshire and Arran </Td> <Td> Maritime </Td> <Td> Shipbuilding, museum ships </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Vennel Gallery </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Irvine </Td> <Td> North Ayrshire </Td> <Td> Ayrshire and Arran </Td> <Td> Art </Td> <Td> information, gallery in the former flax mill where poet Robert Burns worked, included his lodging house </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Vikingar </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Largs </Td> <Td> North Ayrshire </Td> <Td> Ayrshire and Arran </Td> <Td> History </Td> <Td> website, information, multi-media and living presentation of Viking history in Scotland </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> West Kilbride Museum </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> West Kilbride </Td> <Td> North Ayrshire </Td> <Td> Ayrshire and Arran </Td> <Td> Local </Td> <Td> website, local history, art </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Cumbernauld Museum </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Cumbernauld </Td> <Td> North Lanarkshire </Td> <Td> Greater Glasgow and Clyde Valley </Td> <Td> Local </Td> <Td> information, local history </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Kilsyth's Heritage </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Kilsyth </Td> <Td> North Lanarkshire </Td> <Td> Greater Glasgow and Clyde Valley </Td> <Td> Local </Td> <Td> information, local history </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> North Lanarkshire Heritage Centre </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Motherwell </Td> <Td> North Lanarkshire </Td> <Td> Greater Glasgow and Clyde Valley </Td> <Td> Local </Td> <Td> Multimedia display of local history, industry, Roman era, domestic life using talking figures and interactive interpretation </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Summerlee, Museum of Scottish Industrial Life </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Motherwell </Td> <Td> North Lanarkshire </Td> <Td> Greater Glasgow and Clyde Valley </Td> <Td> Industry </Td> <Td> Industry, technology, social impact of the Industrial Revolution, transportation and electric tramway, recreated mine and miners' cottages </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Barony Mills </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Birsay </Td> <Td> Orkney </Td> <Td> Orkney </Td> <Td> Mill </Td> <Td> website, 19th - century watermill </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Bishop's Palace </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Kirkwall </Td> <Td> Orkney </Td> <Td> Orkney </Td> <Td> Historic house </Td> <Td> Operated by Historic Scotland, remains of a medieval castle </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Broch of Gurness </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Mainland </Td> <Td> Orkney </Td> <Td> Orkney </Td> <Td> Archaeology </Td> <Td> Operated by Historic Scotland, excavated Iron Age broch village and artefacts </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Corrigall Farm Museum </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Harray </Td> <Td> Orkney </Td> <Td> Orkney </Td> <Td> Agriculture </Td> <Td> information, information, 19th - century - period farmhouse and outbuildings, with peat fire, livestock, horse - drawn agriculture equipment </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Earl's Palace </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Kirkwall </Td> <Td> Orkney </Td> <Td> Orkney </Td> <Td> Historic house </Td> <Td> Operated by Historic Scotland, remains of a 17th - century palace </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Hackness Martello Tower and Battery </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> South Walls </Td> <Td> Orkney </Td> <Td> Orkney </Td> <Td> Military </Td> <Td> Operated by Historic Scotland, Napoleonic War - era fort and battery </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Kirbuster Farm Museum </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Birsay </Td> <Td> Orkney </Td> <Td> Orkney </Td> <Td> Historic house </Td> <Td> information, information, 19th - century farmhouse and outbuildings, with peat - fired central hearth, stone beds and collection of farm tools </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Maeshowe Chambered Cairn </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> South Walls </Td> <Td> Orkney </Td> <Td> Orkney </Td> <Td> Archaeology </Td> <Td> Operated by Historic Scotland, Neolithic chambered cairn and passage grave, features Viking graffiti runes </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Orkney Museum </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Kirkwall </Td> <Td> Orkney </Td> <Td> Orkney </Td> <Td> Local </Td> <Td> information, also known as the Tankerness House Museum, period rooms, local history, archaeology, Picts and Vikings </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Orkney Wireless Museum </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Kirkwall </Td> <Td> Orkney </Td> <Td> Orkney </Td> <Td> Technology </Td> <Td> Collection of radio and wartime communications equipment, strategic and military importance of Orkney during World War II, history of radar </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Pier Art Gallery </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Stromness </Td> <Td> Orkney </Td> <Td> Orkney </Td> <Td> Art </Td> <Td> Modern paintings and sculpture </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Scapa Flow Visitor Centre </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Lyness </Td> <Td> Orkney </Td> <Td> Orkney </Td> <Td> Military </Td> <Td> information, history of the naval anchorage in World Wars I and II, island history </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Skaill House </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Sandwick </Td> <Td> Orkney </Td> <Td> Orkney </Td> <Td> Historic house </Td> <Td> website, 17th - century house with 1950s period furnishings on site dating back to the Iron Age </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Skara Brae </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Bay of Skaill </Td> <Td> Orkney </Td> <Td> Orkney </Td> <Td> Archaeology </Td> <Td> Operated by Historic Scotland, excavated stone - built Neolithic settlement </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Stromness Museum </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Stromness </Td> <Td> Orkney </Td> <Td> Orkney </Td> <Td> Multiple </Td> <Td> website, maritime and natural history, local history </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Alyth Museum </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Alyth </Td> <Td> Perth and Kinross </Td> <Td> Perthshire </Td> <Td> Local </Td> <Td> website, local history </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Atholl Country Life Museum </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Blair Atholl </Td> <Td> Perth and Kinross </Td> <Td> Perthshire </Td> <Td> Local </Td> <Td> website, local history, agriculture, social history </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Atholl Palace Museum </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Pitlochry </Td> <Td> Perth and Kinross </Td> <Td> Perthshire </Td> <Td> Medical </Td> <Td> website, history of the Victorian spa hotel and the Hydropathic movement </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Black Watch Regimental Museum </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Perth </Td> <Td> Perth and Kinross </Td> <Td> Perthshire </Td> <Td> Military </Td> <Td> Located in Balhousie Castle, regimental uniforms, weapons, medals, regalia, artefacts, memorabilia </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Birnam Arts </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Dunkeld </Td> <Td> Perth and Kinross </Td> <Td> Perthshire </Td> <Td> Multiple </Td> <Td> Arts and community centre, features permanent exhibit on author Beatrix Potter, changing exhibits of art, photography and culture </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Blair Castle </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Blair Atholl </Td> <Td> Perth and Kinross </Td> <Td> Perthshire </Td> <Td> Historic house </Td> <Td> Home of the Clan Murray family, collections of fine pictures and furniture, arms and armour, porcelain, embroidery and lace, Masonic regalia, Jacobite relics </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Castle Menzies </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Weem </Td> <Td> Perth and Kinross </Td> <Td> Perthshire </Td> <Td> Historic house </Td> <Td> Ancestral seat of the Clan Menzies, restored 16th - century castle </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Clan Donnachaidh Museum </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Blair Atholl </Td> <Td> Perth and Kinross </Td> <Td> Perthshire </Td> <Td> Ethnic </Td> <Td> website, gift shop and Clan Donnachaidh history </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Dunkeld Cathedral </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Dunkeld </Td> <Td> Perth and Kinross </Td> <Td> Perthshire </Td> <Td> Religious </Td> <Td> Medieval cathedral, includes the Chapter House Museum with relics from monastic and Medieval times and local history exhibits </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Elcho Castle </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Perth and Kinross </Td> <Td> Perthshire </Td> <Td> Historic house </Td> <Td> Operated by Historic Scotland, 16th - century fortified mansion with three projecting towers </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Fergusson Gallery </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Perth </Td> <Td> Perth and Kinross </Td> <Td> Perthshire </Td> <Td> Art </Td> <Td> website, works by artist John Duncan Fergusson and his lifelong partner, choreographer Margaret Morris </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Huntingtower Castle </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Huntingtower </Td> <Td> Perth and Kinross </Td> <Td> Perthshire </Td> <Td> Historic house </Td> <Td> Operated by Historic Scotland, 15th - to 18th - century tower house </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Loch Leven Castle </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Perth and Kinross </Td> <Td> Perthshire </Td> <Td> Historic house </Td> <Td> Operated by Historic Scotland, remains of a medieval castle, located on an island in Loch Leven </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Meigle Sculptured Stone Museum </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Meigle </Td> <Td> Perth and Kinross </Td> <Td> Perthshire </Td> <Td> Religious </Td> <Td> Carved Pictish stones </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Michael Bruce Museum </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Kinnesswood </Td> <Td> Perth and Kinross </Td> <Td> Perthshire </Td> <Td> Historic house </Td> <Td> website, information, birthplace cottage of 18th - century poet Michael Bruce </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Museum of Abernethy </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Abernethy </Td> <Td> Perth and Kinross </Td> <Td> Perthshire </Td> <Td> Local </Td> <Td> website, local history, culture </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Perth Museum and Art Gallery </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Perth </Td> <Td> Perth and Kinross </Td> <Td> Perthshire </Td> <Td> Multiple </Td> <Td> Art, local history, natural history, social history, decorative arts including Perthshire glass and silver </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Scone Palace </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Scone </Td> <Td> Perth and Kinross </Td> <Td> Perthshire </Td> <Td> Historic house </Td> <Td> Early - 19th - century Georgian Gothic style castle, state rooms feature collections of furniture, ceramics, ivories, and clocks </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Scottish Crannog Centre </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Kenmore </Td> <Td> Perth and Kinross </Td> <Td> Perthshire </Td> <Td> Archaeology </Td> <Td> website, accurate full - size reconstruction of an Iron Age crannog (ancient loch - dwelling) and artefacts </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Coats Observatory </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Paisley </Td> <Td> Renfrewshire </Td> <Td> Greater Glasgow and Clyde Valley </Td> <Td> Science </Td> <Td> Observatory with astronomical equipment and displays, weather and earthquake recording equipment </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Paisley Museum </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Paisley </Td> <Td> Renfrewshire </Td> <Td> Greater Glasgow and Clyde Valley </Td> <Td> Multiple </Td> <Td> website, local history, fine and decorative art, natural history, Ancient Egyptian artefacts, textiles, industry </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Renfrew Museum </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Renfrew </Td> <Td> Renfrewshire </Td> <Td> Greater Glasgow and Clyde Valley </Td> <Td> Local </Td> <Td> website, local history, culture </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Scottish Maritime Museum </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Braehead </Td> <Td> Renfrewshire </Td> <Td> Greater Glasgow and Clyde Valley </Td> <Td> Maritime </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Sma Shot Cottages </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Paisley </Td> <Td> Renfrewshire </Td> <Td> Greater Glasgow and Clyde Valley </Td> <Td> Industry </Td> <Td> website, portrays two weaver's workshops and cottages, one in the late 18th century and one in the mid-19th century </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Thread Mill Museum </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Paisley </Td> <Td> Renfrewshire </Td> <Td> Greater Glasgow and Clyde Valley </Td> <Td> Industry </Td> <Td> information, local textile industry and textile collections </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Weaver's Cottage, Renfrewshire </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Kilbarchan </Td> <Td> Renfrewshire </Td> <Td> Greater Glasgow and Clyde Valley </Td> <Td> Industry </Td> <Td> website, operated by the National Trust for Scotland, 18th - century - period weaver's cottage with original working looms and spinning wheels </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Borders Textile Towerhouse </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Hawick </Td> <Td> Scottish Borders </Td> <Td> Scottish Borders </Td> <Td> Textile </Td> <Td> website, costumes and fashion, area textile industries, textile arts and heritage </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Coldstream Museum </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Coldstream </Td> <Td> Scottish Borders </Td> <Td> Scottish Borders </Td> <Td> Local </Td> <Td> website, local history, Coldstream Guards exhibit, art exhibits </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Duns Exhibition Room </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Duns </Td> <Td> Scottish Borders </Td> <Td> Scottish Borders </Td> <Td> Local </Td> <Td> website, located in the Duns Library, local history and art exhibits </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Eyemouth Museum </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Eyemouth </Td> <Td> Scottish Borders </Td> <Td> Scottish Borders </Td> <Td> Local </Td> <Td> website, local history, culture, maritime heritage </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Halliwell's House Museum </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Selkirk </Td> <Td> Scottish Borders </Td> <Td> Scottish Borders </Td> <Td> Multiple </Td> <Td> website, recreated historic house and ironworker's shop, art, contemporary crafts and local history exhibits </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Harestanes Countryside Visitor Centre </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Ancrum </Td> <Td> Scottish Borders </Td> <Td> Scottish Borders </Td> <Td> Multiple </Td> <Td> website, park with programs and exhibits of art, nature </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Hawick Museum </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Hawick </Td> <Td> Scottish Borders </Td> <Td> Scottish Borders </Td> <Td> Multiple </Td> <Td> website, art, local history and culture, natural history, archaeology, displays on motorcycle champions Jimmie Guthrie and Steve Hislop, period schoolroom </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Jedburgh Castle Jail and Museum </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Jedburgh </Td> <Td> Scottish Borders </Td> <Td> Scottish Borders </Td> <Td> Prison </Td> <Td> 1820s period prison and local history displays </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Jim Clark Room </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Duns </Td> <Td> Scottish Borders </Td> <Td> Scottish Borders </Td> <Td> Sports </Td> <Td> website, memorabilia and life of motor racing champion Jim Clark </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> John Buchan Museum </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Peebles </Td> <Td> Scottish Borders </Td> <Td> Scottish Borders </Td> <Td> Biographical </Td> <Td> website, life of John Buchan, author of The Thirty - Nine Steps and Governor General of Canada </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Mary Queen of Scots' Visitor Centre </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Jedburgh </Td> <Td> Scottish Borders </Td> <Td> Scottish Borders </Td> <Td> Biographical </Td> <Td> website, 16th - century tower house with artefacts and exhibits about the life of Mary, Queen of Scots </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Melrose Abbey </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Melrose </Td> <Td> Scottish Borders </Td> <Td> Scottish Borders </Td> <Td> Religious </Td> <Td> Operated by Historic Scotland, remains of a large medieval abbey </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Old Gala House </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Galashiels </Td> <Td> Scottish Borders </Td> <Td> Scottish Borders </Td> <Td> Local </Td> <Td> Local history, art gallery, history of the house, culture </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Paxton House </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Paxton </Td> <Td> Scottish Borders </Td> <Td> Scottish Borders </Td> <Td> Historic house </Td> <Td> 18th - century country house, features gallery of paintings from the National Galleries of Scotland </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Robert Smail's Printing Works </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Innerleithen </Td> <Td> Scottish Borders </Td> <Td> Scottish Borders </Td> <Td> Media </Td> <Td> Operated by the National Trust for Scotland, historic print shop with printing press </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> St Ronan's Wells Visitor Centre </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Innerleithen </Td> <Td> Scottish Borders </Td> <Td> Scottish Borders </Td> <Td> Local </Td> <Td> website, local history, spa town history, connections with Scottish writers Sir Walter Scott and James Hogg </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Sir Walter Scott's Courtroom </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Selkirk </Td> <Td> Scottish Borders </Td> <Td> Scottish Borders </Td> <Td> Local </Td> <Td> website, 19th - century Sheriff Court where author Sir Walter Scott dispensed justice to the people of Selkirkshire, exhibits on his life and works, as well as local poet and author James Hogg, explorer Mungo Park, local history and culture </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Thirlestane Castle </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Lauder </Td> <Td> Scottish Borders </Td> <Td> Scottish Borders </Td> <Td> Historic house </Td> <Td> Mansion castle with paintings, furniture, porcelain, historic toys, Victorian kitchen, gardens </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Trimontium Heritage Centre </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Melrose </Td> <Td> Scottish Borders </Td> <Td> Scottish Borders </Td> <Td> Archaeology </Td> <Td> website, artefacts from the excavated Roman fort Trimontium </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Tweeddale Museum and Gallery </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Peebles </Td> <Td> Scottish Borders </Td> <Td> Scottish Borders </Td> <Td> Multiple </Td> <Td> Art, local history </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Whitrope Heritage Centre </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Hermitage </Td> <Td> Scottish Borders </Td> <Td> Scottish Borders </Td> <Td> Railway </Td> <Td> Artefacts and memorabilia of the Waverley Line </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Bayanne House </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Yell </Td> <Td> Shetland </Td> <Td> Shetland </Td> <Td> Local </Td> <Td> website, information, local history, crafts </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Böd of Gremista </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Lerwick </Td> <Td> Shetland </Td> <Td> Shetland </Td> <Td> Maritime </Td> <Td> Restored 18th - century Shetland fishing booth with displays of fishing and local businessman Arthur Anderson, also houses the Shetland Textile Working Museum </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Bressay Heritage Centre </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Bressay </Td> <Td> Shetland </Td> <Td> Shetland </Td> <Td> Local </Td> <Td> information, local history, culture </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> The Cabin Museum, Shetland </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Vidlin </Td> <Td> Shetland </Td> <Td> Shetland </Td> <Td> Military </Td> <Td> information, information, World War II artefacts and memorabilia, wartime life in Shetland </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Croft House Museum </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Boddam </Td> <Td> Shetland </Td> <Td> Shetland </Td> <Td> Historic house </Td> <Td> information, mid-19th - century croft cottage, information </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Fetlar Interpretive Centre </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Fetlar </Td> <Td> Shetland </Td> <Td> Shetland </Td> <Td> Local </Td> <Td> website, information, local history, culture </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> George Waterston Memorial Centre and Museum </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Fair Isle </Td> <Td> Shetland </Td> <Td> Shetland </Td> <Td> Multiple </Td> <Td> Local history, natural history, art, archaeology, costumes and textiles, industry, transportation, maritime heritage </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Hoswick Visitor Centre </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Hoswick </Td> <Td> Shetland </Td> <Td> Shetland </Td> <Td> Local </Td> <Td> information, information, local history, collection of old radios, fishing equipment, looms </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Jarlshof Prehistoric and Norse Settlement </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Sumburgh </Td> <Td> Shetland </Td> <Td> Shetland </Td> <Td> Archaeology </Td> <Td> Operated by Historic Scotland, excavated site with Bronze Age, Iron Age, Pictish and Viking - age ruins, exhibits on the site's history, settlers and artefacts </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Old Haa Museum </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Burravoe </Td> <Td> Shetland </Td> <Td> Shetland </Td> <Td> Local </Td> <Td> Local and natural history </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Old Scatness </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Dunrossness </Td> <Td> Shetland </Td> <Td> Shetland </Td> <Td> Archaeology </Td> <Td> Costumed guided tours of the excavated mediaeval, Viking, Pictish, and Bronze Age remains, replica Iron Age and Pictish buildings, crafts demonstrations </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Quendale Water Mill </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Dunrossness </Td> <Td> Shetland </Td> <Td> Shetland </Td> <Td> Mill </Td> <Td> website, restored 19th - century water mill with local history and agriculture exhibits </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Scalloway Museum </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Scalloway </Td> <Td> Shetland </Td> <Td> Shetland </Td> <Td> Local </Td> <Td> information, information, local history, culture </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Shetland Museum </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Lerwick </Td> <Td> Shetland </Td> <Td> Shetland </Td> <Td> Local </Td> <Td> Local history, culture, archaeology </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Tangwick Haa Museum </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Tangwick </Td> <Td> Shetland </Td> <Td> Shetland </Td> <Td> Local </Td> <Td> information, information, local history, culture, social history </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Unst Boat Haven </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Unst </Td> <Td> Shetland </Td> <Td> Shetland </Td> <Td> Maritime </Td> <Td> information, information, collection of over 20 wooden boats, fishing gear, equipment, photographs </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Unst Heritage Centre </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Unst </Td> <Td> Shetland </Td> <Td> Shetland </Td> <Td> Local </Td> <Td> information, local history, archaeology, crafts, culture </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Weisdale Mill </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Weisdale </Td> <Td> Shetland </Td> <Td> Shetland </Td> <Td> Art </Td> <Td> 19th - century watermill, now a visual and applied art gallery operated by Shetland Arts </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Bachelors Club </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Tarbolton </Td> <Td> South Ayrshire </Td> <Td> Ayrshire and Arran </Td> <Td> Historic house </Td> <Td> website, operated by the National Trust for Scotland, 17th - century thatched house where poet Robert Burns formed a debating club </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Burns Cottage </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Alloway </Td> <Td> South Ayrshire </Td> <Td> Ayrshire and Arran </Td> <Td> Historic house </Td> <Td> 18th - century birthplace of poet Robert Burns, part of the Burns National Heritage Park </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Burns National Heritage Park </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Alloway </Td> <Td> South Ayrshire </Td> <Td> Ayrshire and Arran </Td> <Td> Biographical </Td> <Td> website, website, operated by the National Trust for Scotland, important sites associated with poet Robert Burns, planned museum to include the new Robert Burns Birthplace Museum </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Blairquhan Castle </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Maybole </Td> <Td> South Ayrshire </Td> <Td> Ayrshire and Arran </Td> <Td> Historic house </Td> <Td> Regency - era castle and gardens </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Crossraguel Abbey </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Maybole </Td> <Td> South Ayrshire </Td> <Td> Ayrshire and Arran </Td> <Td> Religious </Td> <Td> Operated by Historic Scotland, remains of a medieval abbey </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Culzean Castle </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Maybole </Td> <Td> South Ayrshire </Td> <Td> Ayrshire and Arran </Td> <Td> Historic house </Td> <Td> Operated by the National Trust for Scotland, 18th - century stately house castle designed by Robert Adam </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Dundonald Castle </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Dundonald </Td> <Td> South Ayrshire </Td> <Td> Ayrshire and Arran </Td> <Td> Historic house </Td> <Td> Remains of a 14th - century royal fortified tower house built for Robert II on his accession to the throne of Scotland </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Maclaurin Art Gallery </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Ayr </Td> <Td> South Ayrshire </Td> <Td> Ayrshire and Arran </Td> <Td> Art </Td> <Td> website, classic and contemporary art </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> McKechnie Institute </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Ayr </Td> <Td> South Ayrshire </Td> <Td> Ayrshire and Arran </Td> <Td> Local </Td> <Td> website, local history and artefacts </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Rozelle House Galleries </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Ayr </Td> <Td> South Ayrshire </Td> <Td> Ayrshire and Arran </Td> <Td> Art </Td> <Td> website, also features the Ayrshire Yeomanry Museum </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Souter Johnnie's Cottage </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Kirkoswald </Td> <Td> South Ayrshire </Td> <Td> Ayrshire and Arran </Td> <Td> Historic house </Td> <Td> website, operated by the National Trust for Scotland, thatched cottage containing shoe - making tools and Robert Burns - related artefacts </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Tam O'Shanter Experience </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Alloway </Td> <Td> South Ayrshire </Td> <Td> Ayrshire and Arran </Td> <Td> Literary </Td> <Td> website, part of the Burns National Heritage Park, multimedia presentation of Robert Burns' poem Tam o' Shanter </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Biggar Gasworks </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Biggar </Td> <Td> South Lanarkshire </Td> <Td> Greater Glasgow and Clyde Valley </Td> <Td> Industry </Td> <Td> website, preserved gasworks </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Bothwell Castle </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Bothwell </Td> <Td> South Lanarkshire </Td> <Td> Greater Glasgow and Clyde Valley </Td> <Td> Historic house </Td> <Td> Operated by Historic Scotland, remains of a medieval castle </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Brownsbank Cottage </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Biggar </Td> <Td> South Lanarkshire </Td> <Td> Greater Glasgow and Clyde Valley </Td> <Td> Historic house </Td> <Td> website, operated by the Biggar Museum Trust, open by appointment, home of poet Hugh MacDiarmid </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> David Livingstone Centre </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Blantyre </Td> <Td> South Lanarkshire </Td> <Td> Greater Glasgow and Clyde Valley </Td> <Td> Biographical </Td> <Td> Operated by the National Trust for Scotland, birthplace and artefacts of Scottish explorer and missionary David Livingstone </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Discover Carmichael Centre </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Carmichael </Td> <Td> South Lanarkshire </Td> <Td> Greater Glasgow and Clyde Valley </Td> <Td> Wax </Td> <Td> website, also known as Carmichael Visitor Centre, features the former Edinburgh Wax Model Collection depicting Scotland's history from Queen Margaret and King Macbeth through to the present </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Biggar & Upper Clydesdale Museum </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Biggar </Td> <Td> South Lanarkshire </Td> <Td> Greater Glasgow and Clyde Valley </Td> <Td> History </Td> <Td> website, operated by the Biggar Museum Trust, 14,000 years of history of Upper Clydesdale, late - 19th - and early - 20th - century - period shops and businesses, including a grocer, printer, bootmaker, bank, chemist </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Hunter House Museum </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> East Kilbride </Td> <Td> South Lanarkshire </Td> <Td> Greater Glasgow and Clyde Valley </Td> <Td> Historic house </Td> <Td> Childhood home of two 18th - century medical pioneers, William and John Hunter, exhibits on their lives and medical work </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> John Hastie Museum </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Strathaven </Td> <Td> South Lanarkshire </Td> <Td> Greater Glasgow and Clyde Valley </Td> <Td> Local </Td> <Td> website, information, local history, culture, textile industry </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Lanark Museum </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Lanark </Td> <Td> South Lanarkshire </Td> <Td> Greater Glasgow and Clyde Valley </Td> <Td> Local </Td> <Td> website, local history, culture, industry, William Wallace, King Robert the Bruce, </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Low Parks Museum </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Hamilton </Td> <Td> South Lanarkshire </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Local </Td> <Td> website, local history, culture, Cameronian (Scottish Rifles) Regiment, agriculture, textiles, mining, Victorian kitchen </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> National Museum of Rural Life </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> East Kilbride </Td> <Td> South Lanarkshire </Td> <Td> Greater Glasgow and Clyde Valley </Td> <Td> Agriculture </Td> <Td> Formerly the Museum of Scottish Country Life, 1950s working farm, exhibits of rural room settings and oil paintings, agriculture models and machinery </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> New Lanark </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> New Lanark </Td> <Td> South Lanarkshire </Td> <Td> Greater Glasgow and Clyde Valley </Td> <Td> Open - air </Td> <Td> Restored 19th - century textile mill village </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders Regimental Museum </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Stirling </Td> <Td> Stirling </Td> <Td> Argyll, the Isles, Loch Lomond, Stirling and Trossachs </Td> <Td> Military </Td> <Td> Located in Stirling Castle, includes uniforms, weapons, medals, dioramas, regimental regalia and memorabilia </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Argyll's Lodging </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Stirling </Td> <Td> Stirling </Td> <Td> Argyll, the Isles, Loch Lomond, Stirling and Trossachs </Td> <Td> Historic house </Td> <Td> Operated by Historic Scotland, 17th - century townhouse adjacent to and included with admission to Stirling Castle </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Bannockburn Heritage Centre </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Cambuskenneth </Td> <Td> Stirling </Td> <Td> Argyll, the Isles, Loch Lomond, Stirling and Trossachs </Td> <Td> Religious </Td> <Td> Operated by the National Trust for Scotland, history and site of a significant Scottish victory in the 14th - century Wars of Scottish Independence </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Cambuskenneth Abbey </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Cambuskenneth </Td> <Td> Stirling </Td> <Td> Argyll, the Isles, Loch Lomond, Stirling and Trossachs </Td> <Td> Religious </Td> <Td> Operated by Historic Scotland, remains of a medieval Augustinian monastery </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Doune Castle </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Doune </Td> <Td> Stirling </Td> <Td> Argyll, the Isles, Loch Lomond, Stirling and Trossachs </Td> <Td> Historic house </Td> <Td> Operated by Historic Scotland, late - 14th - century courtyard castle, used in the film Monty Python and the Holy Grail </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Dunblane Museum </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Dunblane </Td> <Td> Stirling </Td> <Td> Argyll, the Isles, Loch Lomond, Stirling and Trossachs </Td> <Td> Local </Td> <Td> website, local history, history and artefacts of Dunblane Cathedral </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Inchmahome Priory </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Inchmahome </Td> <Td> Stirling </Td> <Td> Argyll, the Isles, Loch Lomond, Stirling and Trossachs </Td> <Td> Religious </Td> <Td> Operated by Historic Scotland, remains of a medieval priory </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Moirlanich Longhouse </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Killin </Td> <Td> Stirling </Td> <Td> Argyll, the Isles, Loch Lomond, Stirling and Trossachs </Td> <Td> Historic house </Td> <Td> Operated by the National Trust for Scotland, preserved 19th - century cruck frame cottage </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> National Wallace Monument </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Stirling </Td> <Td> Stirling </Td> <Td> Argyll, the Isles, Loch Lomond, Stirling and Trossachs </Td> <Td> History </Td> <Td> Tower monument with exhibits about 13th - century Scottish hero William Wallace </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Stirling Castle </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Stirling </Td> <Td> Stirling </Td> <Td> Argyll, the Isles, Loch Lomond, Stirling and Trossachs </Td> <Td> Historic house </Td> <Td> Operated by Historic Scotland, royal castle and fortress, includes Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders Regimental Museum and Argyll's Lodging </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Stirling Old Town Jail </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Stirling </Td> <Td> Stirling </Td> <Td> Argyll, the Isles, Loch Lomond, Stirling and Trossachs </Td> <Td> Prison </Td> <Td> website, costumed guided tours and portrayals of the Victorian - era prison </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Stirling Smith Museum and Art Gallery </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Stirling </Td> <Td> Stirling </Td> <Td> Argyll, the Isles, Loch Lomond, Stirling and Trossachs </Td> <Td> Multiple </Td> <Td> Art, local history, social history, ethnography, women's history, natural history </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Backdoor Gallery </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Dalmuir </Td> <Td> West Dunbartonshire </Td> <Td> Argyll, the Isles, Loch Lomond, Stirling and Trossachs </Td> <Td> Art </Td> <Td> website, art gallery of the Dalmuir Library </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Clydebank Museum </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Clydebank </Td> <Td> West Dunbartonshire </Td> <Td> Argyll, the Isles, Loch Lomond, Stirling and Trossachs </Td> <Td> Local </Td> <Td> Local history, culture, shipbuilding industry, collection of sewing machines </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Motoring Heritage Centre </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Alexandria </Td> <Td> West Dunbartonshire </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Automotive </Td> <Td> website, vintage and classic cars, memorabilia </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Scottish Maritime Museum </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Dumbarton </Td> <Td> West Dunbartonshire </Td> <Td> Argyll, the Isles, Loch Lomond, Stirling and Trossachs </Td> <Td> Maritime </Td> <Td> Shipbuilding, includes 1892 commercial ship model experiment tank, exhibits about the Denny Brothers, a shipbuilding company </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Titan Clydebank </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Clydebank </Td> <Td> West Dunbartonshire </Td> <Td> Argyll, the Isles, Loch Lomond, Stirling and Trossachs </Td> <Td> Technology </Td> <Td> 150 feet (46 m) high cantilever crane used in the lifting of heavy equipment during the fitting - out of battleships and ocean liners </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Almond Valley Heritage Centre </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Livingston </Td> <Td> West Lothian </Td> <Td> Edinburgh and Lothians </Td> <Td> Multiple </Td> <Td> website, includes a farm, historic mill, shale oil industry museum, narrow gauge railway, activities </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Bennie Museum </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Bathgate </Td> <Td> West Lothian </Td> <Td> Edinburgh and Lothians </Td> <Td> Local </Td> <Td> website, local history </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Cairnpapple Hill </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Linlithgow </Td> <Td> West Lothian </Td> <Td> Edinburgh and Lothians </Td> <Td> Archaeology </Td> <Td> Operated by Historic Scotland, excavated Neolithic hill with reconstructed graves and visitor centre </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Hopetoun House </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> near South Queensferry </Td> <Td> West Lothian </Td> <Td> Edinburgh and Lothians </Td> <Td> Historic house </Td> <Td> 18th - century estate, 150 acres (0.61 km) of gardens and grounds, near South Queensferry </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> House of the Binns </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Linlithgow </Td> <Td> West Lothian </Td> <Td> Edinburgh and Lothians </Td> <Td> Historic house </Td> <Td> Operated by the National Trust for Scotland, 17th - century house with mid-18th and early - 19th - century additions, collection of porcelain, paintings and furniture, parklands </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Linlithgow Canal Centre </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Linlithgow </Td> <Td> West Lothian </Td> <Td> Edinburgh and Lothians </Td> <Td> Transportation </Td> <Td> History, construction and life around the Union Canal </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Linlithgow Palace </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Linlithgow </Td> <Td> West Lothian </Td> <Td> Edinburgh and Lothians </Td> <Td> Historic house </Td> <Td> Operated by Historic Scotland, ruins of a 15th - century manor palace </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Linlithgow Story </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Linlithgow </Td> <Td> West Lothian </Td> <Td> Edinburgh and Lothians </Td> <Td> Local </Td> <Td> website, local history, trades </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> An Lanntair </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Stornaway </Td> <Td> Outer Hebrides </Td> <Td> Argyll, the Isles, Loch Lomond, Stirling and Trossachs </Td> <Td> Art </Td> <Td> Arts centre with gallery </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Museum nan Eilean </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Stornaway </Td> <Td> Outer Hebrides </Td> <Td> Argyll, the Isles, Loch Lomond, Stirling and Trossachs </Td> <Td> Local </Td> <Td> website, archaeology, social, domestic and economic history of the Western Isles </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Taigh Chearsabhagh Museum & Arts Centre </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Lochmaddy </Td> <Td> Outer Hebrides </Td> <Td> Argyll, the Isles, Loch Lomond, Stirling and Trossachs </Td> <Td> Multiple </Td> <Td> website, local history, culture, art </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Kildonan Museum </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Kildonan </Td> <Td> Outer Hebrides </Td> <Td> Argyll, the Isles, Loch Lomond, Stirling and Trossachs </Td> <Td> Multiple </Td> <Td> website, local archaeology, social, domestic and economic history of South Uist, documents archive, photo collections, arts and craftwork </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Th> Name </Th> <Th> Image </Th> <Th> Town / City </Th> <Th> Council area </Th> <Th> Region </Th> <Th> Type </Th> <Th> Summary </Th> </Tr>

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