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Bridgeton Bus Garage
76–-136 Fordneuk Street,
Glasgow,
G40 3AH
Location of Glasgow Vintage Vehicle Trust. Storage and display of approximately 100 buses, coaches and commercial vehicles. Restoration facilities. Trust membership available.
Burrell Collection
2060 Pollokshaws Road, Glasgow, G43 1ATIn the heart of Pollok Country Park is this collection of art, including work by Degas, Rodin and Cézanne as well as ancient and medieval artefacts. It is named after shipping tycoon Sir William Burrell who amassed much of its collection of over 8000…
Culloden Battlefield and Visitor Centre
Culloden Moor, Inverness, Highland, IV2 5EUThrough recent archaeological and historical research the National Trust for Scotland discovered that the previous Culloden Battlefield visitor centre and exhibition was sited on the third Government line of the battlefield. With the Trust's resolve to…
D'Arcy Thompson Zoology Museum
Carnelley Building, University of Dundee, Dundee, DD1 4HNFounded by world-renowned polymath D'Arcy Thompson in the 1880s, the University of Dundee's Zoology Museum features an amazing variety of mammals, birds, fish, reptiles and insects from around the world, as well as many of D'Arcy's original models and…
Edinburgh Butterfly & Insect World
at Dobbies Garden World, Melville Nursery,
Lasswade,
EH18 1AZ
This fantastic wildlife attraction just outside Gilmerton lets visitors experience butterfly talks, animal and fish feeding and offers the opportunity to handle tarantulas, snakes and millipedes – all whilst being surrounded by hundreds of exotic…
The Hill House
Upper Colquhoun Street, Helensburgh, Dunbartonshire, G84 9AJThe finest of Charles Rennie Mackintosh's domestic creations, the Hill House dates from 1902. Mackintosh and his wife also designed the interior fittings and decorative schemes.
Hunterian Museum & Art Gallery
University of Glasgow, 82 Hillhead Street, Glasgow, G12 8QQScotland’s oldest public museum, founded in 1807, houses collections relating to science, medicine, archaeology, geology and more, as well as art by Charles Rennie Mackintosh (including The Mackintosh House – the reassembled interior of his home) and…
JM Barrie's Birthplace
9 Brechin Road, Kirriemuir, Angus, DD8 4BXThe creator of Peter Pan, novelist and dramatist J M Barrie, was born here in 1860, one of a handloom weaver's ten children. The outside wash house was his first theatre. The house next door, No. 11, is home to an imaginative exhibition about Barrie's…
Kelvingrove Art Gallery & Museum
Argyle Street, Glasgow, G3 8AGTwenty-two collections and over 8000 artefacts, from natural history, armour and weaponry to art from many different eras and touring exhibitions, all housed in a grand red sandstone building on the banks of the River Kelvin.
Kilmartin Museum Cafe/Restaurant
Kilmartin House Museum,
Kilmartin,
Argyll and Bute,
PA31 8RQ
This is a lovely setting, with hardwood beams, floors and tables and a green oak conservatory. There is also special exhibitions of local artwork. Open throughout the day for home-made snacks and lunches, it also serves evening meals Thursday to Saturday.
Museum of Edinburgh
Huntly House, 142 Canongate, Edinburgh, EH8 8DDSituated in a series of interconnected 16th- and 17th-century buildings on the Royal Mile, the Museum of Edinburgh depicts the city's origins, history and legends. Among notable artefacts is the National Covenant and the feeding bowl and collar…
Museum of Scottish Railways
Bo'ness & Kinneil Railway, Union Street,
Bo'ness,
Falkirk,
EH51 9AQ
Follow the new Visitor Trail to the Museum of Scottish Railways, Scotland’s largest railway museum, and see more of what happens around the site. Take a fantastic journey into the past and explore three large buildings filled with locomotives…
National Museum of Flight
East Fortune Airfield, North Berwick, East Lothian, EH39 5LFLocated at East Fortune Airfield, halfway between Haddington and East Linton, the National Museum of Flight has a varied collection of aeroplanes and aviation paraphernalia such as parachutes and radar equipment. The museum takes part in festivals such…
Palace of Holyroodhouse
Royal Mile, Edinburgh, EH8 8DXThe official Scottish residence of the Queen, this baroque palace was once home to Mary Queen of Scots and now houses the great artworks and tapestries of its regal residents.
