Art Museums in Scotland

The National Museum of Scotland is housed in a Romanesque Revival building. The collection of the museum includes a wide variety of objects that are displayed on seven floors, including artifacts from the age of dinosaurs up to current technology and science. It takes visitors on a journey through t

The Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum is a museum and art gallery in Glasgow, situated adjacent to Kelvingrove Park. The museum houses an impressive collection of arms and armour and a vast natural history collection. The art collection includes works by some Old Masters such as Rembrandt van Rijn,

The Palace of Holyroodhouse is a museum in Edinburgh. The museum features exhibits related to: fine art, architecture and decorative and applied art. Key themes, people and exhibits in the museum include: the royal collection includes paintings, drawings and watercolours, furniture, ceramics, clocks

Eilean Donan Castle is a museum in by Kyle of Lochalsh. The museum features exhibits related to Personalities, Architecture and Weapons and War.

The Riverside Museum (Glasgow Museum of Transport) is home to over 3,000 objects that detail Glasgow’s rich past from its days as maritime powerhouse to a glimpse into daily Glasgow life in the early to mid 20th Century. ​Amongst the objects on display are everything from skateboards to locomotives,

Stirling Castle is a museum in Stirling. The museum features exhibits related to: weapons and war, social history, architecture and archaeology.

The National Gallery of Scotland opened in 1859 and is housed in a neoclassical building designed by William Henry Playfair. The gallery houses a collection of both classical and modern art from various countries. The displays are organized according to countries and periods. Highlights of the perma

Urquhart Castle is a museum in Loch Ness, near Inverness. The museum features exhibits related to: archaeology, social history and architecture.

The Scottish National Portrait Gallery is an art museum in Edinburgh housed in a red sandstone Gothic revival building that was built between 1885 and 1890, designed by Robert Rowand Anderson. The museum holds the national collections of portraits and the Scottish National Photography Collection. Th

The Burrell Collection is a museum/art collection in Glasgow. The Burrell Collection consists of objects collected by Sir William Burrell, a wealthy Glaswegian shipping magnate. It includes an important collection of medieval art including stained glass and tapestries, oak furniture, medieval weapon

St Andrews Cathedral And St Rule's Tower is a museum in St Andrews. The museum features exhibits related to: architecture and religion.

The Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery is the oldest museum in Scotland. The museum features objects relating to William Hunter and his collections from Roman Scotland, geology (he Begg Collection of fossils donated by James Livingstone Begg), ethnography, ancient Egypt, scientific instruments (from L

West Highland Museum is a museum in Fort William. The museum features exhibits related to Natural Sciences, Archives, Social History, Archaeology, Music, Fine Art, Weapons and War, Coins and Medals, Decorative and Applied Art and Costume and Textiles.

The Georgian House is an 18th-century townhouse in Edinburgh. Most of the furnishings and fittings in the townhouse date from the later Georgian period (1760-1830), but some objects are even older. Visitors can walk around the house at their own pace, and a volunteer can answer questions in each of

The McManus : Dundee's Art Gallery and Museum is a museum in Dundee. The museum features exhibits related to Archaeology, Fine Art, Social History and Natural Sciences.

The Museum of Edinburgh is housed in a historical building from the late 16th century and tells the story of the city's history, guiding visitors through Edinburgh's past to reveal its origins and legends. Among all the objects in its collection is ​a copy of the National Covenant, an artifact from

Dumfries House is set in 2,000 acres of land. This estate and 18th-Century stately house features a collection of original furniture.

Falkland Palace, Garden and Old Burgh is a museum in Cupar. The museum features exhibits related to Social History, Sport and Architecture.

The Gordon Highlanders Museum is a museum in Aberdeen. The museum features exhibits related to: coins and medals, social history, decorative and applied art, costume and textiles, archives, personalities, weapons and war, music and fine art.

Callendar House is a museum in Falkirk. The museum features exhibits related to: decorative and applied art, social history, archives and fine art.

The Hill House is considered the finest of Charles Rennie Mackintosh's domestic creations. It dates from 1902. Mackintosh and his wife also designed the interior fittings and decorative schemes.

The Tenement House is a museum of everyday history in Glasgow that depicts early 20th-century Glasgow life. In the museum visitors can discover quirky items from black horsehair chairs, scrubbed kitchen range, household medicines and the recess beds to the working doorbell and gaslights.

Built in the 15th century by one of Scotland’s most powerful families, the Crichtons, Blackness was never destined as a peaceful lordly residence; its enduring roles were those of garrison fortress and state prison.

Set in peaceful parkland, this fine 16th-century tower house is packed with enough art and antiques to keep connoisseurs happy all day. It contains fine French furniture English, continental and Chinese porcelain and a major collection of paintings, including 17th-century Dutch art, 19th-century Eng

Aberdeen Art Gallery is a museum in Aberdeen. The museum features exhibits related to Coins and Medals, Decorative and Applied Art, Social History, Fine Art, Personalities, Archaeology, Science and Technology and Costume and Textiles.

Inverness Museum and Art Gallery - High Life Highland is a museum in Inverness. The museum features exhibits related to: science and technology, fine art, music, social history, archaeology, personalities, coins and medals, weapons and war, costume and textiles, archives, land transport, natural sci

Chatelherault Country Park is a museum in Hamilton. The museum features exhibits related to Land Transport, Social History, Personalities, Natural Sciences, Archaeology, World Cultures, Fine Art, Costume and Textiles, Decorative and Applied Art, Weapons and War, Archives and Science and Technology.

Mary Queen of Scots' House and Visitor Centre is a museum in Jedburgh. The museum features exhibits related to: archives, personalities, costume and textiles, archaeology, decorative and applied art, weapons and war, coins and medals and fine art.

Traquair House is a museum in Innerleithen. The museum features exhibits related to Social History and Design.

Thirlestane Castle is a museum in Lauder. The museum features exhibits related to: personalities, archaeology, fine art, social history, weapons and war, archives and decorative and applied art.

Threave House is a museum in Castle Douglas. The museum features exhibits related to: architecture, natural sciences and social history.

Craigievar is an iconic tower house, amongst the best preserved and the most loved in Scotland. The large estate features woodland, parkland with magnificent specimen trees, and farmland with extensive views over the surrounding countryside to Bennachie. Spectacular beech avenues Wonderful display

The Provand's Lordship of Glasgow is a medieval historic house museum. It is the oldest remaining house in Glasgow, built in 1471. The house is furnished with a collection of seventeenth-century Scottish furniture donated by Sir William Burrell and the museum features exhibits related to: decorative

The Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art is a museum in Edinburgh. It houses the collection of modern and contemporary art dating from about 1900 to the present with over 6000 paintings, sculptures, installations, video work, prints and drawings. The museum is situated in two buildings that face

Broughton House & Garden is a museum in Kirkcudbright. The museum features exhibits related to: personalities, costume and textiles, decorative and applied art, social history, fine art and archives.

Duff House Country House Gallery is a museum in Banff. The museum features exhibits related to Decorative and Applied Art, Architecture and Fine Art. Key themes, people and exhibits in the museum include Sir Henry Raeburn, François Boucher, Chippendale and El Greco.

Museum of the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders is a museum in Stirling. The museum features exhibits related to Archives, Personalities, Decorative and Applied Art, Fine Art, Coins and Medals and Costume and Textiles.

A visit to Haddo is sure to keep you occupied all day there's so much to see and do. For all its grandeur, visitors to Haddo House often remark how homely it feels. Perhaps this has something to do with it being home to the Gordon family for over 400 years. Enjoy the terrace garden Originally des

St. Mungo Museum of Religious Life and Art is a museum in Glasgow that opened in 1993. The museum building emulates a medieval style. The museum features exhibits related to: all the world's major religions and includes a Zen garden and a sculpture showing Islamic calligraphy.

Burns House Museum is a museum in Dumfries. The museum features exhibits related to: fine art, social history, decorative and applied art, archives, personalities, costume and textiles, music, coins and medals and literature. Key themes, people and exhibits in the museum include: kilmarnock and edin

House of Dun is a museum in Montrose. The museum features exhibits related to: personalities, decorative and applied art, fine art and costume and textiles.

The Writers' Museum is a literary museum that is devoted to three Scottish writers. Once collection is dedicated to Robert Burns, a Scottish national poet and lyricist. Another collection focuses on Robert Louis Stevenson, a poet and novelist, the author of Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde. And

Perth Museum and Art Gallery is a museum in Perth. The museum features exhibits related to Fine Art, Music, Archaeology, Coins and Medals, Social History, Archives, Weapons and War, Decorative and Applied Art, Land Transport, Natural Sciences, Science and Technology, World Cultures and Costume and T

Stirling Smith Art Gallery and Museum is a museum in Stirling. The museum features exhibits related to: trade and commerce, costume and textiles, literature, land transport, agriculture, natural sciences, industry, decorative and applied art, religion, toys and hobbies, personalities, science and te

Pollok House is a museum in Glasgow and is the ancestral home of the Stirling Maxwell family that was built in 1752. The museum features exhibits related to Fine Art, Architecture, Social History, Decorative and Applied Art (glass, silverware, porcelain and antique furniture) and Religion. It includ

Museum of the Isles is a museum in Sleat. The museum features exhibits related to: social history, archaeology, archives, music, decorative and applied art, fine art, weapons and war, coins and medals and costume and textiles.

Kirkcaldy Galleries is a museum in Kirkcaldy. The museum features exhibits related to: social history, land transport, medicine, archives, coins and medals, fine art, science and technology, maritime, archaeology, decorative and applied art, personalities and costume and textiles.

Low Parks Museum is a museum in Hamilton. The museum features exhibits related to: world cultures, archaeology, weapons and war, decorative and applied art, land transport, archives, social history, personalities, natural sciences, costume and textiles, fine art and science and technology.

Hill of Tarvit Mansionhouse and Garden is a museum in Cupar. The museum features exhibits related to Architecture.

Lauriston Castle is a 16th-century tower house with 19th-century extensions. The museum lets visitors step back in time to experience what life was like in an Edinburgh middle-class home at the beginning of the 20th century. The collections at Lauriston Castle were assembled by Lauriston’s last resi

Clan Macpherson Museum is a museum in Newtonmore. The museum features exhibits related to Fine Art, Decorative and Applied Art, Weapons and War, Archives and Social History.

Hawick Museum and the Scott Art Gallery is a museum in Hawick. The museum features exhibits related to Weapons and War, Science and Technology, World Cultures, Fine Art, Natural Sciences, Personalities, Land Transport, Costume and Textiles, Decorative and Applied Art, Coins and Medals, Archaeology,

Mclean Museum and Art Gallery is a museum in Greenock and part of The Watt Institution. The museum features exhibits related to Social History, Archaeology, Personalities, Natural Sciences, Science and Technology, Maritime, Fine Art, World Cultures, Decorative and Applied Art, Archives, Land Transpo

A typical Scottish laird's residence brimming with family treasures, Leith Hall is set in 286 acres of scenic estate containing 6 acres of wonderful garden that overlooks some of Aberdeenshire' finest rolling countryside. The House contains many tapestries, several interesting clocks, some fine chin

Provost Skene's House is a museum in Aberdeen. The museum features exhibits related to: personalities, decorative and applied art, archaeology, social history and costume and textiles.

Timespan Heritage Centre and Art Gallery is a museum in Helmsdale. The museum features exhibits related to: social history, archaeology, science and technology and natural sciences.

Shetland Crofthouse Museum is a museum in Dunrossness. The museum features exhibits related to: social history and decorative and applied art.

Dunblane Museum is a museum in Dunblane. The museum features exhibits related to Archives, Fine Art, Archaeology, Coins and Medals, Personalities, Decorative and Applied Art and Social History.

Taigh Chearsabhagh is a museum in Isle of North Uist. The museum features exhibits related to: archives, social history, design, photography and decorative and applied art.

The Fergusson Gallery is a museum in Perth. The museum features exhibits related to: personalities, fine art and archives.

Holmwood House is Alexander 'Greek' Thomson's finest domestic design. This family home was built in 1857-8 for James Couper who, with his brother Robert, owned Millholm Paper Mills on the banks of the River Cart. The house stood in what was then the village of Cathcart. The architectural style of th

Groam House Museum is a museum in Rosemarkie. The museum features exhibits related to Social History, Archaeology, Decorative and Applied Art and Archives. Key themes, people and exhibits in the museum include The George Bain Collection.

Montrose Museum and Art Gallery features exhibits related to Religion, Social History, Archaeology, Music, Coins and Medals, Maritime, Trade and Commerce, Weapons and War, Decorative and Applied Art, Law and Order, Natural Sciences, Costume and Textiles, Personalities, Fine Art, Land Transport, Scie

Manderston is a museum in Duns, Berwickshire. The museum features exhibits related to Decorative and Applied Art and Architecture. Key themes, people and exhibits in the museum include Silver staircase and John Kinross.

Alloa Tower is the ancestral home of the Earls of Mar. It is one of Scotland’s largest surviving medieval Tower houses with an important collection of portraits, silver and furniture; temporary exhibitions from family’s private collections. Features of the tower, where Queen Mary once stayed, includ

The Glasgow Museums Resource Centre (GMRC) is the store for the museums' collections when they are not on display at their venues. The main collections stored at the Glasgow Museums Resource Centre are Art and Painting, Arms and Armour, Natural History, Technology and World Cultures.

Meffan Museum and Art Gallery is a museum in Forfar. The museum features exhibits related to: land transport, archaeology, decorative and applied art, fine art, personalities, social history, science and technology, costume and textiles and coins and medals.

Rozelle House Galleries is a museum in Ayr. The museum features exhibits related to Social History, Costume and Textiles, Weapons and War, Archives, World Cultures, Natural Sciences, Medicine, Personalities, Archaeology, Coins and Medals, Fine Art and Decorative and Applied Art. Key themes, people a

J M Barrie's Birthplace is a museum in Kirriemuir. The museum features exhibits related to Personalities, Literature and Social History.

Nairn Museum is a museum in Nairn. The museum features exhibits related to Archives, Decorative and Applied Art, Social History, Fine Art, Archaeology, Costume and Textiles, Medicine, Coins and Medals and Personalities.

Sir Walter Scott's Courtroom is a museum in Selkirk. The museum features exhibits related to: personalities, archives, social history and fine art.

Mallaig Heritage Centre is a museum in Mallaig. The museum features exhibits related to Agriculture, Maritime, Archives, Personalities, Social History, Film and Media, Fine Art, Religion, Land Transport and Photography.

St Andrews Museum is a museum in St Andrews. The museum features exhibits related to: personalities, social history, weapons and war, music, archives, archaeology, coins and medals and science and technology.

Clydebank Museum and Art Gallery is a museum in Clydebank. The museum features exhibits related to: social history, fine art, archives and science and technology.

An important collection of over 30 Pictish carved stones housed in a cottage in the village of St Vigeans.

Colzium House is a museum in Kilsyth. The museum features exhibits related to: fine art, weapons and war, costume and textiles, world cultures, natural sciences, archaeology, decorative and applied art, social history, archives and coins and medals.

Dunollie Museum is a museum in Oban. The museum features exhibits related to: decorative and applied art, social history, fine art, costume and textiles, coins and medals and world cultures.

Inverleith House runs a programme of five temporary exhibitions per year, spanning the visual arts and botanical science, and supports the creation of new work by emerging and established artists from Scotland and abroad.

St Cecilia's Hall is a concert venue and a musical instrument museum. The museum displays items from the Anne Macaulay Collection of plucked string instruments, but also the Rodger Mirrey and Russell Collections of early keyboard instruments and a collection of brass instruments.

Reid Concert Hall Museum of Instruments is a museum in Edinburgh. The museum features exhibits related to: music.

Banchory Museum is a museum in Banchory. The museum features exhibits related to Fine Art, Decorative and Applied Art, Costume and Textiles, Music, Social History, Natural Sciences and Personalities. Key themes, people and exhibits in the museum include J. Scott Skinner, the 'Strathspey King', Royal

GoMA is a museum in Glasgow. The museum features exhibits related to: photography, film and media, fine art and performing arts.

Visit this perfectly preserved cruck frame cottage and get a glimpse of Scottish village life in the 19th century. Moirlanich was home to at least three generations of the Robertson family, with the last member leaving in 1968. The building has hardly been changed and retains many of its original fe

Annan Museum is a museum in Annan. The museum features exhibits related to: world cultures, science and technology, archaeology, social history, fine art, archives and decorative and applied art.

Session Cottage Museum is a museum in Turriff. The museum features exhibits related to Costume and Textiles, Archives, Social History, Decorative and Applied Art and Fine Art.

Arbuthnot Museum and Gallery is a museum in Peterhead. The museum features exhibits related to Social History, Fine Art, Coins and Medals, Maritime, World Cultures, Archives and Land Transport. Key themes, people and exhibits in the museum include Northern Scotland's largest coin collections, Arctic

Laing Museum is a museum in Newburgh. The museum features exhibits related to Archaeology, Archives, Coins and Medals, Decorative and Applied Art, Natural Sciences, Social History, World Cultures, Fine Art and Weapons and War.

Glasgow Women's Library is a museum in Glasgow. The museum features exhibits related to: music, performing arts, architecture, film and media, literature, social history, religion, world cultures, archives, costume and textiles, law and order, design and photography.

Glasgow Sculpture Studios exists to promote the development of sculpture and to help artists develop a professional and sustainable career. With members whose experience and skills are as varied as the work they create, GSS supports an exploration of what contemporary sculpture is. Through offering

University of Stirling, Art Collection is a museum in Stirling. The museum features exhibits related to Fine Art.

Explore behind the scenes to discover some of the fascinating treasure from the University's collections. From fine art to furniture, intricate sculptures to coffee pots, the Collections Centre is the home to many of the thousands of fascinating objects from the University's Recognised Collections o

John Buchan Story is a museum in Peebles. The museum features exhibits related to the life and times of John Buchan and his family.