Museums in Scotland
This list includes the homes of historic figures and buildings that portray a particular historical lifestyle. Both public and commercial museums are included in this list.
| Name | Town | County | Organisation | Heritage Rating |
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| Abbot House Heritage Centre | Dunfermline | Fife |  |
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| Aberdeen Art Gallery | Aberdeen | Grampian |  |
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| Aberdeen Maritime Museum | Aberdeen | Grampian |  |
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| Aberdeenshire Farming Museum | Mintlaw | Grampian | |
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| Aberfeldy Water Mill | Aberfeldy | Tayside | |
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| Achanlochy Clearance Village | Bettyhill | Highlands and Islands | |
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| Andrew Carnegie Birthplace | Dunfermline | Fife | |
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| Angus Folk Museum | Glamis | Tayside | |
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| Arbroath Signal Tower Museum | Arbroath | Tayside | |
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| Arbuthnot Museum | Peterhead | Grampian | |
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| Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders Regimental Museum | Stirling | Central Scotland | |
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| Armadale Castle Gardens and Museum of the Isles | Armadale | Highlands and Islands | |
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| Arnol Black House | Arnol | Highlands and Islands | Historic Scotland |  |
| Aros Experience | Portree | Highlands and Islands | |
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| Arran Heritage Museum | Brodick | Strathclyde | |
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| Auchindrain Open Air Museum | Furnace | Strathclyde | |
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| Bachelors' Club | Tarbolton | Strathclyde | National Trust for Scotland | |
| Badbea Clearance Village | Berriedale | Highlands and Islands | |
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| Banchory Museum | Banchory | Grampian | |
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| Banff Museum | Banff | Grampian | |
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| Barony A-Frame | Auchinleck | Strathclyde | |
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| Barry Mill | Barry | Tayside | National Trust for Scotland | |
| Battle of Bannockburn Heritage Centre | Stirling | Central Scotland | National Trust for Scotland | |
| Biggar Gasworks Museum | Biggar | Strathclyde | Historic Scotland | |
| Black Watch Regimental Museum | Perth | Tayside | |
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| Bod of Gremista & Shetland Textile Museum | Lerwick | Highlands and Islands | |
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| Brander Museum | Huntly | Grampian | |
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| Breadalbane Folklore Centre | Killin | Central Scotland | |
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| British Golf Museum | St Andrews | Fife | |
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| Burns House Museum | Mauchline | Strathclyde | |
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| Bute Museum | Rothesay | Strathclyde | |
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| Caithness Broch Centre | Auckengill | Highlands and Islands | |
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| Caithness Horizons Museum & Art Gallery | Thurso | Highlands and Islands | |
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| Carradale Network Heritage Centre | Carradale | Strathclyde | |
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| Clan Cameron Museum | Achnacarry | Highlands and Islands | |
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| Clan Donnachaidh Museum | Blair Atholl | Tayside | |
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| Clan Gunn Heritage Centre & Museum | Latheron | Highlands and Islands | |
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| Clan Macpherson Museum | Newtonmore | Highlands and Islands | |
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| Coastal Communities Museum | North Berwick | Lothian | |
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| Coldstream Museum | Coldstream | Borders | |
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| Corrigall Farm Museum | Harray | Highlands and Islands | |
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| Cromarty Courthouse Museum | Cromarty | Highlands and Islands | |
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| Culloden Battlefield | Inverness | Highlands and Islands | National Trust for Scotland | |
| Culross Palace and Royal Burgh | Culross | Fife | National Trust for Scotland | |
| Dalgarven Mill | Kilwinning | Strathclyde | |
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| Dallas Dhu Distillery | Forres | Grampian | Historic Scotland | |
| Devil's Porridge Museum | Eastriggs | Dumfries and Galloway | |
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| Duff House | Banff | Grampian | Historic Scotland | |
| Dumfries Museum & Camera Obscura | Dumfries | Dumfries and Galloway | |
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| Dunbeath Heritage Centre | Dunbeath | Highlands and Islands | |
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| Dunfermline Museum | Dunfermline | Fife | |
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| Elgin Museum | Elgin | Grampian | |
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| Eyemouth Museum | Eyemouth | Borders | |
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| Fordyce Joiner's Workshop | Fordyce | Grampian | |
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| Fort Augustus Clansman Centre | Fort Augustus | Highlands and Islands | |
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| Gairloch Museum | Gairloch | Highlands and Islands | |
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| Gearrannan Blackhouse Village | Garenin | Highlands and Islands | |
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| Gladstone Court Museum | Biggar | Strathclyde | |
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| Grampian Transport Museum | Alford | Grampian | |
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| Greenhill Covenanters' House | Biggar | Strathclyde | |
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| Groam House Museum | Rosemarkie | Highlands and Islands | |
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| Halliwell's House Museum | Selkirk | Borders | |
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| Highland Folk Museum | Newtonmore | Highlands and Islands | |
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| Hugh Miller's Cottage | Cromarty | Highlands and Islands | National Trust for Scotland | |
| Inveraray Jail | Inveraray | Strathclyde | |
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| Inveraray Maritime Museum | Inveraray | Strathclyde | |
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| Inverness Museum and Art Gallery | Inverness | Highlands and Islands | |
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| Irvine Burns Club | Irvine | Strathclyde | |
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| JD Fergusson Gallery | Perth | Tayside | |
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| Jedburgh Castle Jail and Museum | Jedburgh | Borders | |
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| JM Barrie's Birthplace | Kirriemuir | Tayside | National Trust for Scotland | |
| Kilberry Sculptured Stones | Kilberry | Strathclyde | Historic Scotland | |
| Kildonan Museum | Kildonan | Highlands and Islands | |
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| Kilmartin Museum | Kimartin | Strathclyde | |
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| Kinneil Museum | Bo'ness | Central Scotland | |
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| Kirbuster Museum | Kirbuster | Highlands and Islands | Orkney Museums and Heritage | |
| Kirkcaldy Museum and Art Gallery | Kirkcaldy | Fife | |
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| Laidhay Croft Museum | Dunbeath | Highlands and Islands | |
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| Linlithgow Museum | Linlithgow | Lothian | |
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| Loch Ness Centre | Drumnadrochit | Highlands and Islands | |
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| Low Parks Museum | Hamilton | Strathclyde | |
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| Maggie's Hoosie | Inverallochy | Grampian | |
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| Mary Ann's Cottage | Dunnet | Highlands and Islands | |
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| Mary, Queen of Scots Visitor Centre | Jedburgh | Borders | |
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| McManus Galleries | Dundee | Tayside | |
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| Meigle Sculptured Stone Museum | Meigle | Tayside | Historic Scotland | |
| Moffat Museum | Moffat | Dumfries and Galloway | |
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| Moirlanich Longhouse | Killin | Central Scotland | National Trust for Scotland | |
| Moray Motor Museum | Elgin | Grampian | |
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| Museum of Abernethy | Abernerthy | Tayside | |
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| Museum of Edinburgh | Edinburgh | Lothian | |
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| Museum of Islay Life | Port Charlotte | Strathclyde | |
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| Museum of Scottish Lighthouses | Fraserburgh | Grampian | Historic Scotland | |
| National Flag Heritage Centre | Athelstaneford | Lothian | |
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| National Museum of Flight | Haddington | Lothian | |
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| National Museum of Scotland | Edinburgh | Lothian | |
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| New Abbey Corn Mill | New Abbey | Dumfries and Galloway | Historic Scotland | |
| New Lanark World Heritage Site | New Lanark | Strathclyde | |
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| North Ayrshire Heritage Centre | Saltcoats | Strathclyde | |
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| Old Bridge House Museum | Dumfries | Dumfries and Galloway | |
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| Paisley Museum | Paisley | Strathclyde | |
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| Perth Museum and Art Gallery | Perth | Tayside | |
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| Pitlochry & Moulin Heritage Centre | Pitlochry | Tayside | |
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| Pittencrieff House Museum | Dunfermline | Fife | |
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| Preston Mill and Phantassie Doocot | East Linton | Lothian | National Trust for Scotland | |
| Provost Skene's House | Aberdeen | Grampian | |
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| Rannoch Moor Visitor Centre | Rannoch Station | Central Scotland | |
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| Robert Burns Birthplace Museum | Alloway | Strathclyde | |
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| Robert Burns Centre | Dumfries | Dumfries and Galloway | |
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| Robert Burns House | Dumfries | Dumfries and Galloway | |
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| Robert Smail's Printing Works | Innerleithen | Borders | National Trust for Scotland | |
| Sanquhar Tolbooth Museum | Sanquhar | Dumfries and Galloway | |
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| Scottish Crannog Centre | Kenmore | Tayside | |
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| Scottish Maritime Museum | Irvine | Strathclyde | |
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| Scottish Mining Museum | Newtongrange | Lothian | |
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| Scottish National Gallery | Edinburgh | Lothian | |
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| Scottish National Portrait Gallery | Edinburgh | Lothian | |
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| Shambellie House | New Abbey | Dumfries and Galloway | |
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| Shawbost Norse Mill and Kiln | Shawbost | Highlands and Islands | |
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| Shetland Croft House Museum | Boddam | Highlands and Islands | |
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| Shetland Museum | Lerwick | Highlands and Islands | |
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| Skye Museum of Island Life | Kilmuir | Highlands and Islands | |
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| Souter Johnnie's Cottage | Kirksowald | Strathclyde | National Trust for Scotland | |
| St Vigeans Museum | St Vigeans | Tayside | Historic Scotland | |
| Stirling Smith Art Gallery and Museum | Stirling | Central Scotland | |
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| Strathnaver Museum | Bettyhill | Highlands and Islands | |
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| Stromness Museum | Stromness | Highlands and Islands | |
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| The Orkney Museum | Kirkwall | Highlands and Islands | |
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| The People's Story Museum | Edinburgh | Lothian | |
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| Thirlestane Castle | Lauder | Borders | Historic Houses Association | |
| Timespan | Helmsdale | Highlands and Islands | |
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| Tolbooth Museum | Aberdeen | Grampian | |
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| Trinity House Maritime Museum | Leith | Lothian | Historic Scotland | |
| Verdant Works | Dundee | Tayside | |
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| Wallace Monument | Stirling | Central Scotland | |
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| Wanlockhead Lead Mining Museum | Wanlockhead | Dumfries and Galloway | |
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| Weaver's Cottage | Kilbarchan | Strathclyde | National Trust for Scotland | |
| West Highland Museum | Fort William | Highlands and Islands | |
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| Whithorn Museum | Whithorn | Dumfries and Galloway | Historic Scotland | |
| Wick Heritage Centre | Wick | Highlands and Islands | |
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| Writer's Museum | Edinburgh | Lothian | |
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| Name | Town | County | Organisation | Heritage Rating |
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