Strathclyde Museums
Paisley Museum, housed in a building designed by Glasgow architect John Honeyman, opened its doors in 1871. Collections include ancient Egyptian artefacts, a Paisley Shawl collection, and the 15th century Arbuthnott Missal, an elaborately decorated volume.
High Street, Paisley, Strathclyde, Scotland, PA1 2BA
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Heritage Highlight: The gorgeously illuminated 15th century Arbuthnott Missal.
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The Burns Museum site takes in a wealth of sites in Alloway associated with poet Robert Burns, including the thatched cottage where the poet was born, Alloway Auld Kirk, The Poet's Path, the Burns Monument, and Brig O' Doon, where you can stand in the very place that Tam O' Shanter escaped from the witches.
Murdoch's Lone, Alloway, Ayr, Strathclyde, Scotland, KA7 4PQ
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Heritage Highlight: The thatched cottage where poet Robert Burns was born
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The maritime museum has two sites, one in Dumbarton, and this, the main site, in Irvine. Here you can see a vast array of historic vessels ranging from rowboats to RNLI lifeboats, dinghys to puffers, yachts to tugboats.
Harbour Road, Irvine, Ayrshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, KA12 8QE
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This thatched 18th-century building on Kirkoswald's main street was the home of village shoemaker John Davidson, known as 'Souter Johnnie' in Robert Burns' famous poem, Tam O' Shanter (Souter was the local Scottish term for a shoemaker).
Main Road, Kirksowald, Strathclyde, Scotland, KA19 8HY
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The Weaver's Cottage was built in 1723 for a draper and linen-weaver and has been preserved by the National Trust for Scotland to show what life was like for an 18th-century weaving family.
The Cross, Kilbarchan, Glasgow, Strathclyde, Scotland, PA10 2JG
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