King's Museum

The University of Aberdeen's museum collections are among the largest and most important in Scotland, having been granted the status of a Recognised Collection of National Significance by Museums Galleries Scotland. The collections were originally established in King's College in 1727. They were later housed at the Marischal College building. Following the closure of the Marischal Museum within Marischal College in July 2008, a dedicated public museum opened at No. 17 High Street in April 2011, although the collections themselves remained at Marischal College. The public museum was relocated to the Old Town House in the High Street in 2013. The museum hosted a number of temporary…