Museums · Scottish Lowlands
Stewartry Museum
Stewartry Museum — local museum in Kirkcudbright, Scotland.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1.5 h–3 h
- Best time of year
- Year-round
- Family-friendly
- Wheelchair accessible
About
Stewartry Museum is a museum in the United Kingdom. Records date its origin to 1893. Heritage designation: category C listed building. Wikidata describes it as: "local museum in Kirkcudbright, Scotland". Coordinates: 54.8353°, -4.0515°.
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Heritage listing
The Stewartry Museum is a local museum in Kirkcudbright, Scotland, which covers the history of this part of Galloway.
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From the Wikipedia article
The Stewartry Museum is a local museum in Kirkcudbright, Scotland, which covers the history of this part of Galloway.
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Background
History
The museum was originally founded in 1879 and housed on the top floor of Kirkcudbright Town Hall. The museum moved to its current building designed by architect Robert Wallace, in 1893 due to the increasing size of the museum collection. The museum was maintained by the Stewartry Museum Association until 1990 when control of both the museum and the building passed to Stewartry District Council. After the Scottish councils were reorganised in 1996, management of the museum was passed to Dumfries and Galloway Council.
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- Coordinates
- 54.8353, -4.0515
- District
- Dumfries and Galloway
- Postcode
- DG6 4PJ
- Parliamentary constituency
- Dumfries and Galloway
- Established
- 1893
- Official site
- www.dumgal.gov.uk
Sources
- wikidata: Q7616003 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Stewartry Museum (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- commons: Stewartry Museum - geograph.org.uk - 840957.jpg (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Stewartry Museum?
- Stewartry Museum is in the Scottish Lowlands, United Kingdom (postcode DG6 4PJ).
- When was Stewartry Museum built?
- Built or established in 1893.
- Who owns Stewartry Museum?
- Stewartry Museum is owned by | publictransit =.
- Is Stewartry Museum a listed building?
- Stewartry Museum is officially recognised as category C listed building listed.
- How do I get to Stewartry Museum?
- Drivers can navigate to postcode DG6 4PJ. It sits within the Dumfries and Galloway parliamentary constituency.