Doncaster Museum and Art Gallery

Doncaster Museum & Art Gallery tells the story of Doncaster since the last Ice Age using natural history, archaeology, local history and fine and decorative art. The museum is family friendly with games, trails and colouring sheets to keep everyone busy.

As well as works belonging to the collection, the Art Gallery has a varied programme of exhibitions which showcase the work of individual artists, local art clubs and nationally touring exhibitions.

Dingwall Museum

Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford

The Ashmolean is the University of Oxford’s museum of art and archaeology, founded in 1683. Our world famous collections range from Egyptian mummies to contemporary art, telling human stories across cultures and across time.

The Ashmolean’s collections are extraordinarily diverse, representing most of the world’s great civilisations, with objects dating from 500,000 BC to the present day. Among many riches we have the world’s greatest collection of Raphael drawings, the most important collection of Egyptian pre-Dynastic sculpture and ceramics outside Cairo, the only great Minoan collection in Britain, outstanding Anglo-Saxon treasures, and the foremost collection of modern Chinese painting in the Western world.

OUR VISION AND VALUES

To be in every way the world’s greatest university museum of art and archaeology

• Constantly questioning what we do and challenging ourselves to do better
• Being intellectually ambitious and coherent
• Ensuring the encounter of our audiences with our collections (both in the museum and online) is as inspiring, meaningful and rewarding as possible
• Being a powerhouse of teaching and research
• Making the most of our university and encouraging our university to make the most of us

Kingʼs Own Yorkshire Light Infantry Museum

Following extensive refurbishment the The Regimental Gallery of the King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry re-opened in 2010 in the Doncaster Museum and Art Gallery. The gallery displays an excellent collection of regimental memorabilia, uniforms, uniforms, pictures and silver dating from the raising of the Regiment in 1755 to its amalgamation into The Light Infantry in 1968 and then into The Rifles in 2007. It includes a model of the Pontefract Barracks, the Roll of Honour of the 5th Battalion and one of the most extensive medal collections in this country.

Royal Navy Submarine Museum

Museum of Scottish Railways

Follow the visitor trail or cross the historic footbridge at the Bo’ness & Kinneil Railway to find this hidden gem. Three large buildings full of wonders – from full size locomotives to old fashioned railway signs which once adorned the walls of busy railway stations each with a story to tell.

Get hands on and discover railway history through fun interactive displays. Climb on board our vintage Glasgow Subway car and feel the past surround you. Become a signalman and pull the levers on the authentic signal  lever frame and challenge your friends to work out how to operate the points. Get an insight into life aboard a travelling Post Office Coach by sorting the letters yourself and don’t miss the famous video of the Night Mail.

Brass Rubbing Trail – Help yourself to a free booklet  and follow the visitor trail from Bo’ness Station to the Museum  finding our eight new brass  rubbings on the way! Pop in to the Display Shed on the way which houses the last remaining “Glasgow Blue Train”, a recently restored Class 126 Diesel Multiple Unit and several other heritage items of rolling stock.

Abergavenny Museum

Abergavenny Museum is set in the grounds of a ‘ruined’ Norman Castle, where you can enjoy a picnic during the summer and a brisk walk on colder days. The museum building was formerly a hunting lodge built by the Marquess of Abergavenny.

The displays tell the story of this historic market town from prehistory through to the present day. The displays are on several levels, with some help most areas are accessible to wheelchair users.

Our features include:

• Regular programme of changing exhibitions
• Family activities, including ‘Castle Explorers’.  Backpacks, to help you discover more aboutthe castle.
• Workshops and events – please check our events page or contact us to find out about any forthcoming events.
• Staff willing to try and answer any historical queries you may have about Abergavenny and the surrounding area.
• Small gift shop to enable you to purchase a souvenir of your visit.

Heriot-Watt University Museum and Archives

The University Museum and Archive at our Edinburgh Campus is located on the ground floor of the Cameron Smail Library. The Museum is normally open from Mondays to Thursday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Group visits are welcome by arrangement.

Enhanced with financial support from Museums Galleries Scotland, the museum tells the inspiring story of the University’s development from its origins in Edinburgh’s Old Town to Scotland’s international university. It also reveals how our commitment to sustainability and the stewardship of our verdant campus is rooted in a rich heritage of campus and community life stretching back over 800 years to the turbulent times of Robert the Bruce.

The museum is linked to the Search Room where anyone can use our archival resources under expert guidance to make their own discoveries among the extensive records and images documenting the heritage of the University and the historic communities around the Edinburgh campus.

Paxton House

Paxton House tour: 

• The tour will give guests an insight into the lives of those who have lived in Paxton House from the date it was created in 1763.
• Enjoy seeing the different rooms, including the dining room, drawing room, picture gallery, costume room and the upstairs bedrooms.
• Beautiful decorative schemes designed by Robert Adam.
• Highly interesting family history with the house being described as one of the best in the country’

Furniture and Art Collections on display:

• Rare and nationally important furniture including Scotland’s largest collection of Thomas Chippendale furniture and an outstanding collection by Scotland’s leading 19^th century cabinet maker, William Trotter. The collection of Chippendale and Trotter furniture, and their associated archives, have recently been recognised by Museums Galleries Scotland on behalf of the Scottish Government.
• The impressive Picture Gallery displays over seventy Scottish related paintings dating from the 18^th century to 1960 lent by our partner The National Galleries of Scotland including work by Sir David Wilkie, Sir John Everett Millias, William McTaggart, the Scottish colourists, and Anne Redpath.
• Paintings by Scottish Masters including Allan Ramsay, Sir Henry Raeburn, Alexander Nasmyth and David Martin can be viewed in the house alongside European works by Francesco Fidanza, Rosalba Carriera, and Antonio del Massaro da Viterbo.
• The small but important 18^th century costume collection is displayed occasionally for conservation reasons.

There is also fun for the kids with our teddy trail throughout the house which will keep them busy spotting bears as they go around.

Summerlee Museum of Scottish Industrial Life

Summerlee welcomes you to its 20 acre site with free parking, free admission and all-weather facilities. It all adds up to a belter of a family day out!

Situated in Coatbridge, an important centre within Scotland’s ‘industrial heartland’, Summerlee Museum of Scottish Industrial Life is built on the site of the old Summerlee Ironworks, and incorporated the main workshop of the former Hydrocon Crane factory. 

Summerlee received a £10 million redevelopment in 2008, and today the museum is a modern and thriving visitor attraction. Rated a four star attraction by Visit Scotland, it’s the perfect setting for an unforgettable family day out.

From our amazing array of social history and interactive displays to our award-winning play park – there’s so much to see and do. Take a ride on the tram, experience the mine tour and miners’ row, refuel at the café and take home a lasting memory from our visitor shop.