Aberdeen

Aberdeen

Aberdeen lies on the bank of the River Dee and the River Don it is a city famous historically for ship building. It is often referred to as the Granite City due to the local stone which adorns so many of its buildings and is the centre of the UK's oil industry.

The surrounding Grampian mountains are crammed full of castles such as Craigievar Castle, Fyvie Castle and Drum Castle. Not to mention the Queen's Scottish home, Balmoral Castle. They are also where distilleries such as Glenlivet, Glen Moray and Royal Lochnagar are to be found. The countryside is also perfect for hiking, orienteering or the Duke of Edinburgh award. There are countless huge mountains to climb so mountaineering is another major activity, although training and precautions should be taken as the weather and conditions can change at a moment's notice in this wilderness.

The city holds an annual international Youth Festival which attracts up to 1,000 talented young performing arts companies.

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Brander Museum

Housed in the local library, this collection of local history material contains archaeological finds of national importance. Includes a small and varied collection of British and foreign firearms, swords and daggers, shot and powder flasks and a few pieces of armour. 

Dunnottar Castle

Visit one of Scotland's most impressive ruined castles

Visit Dunnottar Castle for an unforgettable experience. A dramatic and evocative ruined cliff top fortress in a truly stunning setting. 

Stonehaven Tolbooth Museum

The Stonehaven Tolbooth is thought to have been founded by George Keith, 5th Earl Marischal (c. 1553–1623), with the original purpose of the rectangular building being to act as a storehouse during the construction of the nearby Dunnottar Castle. In 1600, an Act of Parliament provided that the building become a tolbooth.

University of Aberdeen, Zoology Museum

An extensive range of material, worldwide in scope, which covers the whole of the animal kingdom

The museum’s displays are worldwide in scope, from protozoa to the great whales, including taxidermy, skeletal material, study skins, fluid-preserved specimens and models. Visitors are warmly welcomed to the museum, and there is no charge for admission, though we ask that children are accompanied by a responsible adult.

University of Aberdeen, Pathology and Forensic Medicine Collection

The Pathology and Forensic Medicine Collection provides an historical record of disease types and causes of death in north-east Scotland. It demonstrates both pathological conditions and traumatic pathology. Changing displays of the permanent collection can be seen outside the Medical Library, The Polwarth Building at the Foresterhill campus.

University of Aberdeen, King's Museum

King’s Museum lies at the heart of the University's Old Aberdeen campus. As well as being Scotland's newest museum, it may also be the oldest as its origins lie in a museum collection established in King's College in 1727.

University of Aberdeen Natural Philosophy Collection

The result of 200 years of collecting, the Natural Philosophy Collection of Scientific Instruments is one of the most diverse in any British University

Resulting from over 200 years of collecting, the Natural Philosophy Collection of Scientific Instruments is one of the most diverse collections in any British University. The earliest material dates from the mid-18th century and the collection ranges from the simplest demonstration pieces to those that were state-of-the-art research equipment.

University of Aberdeen Herbarium

The Herbarium is the only significant plant collection in the north of Scotland. Within the collection, there is special emphasis on British (especially Scottish) and south-east Asian (especially Thailand) material. The Herbarium also holds notable collections from other European and Asian locations and from North America.

University of Aberdeen Geological Collections

Selected mineral and fossil material is on display in the corridors of the Department of Geology and Petroleum Geology in the Meston Building, Old Aberdeen. Collection highlights are the Gordon Collection of Minerals and the Lyon Collection of Rhynie Chert Devonian plant material.

University of Aberdeen Anatomy Museum

Established in the 1870s, the Anatomy Museum has a wide-ranging collection used extensively for medical teaching and training, including skeletal material, fluid-preserved specimens of human tissue, historical and modern models and works on paper. Of special interest are a set of 19th century anatomical watercolours and a series of anatomical drawings by Alberto Morrocco.

Tomintoul Visitor Centre

The centre offers an interesting insight into the social and natural history of Tomintoul and Glenlivet. It includes a reconstructed farmhouse kitchen and blacksmith’s workshop. The centre is open seasonally from April until the end of October.

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Cowdray Hall

The Cowdray Hall is one of city's most popular concert venues accentuated by superb acoustics. It is regularly hired by cultural organisations and features a busy programme of concerts and recitals. It hosts the popular Lunchbreak Concert series run in association with the University of Aberdeen and is home to Aberdeen Chamber Music Concerts season.

The Tolbooth Museum

One of Aberdeen's oldest buildings and one of the best-preserved 17th century gaols in Scotland

The Tolbooth Museum is one of Aberdeen's oldest buildings and one of the best-preserved 17th century gaols in Scotland. It features displays on local history and the development of crime and punishment through the centuries. The Tolbooth Museum provides a unique experience in the form of its atmospheric 17th and 18th century cells, original doors and barred windows.

The Aberdeen Collection

Aberdeen Football Club Collection

Collection of football memorabilia associated with Aberdeen Football Club and it’s supporters. Please note that viewings are currently by appointment only.

St Peter's Heritage Centre

The Trust aims to keep what was formerly St Peter’s Church in good repair and to house items and historical records relevant to Peterculter and the surrounding area, incorporating information on the Church, the Paper Mill (now closed), local organisations past and present, and local personalities.

Session Cottage Museum

A 250-year-old but ‘n ben cottage furnished as a home of about a century ago.

Session Cottage is open by arrangement only.

Sandhaven Meal Mill Museum

The museum is currently closed

Robert Gordon University Museum

University collection: art, design, architecture, pharmacy, engineering collections

The University holds an extensive collection of artistic and historical artefacts. These include paintings, models, teaching equipment, student drawings and photographs that will allow staff, students and visitors to explore Robert Gordon University’s history.

Provost Skene's House

Provost Skene's House is temporarily closed to the Public

The House will be closed during the development of Marischal Square. We apologise for any inconvenience caused.

The House

Portsoy Salmon Bothy

Since the restoration of this fascinating building in 2008, the museum and exhibition space is housed in what were the ground floor ice house chambers used in the salmon fishing operation. There is a small Bothy area complete with bunks where fishermen would have slept. This now houses our genealogy facility.

Old School Museum

The Centre is housed in part of a Victorian school dating from 1837. The Corbett Museum offers changing displays relating to the history of the area – domestic and farming, peoples and their trades, education and the kirk. Visitors can view the extensive photographic archive and browse the comprehensive collection of newspaper cuttings.

Museum of Scottish Lighthouses

Kinnaird Head was the first lighthouse to be built by the Northern Lighthouse Board in 1787 and the only lighthouse to be built on top of a fortified castle. In 1824, the lighthouse was reconstructed inside Kinnaird Castle by Robert Stevenson, engineer to the Northern Lighthouse Board.

Maud Railway Museum

Relive the great days of steam trains at the former Maud Railway Station

Relive the great days of steam trains at the former Maud Railway Station. Sound effects add to the nostalgia of varied displays of railway memorabilia. GNSR memorabilia; photographs of Maud railway heydays; browsing corner with books and photographs.

Maud Railway Museum is housed in the former station buildings at Maud Junction in rural Aberdeenshire.

Insch Connection

Situated in the Railway Station building, the volunteer-run museum encompasses both railway and local Insch history, including a scale model of the railway, photographs, artefacts, archive material and everyday stories of how life used to be in Insch.

Grampian Transport Museum

The Grampian Transport Museum boasts an impressive range of transport exhibits, from travelling chariots of the 1800's, to some of the fastest cars ever made.

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