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Museums long ago ceased to be stuffy
rooms full of glass cases containing bits of old pottery
and fossilised bones.
Today even most conventional
museums including displays which change but over recent
years there has been a growth in industrial and "living"
museums.
Here you can learn about local heritage, get a
feel for how people lived and worked, the hardships they
endured...
Galleries listed include not just civic
galleries displaying publicly owned artworks, but also
privately owned galleries with items for sale.
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Not all the
museums and galleries in the Angus & Dundee area are listed.
Please provide details of any we have missed
here.
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Angus Folk Museum
Kirkwynd, Glamis, Forfar, Angus, DD8 1RT
Tel: 01307 840288
Web:
www.nts.org.uk
A museum dedicated to traditional Scottish life,
including farming tools, domestic objects and
the restored 19th Century Glenisla hearse.
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Arbroath Museum
Ladyloan, Arbroath, DD11 1PU
Tel: 01241 875598
E-mail:
signal.tower@angus.gov.uk
Web:
www.angus.gov.uk
Located within the Signal Tower for offshore
Bellrock Lighthouse, an award winning museum
dedicated to the maritime and social
history of Arbroath through its collection of
models, sounds and smells.
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Barrie's Birthplace Museum
9 Brechin Road, Kirriemuir, DD8 4BX
Tel: 01575 572646
E-mail:
www.nts.org.uk
A museum dedicated to the author of Peter Pan,
J.M. Barrie.
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Brechin Townhouse Museum
28 High Street, Brechin, DD9 6EU
Tel: 01356 625536
E-mail:
brechin.museum@angus.gov.uk
Web:
www.angus.gov.uk
A small museum with a collection of objects,
photographs, archive material and ephemera
relating to the history of Brechin.
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Glenesk Folk Museum
The Retreat, Glenesk, Edzell, DD9 7YT
Tel: 01356 648070
E-mail:
retreat@angusglens.co.uk
Web:
www.folk_museum.co.uk
A collection of local exhibits portraying a way
of life, though gone, not forgotten, plus
tea-room, and gift-shop.
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The Grassic Gibbon Centre
Arbuthnott, Laurencekirk, Kincardineshire, AB30
1PB
Tel: 01561 361668
E-mail:
lgginfo@grassicgibbon.com
Web:
www.grassicgibbon.com
Visitor Centre dedicated to the Scottish author
Lewis Grassic Gibbon, famous for his Scots Quair
trilogy.
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Kirriemuir Aviation Museum
Bellies Brae, Kirriemuir
Tel: 01575 573233
A private collection of World War Two Royal Air
Force memorabilia.
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Kirriemuir - Gateway to
the Glens Museum
32 High Street, Kirriemuir, DD8 4BB
Tel: 01575 575479
E-mail:
kirriegateway@angus.gov.uk
Web:
www.angus.gov.uk
Discover the history, culture and natural
environment of ‘Kirrie’ and the western Angus
glens, with recordings of local people, computer
interactives, displays, illustrated talks and
children’s events plus a variety of temporary
displays throughout the year.
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McManus Galleries and
Museum
Albert Square, Dundee, DD1 1DA
Tel: 01382 432350 Fax:
01382 432369
E-mail:
mcmanus.galleries@dundeecity.gov.uk
Web:
www.mcmanus.co.uk
June 2008: The building is currently closed
for the largest renovation project in its 138
year history
Award-winning galleries and museum located
within a gothic Victorian building featuring
a collection of art, local history, archaeology
and wildlife displays, plus a series of changing
exhibitions and events.
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The Meffan Museum & Art
Gallery
20 West High Street, Forfar, DD8 1BB
Tel: 01307 464123 / 467017
E-mail:
the.meffan@angus.gov.uk
Web:
www.angus.gov.uk
An art gallery and museum featuring a collection
consisting of several thousand objects,
relating to the history of Forfar, along with
the work of past and contemporary artists.
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Montrose Air Station
Heritage Centre
Waldron Road, Montrose
Tel: 01674 678222
E-mail:
rafmontrose@aol.com
Web:
www.RAFMontrose.org.uk
RFC/RAF memorabilia, pictures, history and
artefacts in Wartime HQ. Aircraft outside on the
grass.
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Montrose Museum
Panmure Place, Montrose, DD10 8HE
Tel: 01674 673232
E-mail:
montrose.museum@angus.gov.uk
Web:
www.angus.gov.uk
A collection of geology, natural history,
ethnography, fine art etc are housed in the
spacious atrium, mezzanine and galleries,
charting the life of Montrose and the art of its
people.
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Pictavia Visitor Centre
by Brechin Castle Centre, Haughmuir, Brechin,
DD9 6RL
Tel: 01307 473750
E-mail:
ECDEV@angus.gov.uk
Web:
www.pictavia.org.uk
The story of Scotland's ancient Pictish tribes.
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Verdant Works
West Henderson's Wynd, Dundee, DD1 5BT
Tel: 01382 225282
E-mail:
info@dundeeheritage.co.uk
Web:
www.verdantworks.com
Discover how the people of Dundee lived, worked
and played over 100 years ago through a range of
displays including film shows, multimedia
computers and interactives.
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William Lamb Sculpture
Studio
24 Market Street, Montrose, DD10 8HE
Tel: 01674 673232
Web:
www.angus.gov.uk
The famed sculptor's studio with displays of his
work, including busts of the Queen and Princess
Margaret.
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