Beautifull town home town of bonn scott and jm barry well worth avisit.would just like to add im back at my sons again begining of march and would like to think i can squeeze in another visit both to the museum and the town love the place
Nice and interesting museum.
Great little local museum. Don't expect lots of interactive toys and think a little about what you see.
Unusually, in a rainy Kirriemuir, I was at a loose end, having parked in Bank Street ... soon to be bank-less. I had driven to town to post a larger-than-small-type card that required postmaster inspection. That done, I realised the balance of my half-hour free-to-park time might allow me a browse around the most wonderful creatively-curated museum tucked in the 'Gateway to The Glens' building ... the former 'Toon Hoose' on the High street. A fine historical landmark four-hundred-years-old pile, in tip-top order, it's an absolute treat to enter as the ladies on duty can do no more than they do to make a visitor feel welcome and unhurried. I just caught Michael Visocchi's photography exhibits and went on to admire the old town centre mock-up, once again. My interest in paintings drew me to some recent exhibits of Old Kirrie by Ryle Smith and the Edmund Caswell works, Dave Robertson's and Bob Reid's artistic efforts. Plenty stuff on famous Kirriemarians, Sir J. M. Barrie and AC/DC's Bon Scott, Sir Hugh Munro of mountaineering interest and Charles Lyell of Kinnordy, the Giant of Geology, the musical Camerons and the Victoria Cross (can I say?) 'triplets'. Oh, and did you know that Kirriemuir's very own Peter Hood, in the early part of the nineteenth century, invented that now redundant but (for more than a hundred and fifty years) indispensible machine ... The Typewriter?All in all, what a charming wee museum, fit for purpose ... and more. If you find yoursel' strolling through Kirrie ... And Many (like the great Australian writer and actor, W. S. Percy) Do ... check out this small but truly Big Attraction.
Interesting little museum, filled with lots of varied and interesting local displays and history of the area.
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