St Andrews museum is set in a lovely park surrounded by tennis courts, bowling green and a small…read moreputting green all open in summer months. The museum itself has two galleries one of witch stays the same all year and is the history of St Andrews, the other changes every few months. Cafe in the park is situated on lower floor of museum and is a bright welcoming place to have a spot of lunch at great prices, well worth a visit!!!

This museum is compact and well looked after with good permanent displays that give a good idea of…read morethe area and its history, as well as special exhibitions and displays. There is a room at the back used for exhibitions and talks. Staff are very friendly and helpful and there is a little shop where you can buy postcards, crafts and other souvenirs quite reasonably priced. There are also plenty of leaflets relating to the area in the entrance hall. One special attraction is the green train - a model of a train which is in a glass case. It is in an interesting setting and goes across a bridge - thought by some to be the route from Montrose to Arbroath - and is very old. To preserve it, the train is only run on certain days but there are usually advertised in the local paper, The Montrose Review, and in the museum. It's interesting - probably not worth making a special trip (the case is not that big!) but it's nice to see it still in use.

A hidden find for us as we were in town visiting our daughter and seeing her new apartment…read more Happened to run into the McManus which was nearby and decided to take a look. We were pleasantly surprised. Had a lot of history of Dundee, the Jacobite uprising, and Scotland in general. People working there were very friendly and helpful. Worth a look if you're in the area.

It is difficult to wrap one's head around the building. The masonry, the detail including the…read moremassively high ceiling are mind-blowing. The architecture is exceptional. Items on display were very well titled, luxe framing and pieces that were also unique to Scotland and the British Isles. I could have spent hours here ... Small but important point: air quality was great. They had dehumidifiers in place to protect the precious items and it was not boiling hot inside like some museums/galleries.

The second time we visited Scotland's Secret Bunker, this time with my parents in tow. It remains…read morean interesting and surprising place and a reminder of what we were worried about during the Cold War (and maybe should be again). You arrive via a country road to a country track at the end of which is what looks like a farmhouse and now is the entrance/giftshop. From there you descend via a staircase to come to a tunnel leading to the bunker which is full of historical equipment and information both new and from the time. A very worthwhile history lesson.

We went there yesterday, and there were very few people there (we went early) so go round unimpeded…read morere social distancing etc. Lots of history to this place and a great opportunity to explore our Cold War past.

A great museum housed in listed building in the village of Ceres the. Gives a good overview of…read morebygone life in fife. I think that this is possibly more appealing to the local people than to tourists as the items on show have more meaning as they are almost entirely donated by fifers. This museum is only open from April to October and hours vary so be sure to check before going along. It is very clean and well kept - enjoyed an interesting afternoon

For a tourist, this is well worth a quick visit, not too much to see in content but what is there…read moreis very interesting in relation to days of olde!

The (Royal Research Ship) RRS Discovery is an auxiliary steamship built in Dundee, Scotland for…read moreAntarctic research. Launched in 1901, she was the last traditional wooden three-masted ship to be built in the UK. It was the first vessel to be constructed specifically for scientific research. There is sooo much history regarding this boat. If you plan on going to Dundee, I highly recommend this as a spot to visit! While I was in Dundee, Scotland, this was one of the museums I wanted to visit. While visiting, a wedding was going onboard the ship. How cool is that! I did not get to take a tour of the ship due to the wedding, but that's totally ok! Just know if you're planning a wedding in the future, in Scotland, this ship is open for rental! It's located on the scenic River of Tay, on the waterfront, located next to the V&A. (Victoria&Albert Museum, Dundee) I visited Scotland in August & September! The weather is perfect here. Texas was melting and I was perfect at 62 degrees! If planning a trip to Scotland, August/September are the perfect months for a holiday! September 2023

Follow in the footsteps of Captain Scott and his crew on one of the most heroic voyages of…read moreexploration ever undertaken. Discovery Point is the home of RRS Discovery, the ship built in Dundee specifically for scientific research in Antarctica. Audiovisual shows, computerbased interactives and displays of the actual artefacts of the crew transport you to Antarctica probably about as close as you ever want to come to one of the most inhospitable places on the planet!

The architecture of this centre of design building and where it is situated on The riverside…read moreesplanade overlooking the river Tay is stunning but what it has to offer in the interior is not very much. The highlight of the whole visit was the silent disco included in the extortionate Night Fever club culture exhibition and the equally extortionate gift shop. Despite this I really enjoyed the exhibition learning about raves, techno music and studio 54 and all the interesting audio and visual exhibits was fantastic but apart from that, there really isn't anything else to comment on. I expected more of a WOW factor and I didn't get that unfortunately.

What a fabulous building! A spectacular piece of architecture, both outside and inside. Shame about…read morethe boxy carbuncle of a building that's going up across the road from it that completely obscures it from the town. I have to say though, I was a bit disappointed with the use of space inside. The vast atrium takes up most of the building, which means there are really only two main exhibition spaces; one of these housing the temporary (paid) exhibitions, the other the more permanent exhibits. The temporary exhibit on ocean liners was really great; we loved seeing the history of (mostly) Scottish shipbuilding, and there was a good selection of artefacts illustrating just how sumptuous and decadent some of these grand liners were - although once it got past the 1930's I mostly lost interest (I was never a fan of 70's design at the time and I'm still not!). We particularly liked the video wall recreating an ocean view off the deck with renowned ships like the QE2 sailing past (good photo opp!). Of the other exhibition, the Charles Rennie Mackintosh Oak Room was the main attraction for us, and the main reason we came. But it felt like the rest of it should have been about three times the size it actually was. We actually spent some time looking around for a third gallery that isn't there. The restaurant on the top floor had a reasonable menu, but the prices were rather on the expensive side so we gave it a miss. The cafe on the ground floor didn't draw us either so we went elsewhere for lunch. The whole visit took us two and a half hours. It was worth a look, but apart from the architecture, we found it slightly underwhelming.

A recently opened property for Historic Scotland, this is a really interesting place to visit. The…read moreinteractive displays are superb with lots for kids to get involved in - including a water feature like no other! This is a restoration in a scenic location right on the banks of the River Tay. Unfortunately no coffee shop but there were picnic tables overlooking the river.