Arbuthnot Museum, Peterhead

St. Peter Street
Peterhead
AB42 1QD

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MGC Registered Museum

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Discover the wealth of Peterhead's maritime history in one of Aberdeenshire's oldest museums. See models showing the development of Peterhead fishing boats and find out about:

• Peterhead's past
• An important collection of Inuit Artifacts
• Arctic animals, including a Polar Bear
• Whaling
• One of Northern Scotland's largest coin collections
• Temporary exhibitions with regularly changing program of events in Arbuthnot Gallery
• A large collection of photos of Peterhead and the surrounding area.

A range of exhibitions and photograph kits are available for loan. Please phone for details.

Photos

View our Top Ten of photos from the Arbuthnot Museum and find out how to order them.

Opening Hours 2007

Open Year Round

Mon,Tues, Thurs, Fri, Sat 11.00 am- 1.00 pm
2.00 pm - 4.30pm
Wednesday 11.00 - 13.00

Closed Sunday and Public Holidays

Free Admission

Exhibitions

Scottish Archaeology Month

BUCHAN BEADS and BEAKERS

Peterhead archaeology at the Arbuthnot museum. Why not come along and see examples of beakers, flints and axeheads as well as the unique Jet and Amber beads, all made by the earliest inhabitants of the Peterhead area.

The Jet and Amber beads with the Flint axe discovered at Greenbrae, Cruden. Part of the Ardiffery site.The flint axe is from the North of England and is extremely rare which would indicate that this was a high status burial.

Also on display -

Early maps of Peterhead and ariel photos of the town in the 1950s.

RON BROUGHALL – 20 years of Peterhead photography

Some of the 1000s of photographs taken by the 'Buchanie photographer' over many years are on display on the stairs to the Museum.

Display sponsored by the Buchan Observer

Tel 01779 477778 or 01771 622807 for further information.