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Arbuthnot Museum, Peterhead

St. Peter Street
Peterhead
AB42 1QD

Access and Parking

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Life on the Sea

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 2012 - Free admission Open Year Round
Mon,Tues, Thurs & Fri 10.00 am- 12.30 pm & 1.30 pm - 4.00 pm.

Sat 10.00 am - 12.30 pm & 1.30 pm - 3.30 pm

Closed Wednesday, Sunday and Public Holidays

Access

Parking: nearest car park is York Street (two blocks away); limited street parking beside museum; disabled car parking at nearby bus station at St. Peter Street/Windmill Street corner.

Access: no access for wheelchair users - museum situated on first floor of building.

Exhibitions

ROBOTS 1.1

Saturday 4th May - 1st June

Iron Man - life size modelCome and get up-close and personal with some of the most iconic robots, cyborgs and androids from the world of film!

 

 

 

 

 

Star Trek - Locutus of Borg lifesize model.

Why not have your photograph taken beside Iron Man or the Star Wars droids, C3PO and R2D2. Meet Locutus of Borg and many more characters of the Si-fi epics from the 1950s to 2013.........and beyond!

 

 

 

 

 

Forthcoming exhibitions

 

Watch this space for up and coming exhibitions and events.

 

Tel 01779 477778 or 01771 622807 for further information.