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Elgin Museum (Moray)
Elgin Museum is a museum of local history in Elgin, Moray, Scotland. Its collections cover area fossils and geology, archaeology, ethnography, art and local history. Opened in 1843, it is one of the oldest independent museums in the country. The museum is run by The Moray Society. Entry to the museum is free. The museum is housed in a Category A listed building on Elgin's High Street and was designed by architect Thomas Mackenzie in 1842, with later alterations and additions made by A. Marshall Mackenzie and Son in 1920. Its fossil collection is classed as a Recognised Collection by Museums Galleries Scotland Museums Galleries Scotland, formerly the Scottish Museums Council, is the National Development Body for the museum sector in Scotland. It offers support to 400 museum A museum ( ; plural museums or, rarely, musea) is a building or instit .... In August 2021, the bones of a 375 million year old predator discovered three miles away were put on display. References ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elgin Museum Moray
Elgin may refer to: Places Canada * Elgin County, Ontario * Elgin Settlement, a 19th-century community for freed slaves located in present-day North Buxton and South Buxton, Chatham-Kent, Ontario * Elgin, a village in Rideau Lakes, Ontario * Port Elgin, Ontario, Bruce County * Elgin, Manitoba * Elgin Parish, New Brunswick ** Elgin, New Brunswick, a community in Elgin Parish * Elgin, Nova Scotia * Elgin, Quebec * Elgin Street (Ottawa), a street in the Downtown core of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada * Port Elgin, New Brunswick Hong Kong * Elgin Street, Hong Kong, a street in Central, Hong Kong * Elgin Street, former name of Haiphong Road in Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon New Zealand * Elgin, New Zealand, a suburb of Gisborne South Africa *Elgin, Western Cape, a large valley famous for deciduous farming, which lies to the south-east of Cape Town United Kingdom * Elgin, Moray, the administrative and commercial centre for Moray, Scotland, from which other names derive ** Elgin railway station ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
