Abbotsford House

Info Telefon: 01896 752043
Besucher-Email: enquiries@scottsabbotsford.co.uk
http://www.scottsabbotsford.co.uk/...

The house will remain closed until 2013 to allow for an extensive programme of much-needed repair and refurbishment.
We are currently building a new Visitor Centre, including café and shop, which will open in Spring 2012.  While the main house will be closed until 2013, the visitor centre and Abbotsford’s beautiful garden and grounds will be open to visitors next year.

Coldstream Museum

Fax.: 01361 883961

Info Telefon: (0) 1890 882 630
Besucher-Email: museums@scotborders.gov.uk
http://www.scotborders.gov.uk/directory_...

1st April - 30th September
Monday-Saturday 10.00am - 4.00pm and Sunday 2.00pm-4.00pm;
1st - 31st October Monday to Saturday 13:00pm to 16:00 pm and closed Sundays

Permanent displays relating to the Coldstream Guards and the town of Coldstream, featuring artefacts on loan from the Coldstream Guards, the Provost's Robes and Chain of Office. There is a changing exhibition programme in the Courtyard Gallery.
The museum is located in the centre of Coldstream in the Market Square on the site of General Monck's headquarters before he marched on London in 1660 to restore the Stuart Monarchy.
 

Dawyck Botanic Garden

Fax.: 01721 760214

Info Telefon: 01721 760254
Besucher-Email: dawyck@rbge.org.uk
http://www.rbge.org.uk/rbge/web/visiting...

Trustees of the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh

Mon-Sun: 10am-4pm Feb-Nov, to 6pm Apr-Sept

Eyemouth Museum

Info Telefon: 018907 ​50678
http://www.​scotborders.​gov...

April-June:
Mon-Sat 1000-1700
Sun 1300-1500
July August:
Mon-Sat 1000-1800
Sun 1130-1630
September October:
Mon-Sat 1000-1600
Closed Sun

Halliwell’s House Museum

Fax.: 01750 23282

Info Telefon: 01750 20096
Besucher-Email: museums@scotborders.gov.uk
http://www.scotborders.gov.uk/directory_...

4 April-31 October Monday-Saturday 11.00am-4.00pm and Sunday 12.00pm-3.00pm

The Museum is situated in the very atmospheric Halliwell's Close. The narrow, cobbled lane with outhouses, which was formerly gas-lit and was typical of many such Closes in Selkirk, has a compelling history dating back over 400 years.

The museum building itself dates from the end of the 18th century and is part of what is probably the oldest surviving row of dwellings in the historic town of Selkirk.

Halliwell's House and Close take their name from Robert Halliwell who was a wig maker who owned buildings in the Close at the beginning of the 18th century.

Records dating from the 1600s indicate many different trades have thrived in Halliwell's Close down the centuries: weavers, fleshers (butchers), ironmongers, tailors, bakers, coopers (barrel makers), shoemakers and others. The museum tells the story of life in Halliwell's Close as well as the wider story of Selkirk's fascinating history.
 

Hawick Museum & the Scott Art Gallery

Fax.: 01450 378506

Info Telefon: 01450 373457
Besucher-Email: museums@scotborders.gov.uk
http://www.scotborders.gov.uk/directory_...

Apr – Sep: Mon – Fri 10 – 12 and 1 – 5, Sat and Sun 2 – 5
Oct – Mar: Mon – Fri 12 – 3, Sun 1 – 3

Hawick Museum's parkland location and fascinating displays reflect the endeavour of the town and its people. The objects and fine works of art collected are not just about Hawick but a window on the world.
The permanent displays allow many of our wonderful artefacts to be shown. The Jimmie Guthrie and Steve Hislop exhibitions make us a motorcyclists' Mecca.
Nature displays and bygones of domestic life add variety, while four changing spaces, including the Scott Art Gallery, allow a lively series of art and museum exhibitions throughout the year.
The museum also houses the town's hand-painted war memorial inscriptions. Hawick Museum was founded in 1856 and has been in its present home, Wilton Lodge, since 1911.
Wilton Lodge is an 18th century mansion house, enlarged in the Victorian era then thoughtfully redesigned as the town's museum by Hawick Town Council after they purchased the building along with its surrounding grounds, now Wilton Lodge Park.
 

Jedburgh Castle Jail and Museum

Tel.: (0)1835 830306
Fax.: 01450 373506

Info Telefon: (0) 1835 863 254
Besucher-Email: museums@scotborders.gov.uk

end Mar – 31 Oct Mon – Sat 10- 4.30 and Sun 1-4 h.

“Jedburgh Castle Jail gives visitors a taste of what life was like in an 1820s prison, whilst also telling the story of the Royal Burgh of Jedburgh.
The main building of Jedburgh Castle Jail is home to the museum collection of the town of Jedburgh, focusing on traditions, industries and important individuals of this historic Scottish town, with historical artefacts, prints and paintings and a temporary exhibition space.
You can walk through the original cell blocks of this Georgian jail - the finest remaining Howard reform prison in Scotland - and find out about some of the people who were once imprisoned here and why they were put in.
Children can dress up and enjoy activities.
The prisoners' cell blocks tell the story of the Jail and its inmates, with individual cells looking as they would have done - complete with model prisoners.
This impressive building, in a castellated style, was designed by Archibald Elliot, one of the leading Scottish architects of his day.
In the Governor's House you will discover the history of Jedburgh and see many of the historical objects and artworks that tell the story of the town, its industries and its people.” (Scottish Borders Council)
 

Mary Queen of Scots' House and Visitor Centre

Info Telefon: (0) 1835 863 331

Moat Park Heritage Centre

Fax.: 01899 221050

Info Telefon: 01899 221050
Besucher-Email: caragh.bmt@googlemail.com
http://www.biggarmuseumtrust.co.uk/home/...

Easter - 25th September
Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday (Closed on Wednesday) 11am- 4.30pm
Sunday 2pm - 4.30pm

The Moat Park Heritage Centre is the flagship of Biggar Museum Trust, opened in 1988 by HRH The Princess Royal.
Geology displays explain how the Clyde and Tweed valleys were formed millions of years ago, and splendid models portray early dwellings, mottes, castles and bastle houses, all accompanied by archaeological exhibits.
Among many other colourful characters from history you will encounter an Iron Age family and one of the invading Roman soldiers from around 1900 years ago.

You can also see the unique 'Menzies Moffat' patchwork, a magnificent Victorian piece nine feet by eight feet with over eighty colourful figures meticulously stitched into place by an eccentric tailor during the Crimean war, as well as many other iterms ofmemorabilia and photographs of bygone days.
 

Old Gala House Museum

Fax.: 01750 23282

Info Telefon: 01750 20096
Besucher-Email: museums@scotborders.gov.uk
http://www.scotborders.gov.uk/info/15/ve...

Old Gala House is a fine historic building housing museum and art displays in addition to the meeting rooms. The oldest part of the building dates from circa 1513 when it was the home of the Hopringles.