Get ready to Go Industrial from the end of April

Our museums a reopening from the end of April – and we’re pretty pleased about that!

Almond Valley Heritage Centre is already open! From Friday 16th April 2021, travel restrictions eased and folk from all across Scotland can visit. The Museum of the Scottish Shale Oil Industry reopened at the end of April.

Devil’s Porridge Museum and Summerlee Museum opened on 26th April 2021. 

Scottish Fisheries Museum opened on the 28th. The By The Seaside exhibition will open on 7th May.

Grampian Transport Museum and Scottish Maritime Museum at Irvine and Dumbarton opened on 29th April. The Into The Maelstrom exhibition opened at Maritime’s Irvine site, and the Woven Waves exhibition opened at Dumbarton.

Discovery Point and RRS Discovery reopened on 10th May 2021.

Verdant Works reopened on 28th May and will feature the Scottish Diaspora Tapestry exhibition.

New Lanark World Heritage Site reopened on 28th May with a revamped visitor offer and a number of new exhibitions.

National Mining Museum Scotland, The Museum of Lead Mining, Auchindrain Township and Museum of Scottish Lighthouses reopened in June!

The Museum of Scottish Railways will open later in the season – but Bo’ness & Kinneil Railway reopened at the end of May. 

The Maid of the Loch will be closed this season for essential works to be carried out – but there will be lots of other opportunities to engage with the Maid, so keep an eye on its social media.

We hope to be able to let you know more reopening dates in the coming days!

Please check with the venue before you travel. Remember to travel in line with local and National travel restrictions.