Discover the best top things to do in Argyll and Bute, United Kingdom including Colintraive Heritage Centre, Scottish Slate Islands Heritage Trust, Inveraray Jail, Auchindrain Township, Slate Islands Heritage Centre, Strachur Smiddy Museum and Craft Shop, Atlantic Islands Centre, Campbeltown Museum, Campbeltown Heritage Centre.
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5.0 based on 14 reviews
Sorry, closed at present due to COVID-19 restrictions. Entertaining and fascinating historic displays, models, pictures and videos. Home to a collection of photographs, artefacts and genealogical records related to the social and industrial life of the Slate Islands of Argyll. Located in the picturesque seaside village and departure point to Easdale Island Ferry. Entry free, donations welcome. Local artwork and souvenirs available.
A very informative little museum into slate mining and recent History with some interesting exhibits. Well worth a visit
4.5 based on 1,568 reviews
Fully OPEN pre-booking not required. The health and well-being of our visitors and team is our highest priority and special arrangements will be in place for the foreseeable future. Step back almost two centuries and discover the stories of the real men, women and children who were tried and served their sentences in this prison. Visit the Courtroom; explore the Cells in the Old and New Prisons; try out the wooden beds and hammocks; sample the punishments; experience the Whipping Table; take your turn at the Crank Wheel. Meet the Warder and Prisoners and get locked up in the Airing Yards. Listen to dramatic true tales from the characters in the Jail’s past brought to life with our FREE interactive audio guides. Available in six languages.
Really warm welcome as soon as we entered the jail - unusual thing to notice at this kind of attraction! - and a fun chat about how welcome dogs are. We didn't have a dog but it seemed a good feature to us, rather than making them stay in a car! The audio guide was extremely good: informative and provided a purposeful and fun way to take in all the information, which was added to nicely by the costumed guides strategically positioned. Lots to see - but not too long - interactive in places too: the photo booth is a fun idea, sitting in the court, trying out the hammocks etc were all engaging. Decent shop at the end. Fully recommended.
4.5 based on 239 reviews
A visit to Auchindrain is a chance to see a forgotten way of Highland life. Auchindrain is the last surviving Highland farm township, a type of settlement found across Scotland from the Middle Ages until the late 18th century. Social and economic change arising from industrialisation and new ways of farming then saw most townships improved out of existence, but Auchindrain survived until the 1960s as the last of its kind. The site is now run as a museum and visitors can explore the land and buildings with the assistance of our interactive guide-tablets. Auchindrain, which is run by an independent charity, is a conservation work in progress. It is a Category A listed site that remains proudly authentic and true to history. Gritty realism and the ever-changing Highland weather are not for everyone, so please visit us properly prepared, ready to learn about and understand the hard every day life of our ancestors.
We have been here a few times and we love it! This was the Highland village that avoided the clearances because the Duke of Argyll took it on as a pet project. Its a working farm and they give you a tablet with GPS that provides information on the buildings as you enter them. Its cheap and is a great pllce to visit, not only for adults but for children as well. Very highly recommended place to visit!
4.5 based on 44 reviews
Very interesting museum - telling history of slate islands . Informative and welcoming atmosphere and open out of season
4.5 based on 18 reviews
A small museum with craft shop. The museum is a working Smiddy with traditional fire forge, anvil, bellows and a wide range of blacksmithing tools dating back hundreds of years. At weekends there is a local blacksmith who demonstrates how to make traditional items such as pokers and toasting forks etc.
This is a unique museum, one of the best I have been fortunate to visit. The Smiddy has been renovated in such a manner that it as it was many years ago. I can confirm this, as I came with my Father (aged 90) who remembers well helping with the bellows when he was 9 years old! Unlike so many museums, this one feels alive, and as though you have literally walked through the door and stepped back in time. Terrific for children as hands on. We were made so welcome and the tour was perfect. Thank you
4.5 based on 8 reviews
Visited here on a day trip on the waverley paddle steamer but as it was a sunday its was closed as most places are on sundays, but the linda mccartney memorial garden was beautiful, filled with lots of flowers and a beautiful statue of linda. Worth a visit if passing.
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