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Elgin Museum

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Elgin, Scotland, United Kingdom - September 18, 2017. Elgin Museum in Elgin, Scotland. The museum was opened in 1843 and is the oldest independent museum in Scotland. The museum is housed in a Category A listed building designed by architect Thoma...

Scotland's oldest independent museum is an old-fashioned cabinet of curiosities, a captivating collection artfully displayed in a beautiful, purpose-built Victorian building. Exhibits range from Ecuadorian shrunken heads to Peruvian mummies, and include mysterious Pictish carved stones and internationally important fish and reptile fossils discovered in local rocks.

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