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Arbuthnot Museum

Arbuthnot Museum is a museum in Peterhead, Aberdeenshire. There are 4 more places to see within 15 km, beginning with New Slains Castle (11 km). Readers can find it on Wikipedia in 2 languages.

Where
In Peterhead
inside the locality
How well known
Top 35%
#2,958 of 8,556 places we list
Warmest months
Jul–Aug
highs of 17–18°C
In brief

Museum in Peterhead

Inside Peterhead

Arbuthnot Museum is inside Peterhead’s locality, with 2 more places to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓

Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, NRS’s localities and Met Office 1991–2020 averages.

When to go

The weather, month by month

Expect 17–18°C highs in Peterhead in July and August.

Jan7° / 2°66 mm
Feb7° / 1°61 mm
Mar9° / 2°56 mm
Apr11° / 3°47 mm
May13° / 5°51 mm
Jun16° / 8°62 mm
Jul17° / 10°66 mm
Aug18° / 10°68 mm
Sep16° / 9°67 mm
Oct13° / 6°102 mm
Nov10° / 4°89 mm
Dec7° / 1°80 mm
Green months are the warmest. Typical afternoon highs and night lows in Peterhead, and rain in a month. Met Office HadUK-Grid 1991–2020 averages for Peterhead. Opening times change through the year: check before you go. Peterhead’s full climate →
About

Arbuthnot Museum

Museum in Peterhead, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, UK.

In Peterhead, inside the town’s locality.

Type
Museum
Wikipedias
Covered in 2 languages
Town
in Peterhead
Facts: Wikidata (CC0) and OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors).
The map

The map

Orange marks Arbuthnot Museum, and the numbered points match the list of places below.

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© OpenStreetMap contributors · The dashed line is Peterhead’s locality. · NRS locality 2022

Towns near it

Bases near Arbuthnot Museum

The towns are in order of distance, its own town first.

1 · It’s in town

Peterhead

19,793 people · 3 places to visit

Make a day of it

Close to Arbuthnot Museum

Among the 4 within 15 km are 2 castles and 2 museums.

1CastleCastleNew Slains Castle11 km away2CastleInverugie Castle3.5 km away3MuseumMuseumPeterhead Prison Museum1.8 km away4MuseumMuseumAberdeenshire Museums Discovery Centre14 km away

Within 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.

Arbuthnot Museum, answered

Where is Arbuthnot Museum?

Arbuthnot Museum is in Peterhead, Aberdeenshire, inside the town’s locality.

What is Arbuthnot Museum?

Museum in Peterhead, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, UK.

When is the best time to visit Arbuthnot Museum?

July and August are the warmest months in Peterhead, with afternoon highs of 17–18°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).

What else is there to see near Arbuthnot Museum?

Within 15 km: New Slains Castle (11 km), Inverugie Castle (3.5 km), Peterhead Prison Museum (1.8 km) and Aberdeenshire Museums Discovery Centre (14 km).

Places: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database Licence) and Wikidata (CC0), placed in the NRS 2022 locality (Open Government Licence v3.0). Visitor counts are the latest Wikidata gives, with their year.

Photos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).

Photo credits (1)

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