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Blairs Museum

Blairs Museum is a seminary, now a museum, in Aberdeenshire. Look for it 600 m southwest of Aberdeen. It is protected as a category B listed building.

Photo: Blairs Museum, Colin Smith (CC BY-SA 2.0)

Where

600 m

southwest of Aberdeen

How well known

Top 28%

#2,392 of 8,556 places we list

Warmest months

Jul–Aug

highs of 18–18°C

In brief

Museum near Aberdeen

Just outside Aberdeen

Blairs Museum is 600 m southwest of Aberdeen. Towns near it ↓

Category B listed building

On the official list of protected heritage; Aberdeen has 1,086 listed buildings in all, on its History page. About ↓

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

When to go

Weather through the year

Afternoons in Aberdeen are warmest in July and August, at 18°C.

Jan7° / 1°69 mm

Feb7° / 1°65 mm

Mar9° / 2°54 mm

Apr11° / 4°58 mm

May13° / 6°53 mm

Jun16° / 9°67 mm

Jul18° / 11°74 mm

Aug18° / 11°72 mm

Sep16° / 9°60 mm

Oct12° / 6°99 mm

Nov9° / 3°91 mm

Dec7° / 1°77 mm

Green months are the warmest. Typical afternoon highs and night lows in Aberdeen, and rain in a month. Met Office HadUK-Grid 1991–2020 averages for Aberdeen. Opening times change through the year: check before you go. Aberdeen’s full climate →

About

Blairs Museum

Wikipedia covers it in 3 languages. There are 26 more places to see within 15 km, beginning with St Mary's Cathedral (7.4 km).

Aberdeen’s listed buildings and monuments →

Type: Museum
Listed: Category B listed building
Wikipedias: Covered in 3 languages
Town: 600 m southwest of Aberdeen
Official site: blairsmuseum.com/visit/blairs-museum

Facts: Wikidata (CC0) and OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors).

Plan your visit

Practical information

Entrance fees

EntryA fee is charged

Hours and entry: OpenStreetMap contributors. They change through the year: check its site before you go.

The map

Map of Blairs Museum and nearby

Use the numbers to match each place near Blairs Museum with the list.

Towns near it

The nearest towns to Blairs Museum

Of these 5 towns, the largest is Aberdeen (192,968 people). The town it is in comes first, then the others whose pages list it, nearest first.

1 · 600 m northeast of it

Aberdeen

192,968 people · 21 places to visit

2 · 800 m northwest of it

Milltimber

3,049 people · 6 places to visit

3 · 3 km southeast of it

Portlethen

8,965 people · 3 places to visit

4 · 3.2 km west of it

Peterculter

4,359 people · 5 places to visit

Compare the 5 towns

Town	Where Blairs Museum is	People	Places to visit
Aberdeen	600 m northeast of it	192,968	21
Milltimber	800 m northwest of it	3,049	6
Portlethen	3 km southeast of it	8,965	3
Peterculter	3.2 km west of it	4,359	5
Cove Bay	6.4 km east of it	7,926	12

Make a day of it

More near Blairs Museum

Nearby, 26 places within 15 km include 3 cathedrals, 3 museums and 2 castles.

CathedralSt Mary's Cathedral7.4 km away 2

Castle · National Trust for ScotlandDrum Castle8.7 km away 3

CathedralSt Machar's Cathedral9.7 km away 4

CathedralSt Andrew's Cathedral8.3 km away 5

MuseumAberdeen Art Gallery7.8 km away 6

CastleAberdeen Castle8.4 km away 7

MuseumAberdeen Maritime Museum8 km away 8

MuseumThe Gordon Highlanders Museum5.2 km away

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

Blairs Museum: common questions

Where is Blairs Museum?

Blairs Museum is 600 m southwest of Aberdeen, Aberdeen City.

What is Blairs Museum?

Seminary, now museum, in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, UK.

When is the best time to visit Blairs Museum?

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

Is Blairs Museum a listed building?

Yes: category B listed building.

What else is there to see near Blairs Museum?

Within 15 km: St Mary's Cathedral (7.4 km), Drum Castle (8.7 km), St Machar's Cathedral (9.7 km) and St Andrew's Cathedral (8.3 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 (9)

Blairs Museum: Colin Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
St Mary's Cathedral: Lucas Kendall, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Drum Castle: Ikiwaner, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
St Machar's Cathedral: PaulT (Gunther Tschuch), CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
St Andrew's Cathedral: Chris Downer, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Aberdeen Art Gallery: Tom Parnell from Scottish Borders, Scotland, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Aberdeen Castle: Anthony Foster, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Aberdeen Maritime Museum: Richard Slessor, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
The Gordon Highlanders Museum: LindaAnn08, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

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