Bute Museum
Bute Museum is a museum in Rothesay, Isle of Bute. It is protected as a category B listed building. There are 17 more places to see within 15 km, beginning with Rothesay Castle (100 m).
Museum in Rothesay
Inside Rothesay
Bute Museum is inside Rothesay’s locality, with 5 more places to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓
Category B listed building
On the official list of protected heritage; Rothesay has 151 listed buildings in all, on its History page. About ↓
Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, NRS’s localities and Met Office 1991–2020 averages.
The seasons here
The warmest stretch in Rothesay is June to August, at 17–18°C in the afternoon.
Bute Museum
Museum in Rothesay, Isle of Bute, Scotland, United Kingdom.
In Rothesay, inside the town’s locality.
- Type
- Museum
- Listed
- Category B listed building
- Town
- in Rothesay
- Official site
- butemuseum.org.uk
Locating Bute Museum
The orange dot is Bute Museum; the numbers are the places near it, as listed below.
© OpenStreetMap contributors · The dashed line is Rothesay’s locality. · NRS locality 2022
Nearby towns
Nearest first, every town here counts it among its places to visit.
Rothesay
What else is near Bute Museum
There are 17 within 15 km, 6 castles, a historic house and a cathedral among them.
CastleRothesay Castle100 m away2
Historic houseMount Stuart House5.4 km away3
CathedralCathedral of The Isles12 km away4
CastleKames Castle3.9 km away5
CastleWester Kames Castle4.4 km away6
CastleArdgowan Castle14 km away7
CastleSkelmorlie Castle11 km away8CastleCastleWee Cumbrae Castle15 km awayWithin 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.
Quick answers on Bute Museum
Where is Bute Museum?
Bute Museum is in Rothesay, Argyll and Bute, inside the town’s locality.
What is Bute Museum?
Museum in Rothesay, Isle of Bute, Scotland, United Kingdom.
When is the best time to visit Bute Museum?
June to August are the warmest months in Rothesay, with afternoon highs of 17–18°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).
Is Bute Museum a listed building?
Yes: category B listed building.
What else is there to see near Bute Museum?
Within 15 km: Rothesay Castle (100 m), Mount Stuart House (5.4 km), Cathedral of The Isles (12 km) and Kames Castle (3.9 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 (8)
- Bute Museum: DougRM, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Rothesay Castle: Otter, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Mount Stuart House: Colin, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Cathedral of The Isles: John McLeish, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Kames Castle: Richard Dear, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Wester Kames Castle: Reading Tom from Reading, UK, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ardgowan Castle: Thomas Nugent, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Skelmorlie Castle: McGibbon & Ross, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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