Museum · Blantyre · South Lanarkshire

David Livingstone Museum

David Livingstone Museum is a category A listed building. It is within Blantyre’s locality. The site is looked after by National Trust for Scotland.

Photo: David Livingstone Museum, Kim Traynor (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Where

In Blantyre

inside the locality

Run by

National Trust for Scotland

a national heritage body

How well known

Top 13%

#1,081 of 8,556 places we list

Warmest months

Jun–Aug

highs of 18–19°C

In brief

Museum in Blantyre

Inside Blantyre

David Livingstone Museum is inside Blantyre’s locality, with 6 more places to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓

Cared for by National Trust for Scotland

One of the places National Trust for Scotland looks after; members usually get in free. About ↓

Category A listed building

On the official list of protected heritage; Blantyre has 12 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

Picking your season

Warm weather in Blantyre runs June to August, with highs of 18–19°C.

Jan7° / 1°114 mm

Feb7° / 1°97 mm

Mar9° / 2°83 mm

Apr12° / 4°58 mm

May15° / 6°64 mm

Jun18° / 9°68 mm

Jul19° / 11°83 mm

Aug19° / 11°93 mm

Sep16° / 9°84 mm

Oct13° / 6°116 mm

Nov9° / 3°110 mm

Dec7° / 1°123 mm

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

About

David Livingstone Museum

Its Wikipedia coverage spans 5 languages. Within 15 km there are 84 more places to visit, starting with Bothwell Castle (1.1 km).

Blantyre’s listed buildings and monuments →

Type: Museum
Run by: National Trust for Scotland
Listed: Category A listed building
Wikipedias: Covered in 5 languages
Town: in Blantyre
Official site: david-livingstone-trust.org

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

The map

Mapping David Livingstone Museum

David Livingstone Museum is in orange, with the places near it numbered as below.

Towns near it

Nearby towns

The 8 towns are led in size by East Kilbride, with 76,626 people. Each town here links to its own guide.

1 · It’s in town

Blantyre

16,534 people · 13 places to visit

2 · 100 m northeast of it

Bothwell

7,002 people · 13 places to visit

3 · 800 m south of it

Hamilton

55,171 people · 15 places to visit

4 · 1.1 km north of it

Uddingston

6,181 people · 7 places to visit

Compare the 8 towns

Town	Where David Livingstone Museum is	People	Places to visit
Blantyre	It’s in town	16,534	13
Bothwell	100 m northeast of it	7,002	13
Hamilton	800 m south of it	55,171	15
Uddingston	1.1 km north of it	6,181	7
Viewpark	2.4 km north of it	15,832	20
Cambuslang	2.7 km west of it	33,250	35
Bellshill	2.7 km east of it	19,488	18
East Kilbride	3.7 km southwest of it	76,626	16

Make a day of it

What else is near David Livingstone Museum

A visit can add 3 museums, 3 cathedrals and a castle, from 84 places within 15 km.

Castle · Historic Environment ScotlandBothwell Castle1.1 km away 2

Big drawMuseumKelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum15 km away · 1M visitors a year 3

CathedralGlasgow Cathedral12 km away 4

MuseumGlasgow School of Art13 km away 5

Big drawArt galleryGallery of Modern Art12 km away · 596K visitors a year 6

CathedralMotherwell Cathedral6.1 km away 7

CathedralSt Andrew's Cathedral12 km away 8

MuseumPeople's Palace11 km away · 290K visitors a year

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

Planning a visit to David Livingstone Museum

Where is David Livingstone Museum?

David Livingstone Museum is in Blantyre, South Lanarkshire, inside the town’s locality.

What is David Livingstone Museum?

Category A listed building in South Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK.

Who runs David Livingstone Museum?

National Trust for Scotland, so members usually get in free; check opening times before you go.

When is the best time to visit David Livingstone Museum?

June to August are the warmest months in Blantyre, with afternoon highs of 18–19°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).

Is David Livingstone Museum a listed building?

Yes: category A listed building.

What else is there to see near David Livingstone Museum?

Within 15 km: Bothwell Castle (1.1 km), Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum (15 km), Glasgow Cathedral (12 km) and Glasgow School of Art (13 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)

David Livingstone Museum: Kim Traynor, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Bothwell Castle: James Mérigot, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum: 瑞丽江的河水, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Glasgow Cathedral: Bewahrerderwerte, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Glasgow School of Art: Stinglehammer, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Gallery of Modern Art: BrainiacBlink, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Motherwell Cathedral: Anne Burgess, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
St Andrew's Cathedral: Michal Klajban, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
People's Palace: Emmi Hakka, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

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