Dumfries Museum
Dumfries Museum is a museum in Dumfries. Add Caerlaverock Castle, 12 km away, to a visit; it leads 13 places within 15 km. Articles on it exist in 4 languages.
Museum in Dumfries
Inside Dumfries
Dumfries Museum is inside Dumfries’ locality, with 5 more places to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓
Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, NRS’s localities and Met Office 1991–2020 averages.
How the seasons run
The warmest stretch in Dumfries is June to September, at 17–20°C in the afternoon.
Dumfries Museum
Museum in Dumfries, United Kingdom.
In Dumfries, inside the town’s locality.
- Type
- Museum
- Wikipedias
- Covered in 4 languages
- Town
- in Dumfries
- Official site
- dgculture.co.uk/venue/dumfries-museum
Before you set off
Finding Dumfries Museum
Numbered points are the places near Dumfries Museum, which is in orange.
© OpenStreetMap contributors · The dashed line is Dumfries’ locality. · NRS locality 2022
Bases near Dumfries Museum
Largest of the 5 is Dumfries, home to 33,694. All of these towns include it on their pages.
Dumfries
Locharbriggs
Lockerbie
Annan
Compare the 5 towns
| Town | Where Dumfries Museum is | People | Places to visit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dumfries | It’s in town | 33,694 | 8 |
| Locharbriggs | 2.6 km northeast of it | 5,488 | 6 |
| Lockerbie | 18 km east of it | 4,411 | 1 |
| Annan | 24 km east of it | 8,697 | 3 |
| Gretna | 36 km east of it | 3,435 | 1 |
Combine it with these
Around it, within 15 km, lie 13 more, including 4 museums, 3 castles and an abbey or priory.
MuseumGracefield Arts Centre1.1 km away4
MuseumGarden of Cosmic Speculation7.9 km away5
MuseumDumfries and Galloway Aviation Museum4.1 km away6CastleCastleComlongon Castle13 km away7CastleCastleDrumcoltran Tower12 km away8
MuseumEllisland Farm9 km awayWithin 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.
Dumfries Museum, answered
Where is Dumfries Museum?
Dumfries Museum is in Dumfries, Dumfries and Galloway, inside the town’s locality.
What is Dumfries Museum?
Museum in Dumfries, United Kingdom.
When is the best time to visit Dumfries Museum?
June to September are the warmest months in Dumfries, with afternoon highs of 17–20°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).
What else is there to see near Dumfries Museum?
Within 15 km: Caerlaverock Castle (12 km), Sweetheart Abbey (9.5 km), Gracefield Arts Centre (1.1 km) and Garden of Cosmic Speculation (7.9 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 (5)
- Dumfries Museum: FutureMuseumSW, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Gracefield Arts Centre: Richard Dorrell, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Garden of Cosmic Speculation: David Robertson, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Dumfries and Galloway Aviation Museum: Expatscot, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ellisland Farm: Rosser1954 Roger Griffith, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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