King's Museum
King's Museum is a university museum in Aberdeen. The site is in the hands of University of Aberdeen. Our list has 20 more places within 15 km; first among them is St Machar's Cathedral, at 300 m.
Museum in Aberdeen
Inside Aberdeen
King's Museum is inside Aberdeen’s locality, with 16 more places to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓
Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, NRS’s localities and Met Office 1991–2020 averages.
Choosing a month
The warm months in Aberdeen are July and August, with 18°C highs.
King's Museum
It is written up in 2 Wikipedias.
- Type
- Museum
- Run by
- University of Aberdeen
- Wikipedias
- Covered in 2 languages
- Town
- in Aberdeen
- Official site
- abdn.ac.uk/kingsmuseum
How to visit
Its place on the map
Orange: King's Museum.
© OpenStreetMap contributors · Numbers: the places near it, as listed below. The dashed line is Aberdeen’s locality. · NRS locality 2022
Bases near King's Museum
All of these towns include it on their pages.
Aberdeen
Combine it with these
Around it, within 15 km, lie 20 more, including 3 cathedrals, 3 museums and a castle.
CathedralSt Machar's Cathedral300 m away2
CathedralSt Mary's Cathedral2.4 km away3
CathedralSt Andrew's Cathedral2.1 km away4
MuseumAberdeen Art Gallery2.1 km away5
CastleAberdeen Castle2.1 km away6
GardenCruickshank Botanic Garden200 m away7
MuseumAberdeen Maritime Museum2.3 km away8
MuseumTolbooth Museum2.2 km awayWithin 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.
Questions people have about King's Museum
Where is King's Museum?
King's Museum is in Aberdeen, Aberdeen City, inside the town’s locality.
What is King's Museum?
University museum in Aberdeen, Scotland, United Kingdom.
Who runs King's Museum?
University of Aberdeen.
When is the best time to visit King's Museum?
July and August are the warmest months in Aberdeen, with afternoon highs of 18–18°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).
What else is there to see near King's Museum?
Within 15 km: St Machar's Cathedral (300 m), St Mary's Cathedral (2.4 km), St Andrew's Cathedral (2.1 km) and Aberdeen Art Gallery (2.1 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)
- King's Museum: Martyn Gorman, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- St Machar's Cathedral: PaulT (Gunther Tschuch), CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- St Mary's Cathedral: Lucas Kendall, CC BY-SA 2.0, 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
- Cruickshank Botanic Garden: PMJ at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Aberdeen Maritime Museum: Richard Slessor, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Tolbooth Museum: Ragazzi99, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
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