Wardlaw Museum
Wardlaw Museum is a university museum. This one is within St Andrews’ locality. It is run by University of St Andrews.
Museum in St Andrews
Inside St Andrews
Wardlaw Museum is inside St Andrews’ locality, with 13 more places to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓
Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, NRS’s localities and Met Office 1991–2020 averages.
Weather, month by month
Aim for June to September, when St Andrews reaches 17–20°C.
Wardlaw Museum
Its story is told in 3 languages on Wikipedia. Close by, St Andrews Castle is 300 m away, one of 26 within 15 km.
- Type
- Museum
- Run by
- University of St Andrews
- Wikipedias
- Covered in 3 languages
- Town
- in St Andrews
- Official site
- st-andrews.ac.uk/museums/wardlaw-museum
The essentials
Getting to Wardlaw Museum
Wardlaw Museum sits at the orange dot; the numbered ones are listed below.
© OpenStreetMap contributors · The dashed line is St Andrews’ locality. · NRS locality 2022
Towns close to Wardlaw Museum
Every one of these towns counts it as a place to visit.
St Andrews
Close to Wardlaw Museum
Also close at hand are 4 castles, 2 museums and a garden, among 26 within 15 km.
Castle · Historic Environment ScotlandSt Andrews Castle300 m away2
MuseumR&A World Golf Museum500 m away3
MuseumSt Andrews Museum800 m away4
GardenSt Andrews Botanic Garden1.1 km away5
Castle · Historic Environment ScotlandBroughty Castle14 km away6
Castle · National Trust for ScotlandKellie Castle12 km away7
CastleDairsie Castle9.7 km away8
Historic house · National Trust for ScotlandHill of Tarvit14 km awayWithin 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.
What people ask about Wardlaw Museum
Where is Wardlaw Museum?
Wardlaw Museum is in St Andrews, Fife, inside the town’s locality.
What is Wardlaw Museum?
University museum in Fife, Scotland, UK.
Who runs Wardlaw Museum?
University of St Andrews.
When is the best time to visit Wardlaw Museum?
June to September are the warmest months in St Andrews, with afternoon highs of 17–20°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).
What else is there to see near Wardlaw Museum?
Within 15 km: St Andrews Castle (300 m), R&A World Golf Museum (500 m), St Andrews Museum (800 m) and St Andrews Botanic Garden (1.1 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)
- Wardlaw Museum: Drkirstyross, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- St Andrews Castle: Tom Parnell, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- R&A World Golf Museum: B4bees from Kinross, Scotland, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- St Andrews Museum: Jim Bain, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- St Andrews Botanic Garden: rob bishop, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Broughty Castle: TimVickers, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Kellie Castle: MaggieMayRose, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Dairsie Castle: James Allan, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Hill of Tarvit: Kim Traynor, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
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