Burns House Museum

[Burns House Musuem]

Mauchline, East Ayrshire is the rural town in which Scottish bard Robert Burns spent half a decade during his thirties - a purple patch in his poetry writing career. The cottage where he and his wife used to live is now a museum displaying some of his original manuscripts, Burns artefacts, mocked-up living quarters and a (rather long) film about the man's life. Across the cobbled street there are two further floors containing decorative boxes known as Mauchline Ware as well as curling stones - still produced locally out of Ailsa Craig granite.

[Burns House Musuem]

📌 Burns House Museum ★★☆☆☆
Location: Castle Street, Mauchline town centre, G.R.: NS 498273 ///surfed.waking.audio
Open (2019): Tuesday to Saturday
Cost: Free

[Burns House Musuem]

[Burns House Musuem]

[Original Burns manuscript]

[Burns House Musuem]

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