Andrew Carnegie Birthplace Museum

The Andrew Carnegie Birthplace Museum is a biographical museum in Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland, dedicated to the life of Scottish-American industrialist and philanthropist Andrew Carnegie. The museum is operated by the Carnegie Dunfermline Trust[1] and is housed in a category B listed building. The museum site includes the original 18th-century weavers cottage in which Andrew Carnegie was born and a memorial hall added by James Shearer in 1928.

Birthplace of Andrew Carnegie in Dunfermline, Scotland

Andrew's wife, Louise Whitfield Carnegie, purchased the cottage in 1895 from William Templeman using a legacy bequeathed to her from her grandfather. Upon the creation of the Carnegie Dunfermline Trust in 1903 the cottage was looked after by the trust and opened to visitors in 1908.[2]

In October 2019 the museum became the first Scottish institution to win the Family Friendly Museum Award.[3]

Collections

The majority of the initial collection items of the museum were donated by Louise Whitfield Carnegie in 1928 and came directly from the Carnegie family homes in the USA and Scotland. These included art, photographs and archival materials.[4] Additional collection items, deemed too precious donate when the museum was established, were bequeathed to the museum following the death of Louise Whitfield Carnegie.

References

"Carnegie Dunfermline Trust". Carnegie Dunfermline Trust. Retrieved 2020-09-07.
"Our History". The Andrew Carnegie Birthplace Museum. Retrieved 2020-09-07.
"Andrew Carnegie Birthplace Museum wins Family Friendly Museum Award 2019". Kids in Museums. 2019-10-14. Retrieved 2020-09-07.
"Collections History". The Andrew Carnegie Birthplace Museum. Retrieved 2020-09-07.

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