Dumfries Places of Interest

Education in the burgh, religious life, local crafts, sporting pastimes, famous people i.e. Lord Dowding, Robert Burns, D.E. Stevenson, Crawley, geology, the Spa, railway, farming, family trees. more

This award winning visitor centre tells the story of the connections between Robert Burns and the town of Dumfries. Many original documents and relics of the poet illuminate the well-researched exhibi... more

The traditional Scottish cottage in which John Paul Jones was born in 1747. Exhibition on the life of "The Father of the American Navy". Video in the reconstructed cabin of Jones' ships &quo... more

Situated in St Michael's Kirkyard, is the impressive Grecian Mausoleum in which Burns, his widow Jean and five of their family lie. Burns was originally buried in a modest grave in a corner just to th... more

A good selection of artefacts and documents, especially concerning local shipping and quarries, also a large display of Victorian memorabilia. more