Perth Museum

Perth Museum highlights 10,000 years of Scottish and world history, placing Perth and Kinross at the centre of Scotland’s story.

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The Stone of Destiny

At the heart of Perth Museum lies the Stone of Destiny, also known as the Stone of Scone, an ancient symbol of Scottish monarchy and kingdom, and an object of utmost importance to both Scotland and the UK.

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Perth Museum welcomes its 500,000th visitor – Perth Museum

Half a million visitors have been welcomed since the award-winning museum opened in March 2024 Today Perth Museum welcomed its 500,000th visitor in just 27 months of operation, significantly exceeding targets.

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A Decade of Support

As Culture Perth and Kinross turns 10, marking decade of delivery as a charitable trust, we’d like to celebrate and highlight our partners who have been extremely generous with their time and support.

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Charitable trust to host Meet the Buyer sessions

The sessions are designed to welcome prospective suppliers for the Perth Museum Café Following the publication of their Prior Information Notice on Public Contracts Scotland, Culture Perth & Kinross today issued an invitation to interested parties for an upcoming Meet the Buyer event as it looks to seek a new operator for the café at Perth Museum.

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New exhibition brings the history of city streets to life

The display also celebrates artists creating new artworks for Perth City Centre Today Perth Museum unveiled their next exhibition, Vennels: Perth’s Little Streets, which explores the fascinating past and present of the vennels, closes, alleys and lanes that have crisscrossed the city for centuries.

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The Scottish Colourists Revealed opens Easter Weekend

Culture Perth and Kinross launch 10th Anniversary with Major New Exhibition at Perth Art Gallery.

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Over 20,000 visitors have seen the Last Letter written by Mary, Queen of Scots

The treasured item is on loan from the National Library of Scotland until 26 April 2026 To mark its second birthday, Perth Museum today announced that the Last Letter written by Mary, Queen of Scots has been viewed by more than 20,000 visitors, likely more people than have ever seen the letter in its nearly […]

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117-year-old time capsule to be the centrepiece of display commemorating the Northern District School

Additional items to form a one-day display at North Inch Community Library On Saturday 21 March 2026, North Inch Community Library will host a display commemorating the Northern District School and will feature the recently discovered time capsule.

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Perth Museum launches new digital guide

Today, Perth Museum launched a new, digital guide on Bloomberg Connects, the free arts and cultural app created by Bloomberg Philanthropies.

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Youth charities in Scotland receive £2m funding boost

Children and young people across Scotland are set to benefit from more than £2 million (£2,081,593) that was announced today (Wednesday 21st January) by The National Lottery Community Fund.

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Display featuring original Robert Burns and Liz Lochhead material set to open in Perth

The display complements the upcoming exhibition The Last Letter of Mary, Queen of Scots at Perth Museum, both of which are set to open on 23 January A display celebrating The Legacy of Mary, Queen of Scots is due to open ahead of Burns Night at the AK Bell Library in Perth.