Angus Folk Museum

The Angus Folk Museum stood near Forfar in Angus, close to the village of Glamis. It focused on agricultural history and rural life. The site occupied a terraced row of six cottages built in 1793 and one farm steading. Timothy Bowes-Lyon, the 16th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne, donated the buildings to hold the collections. Jean, Lady Maitland gave her personal collections to the nation in the 1950s. Since 1976 the National Trust for Scotland has managed the museum. The museum held one of Scotland’s finest folk collections. It earned a three-star rating from the Scottish Tourist Board. Visitors could see tools, clothing and household items from past centuries. The displays showed how people lived and worked in rural Angus. The collection reflected daily life across several generations. The buildings formed a long row of whitewashed cottages with traditional slate roofs. Inside, rooms displayed spinning wheels, ploughs and butter churns. A farm steading nearby showed where animals were kept and crops stored. The setting gave a clear picture of a working farm from the 18th and 19th centuries. After the museum closed in 2017, the collection moved to the House of Dun near Montrose.