St Andrews Museum — Attraction in Great Britain

I have to give this place credit for a wonderful and comprehensive collection of old photographs. The detail the history of the town in the last 150 years, from the early resort goers who help revitalise the town from its ruined state, to the last train to leave the town in the late 1960s. Streams of thoughtfully dressed people wander through the streets of a town that in its architecture has not changed much from those early days. Still, the museum outside those photos is rather mediocre and not as impressive as I had thought it would be. If you're looking for a great museum in St Andrews, I recommend the golf museum and the St Andrews Wardslaw museum first. Admittedly, the art gallery was under renovation when I came here, so I can't offer a full review, but I expected more. Even the building itself seems a little smaller and less grand than I expected, despite its elaborately beautiful and architecturally elegant exterior.

PS Visit the gardens before you leave. Lush and vivacious, they are a highlight...

I visited with my kids for the 'Crafted Selves Relaxed Talk and Tour', which gave some background/personal information on the artists and a little bit about their styles of work.

The museum itself is very well laid out and easy to navigate and also had quite a few interesting items on display.

It has a small sitting area where tea/coffee and biscuits (quite a large and varied selection of biscuits) are available for a donation.

I unfortunately did not have cash with me, but I was able to leave a donation by card payment.

It has some items available for purchase in the 'shop' and I did purchase a very nice book about 'Scottish Colourist'

It doesn't take very long to go around the museum and view the art exhibition but the lovely lady working there gave us a map and showed some other places we could visit that were nearby.

Would definitely...

Giving it three stars, not because I don't like it, but just because it's not a major attraction in comparison to the other sights in St Andrews. It can't compete with the castle or the cathedral or the sands or the harbour. But, I like it. Very homely and in fact quite informative about the history of the area. They also have art exhibitions upstairs and if you're lucky you'll be there when they hang Fife Council's McTaggart paintings, in which case you suddenly find yourself wandering round an amazing collection of sea paintings etc. So check out what they've got in the go while you're there, because it might be a lot better than you'd expect. Nice little cafe, too. Rather an early...