Burns Cottage - Robert Burns Birthplace Museum (National Trust for Scotland) — Attraction in Scotland

I visited on the first day of October (2020) during C19 restrictions.

The cottage has a great large car park where the ticket office is situated. We had a group member who uses a wheelchair, the ground in the car park and to the cottage is uneven with loose stone, though it was possible to push through.

The guide advised us of current Covid regulations and directions to the Burns Birthplace Museum.

The ticket cost was more expensive than anticipated, bookings were confined to 4 in a family. Though we received a decent discount as a group member had a Young Scot Card. Another way to reduce the entry costs is to pre register for one months membership which is cheaper than 1 entry fee (regardless of the combination of groups).

The cottage itself was a fantastic visit, its a proper good Scottish asset. It is bigger than anticipated, consisting of a number of large rooms.

The starting room housed the animals, and various displays representing milking and looking after animals.

The rooms were dark as they would have been during Burns life, though the various displays were illuminated.

The walking surface of the first room was flat stone.

The next few rooms showed period living quarters, including the kitchen, dining room and writing room.

Unfortunately the middle rooms floor was rough loose stones so was unsuitable for a wheelchair, this forced part of the group to come back out and wait.

Overall the cottage is fantastic, well presented, the atmosphere, smells and sounds added to experience.

Would highly recommend to anyone interested in a period of Scottish history and the a great...

Marvellous and magnificent Cottage of the literacy legend Robert Burns in the heart of the village where he made his name of Alloway. In addition to the Cottage you can wander around the gardens where you can see some interesting flower borders and also can also wander around the smallholding where you can see some interesting natural garden sculptures and a pond. Inside the Cottage you can wander around some of the rooms where you can get a real flavour of how Burns lived and his living conditions. There is also some audio playing in the background inside the Cottage where you can gain a further of how Burns lived, which is very enlightening and interesting. At the entrance to the cottage there is an interesting informative guide to all the rooms inside the Cottage and what is contained in them. You can also admire the architecture of the building externally, which is pretty spectacular and awesome and the Cottage itself is in outstanding condition considering its age. Overall this is a fantastic and phenomenal place to visit, which makes for a thoroughly enjoyable, enlightening and enthralling day out to see how a literacy legend lived first hand. Well worth a visit whilst...

I visited Robert Burns birthplace Museum at the end of september 2018, it was an excellent experience, I payed as a retired person 7,5£ for the museum entrance and the cottage included. Both places took me an hour to visit, that enlighted me a lot because this Scottish National Poet was unkown for me. The exhibitions are very clear, for the entire family, with interactive plays on computer that attract children and adults alike. The cottage is near the museum not to vlose but you can go by car without problem because there is plenty car park places. I recommend the visit a lot to improve the knowkedge about the Scottish...