Biggar & Upper Clydesdale Museum
156 High St
Biggar, ML12 6DH
Biggar Museum Trust SCIO, a registered charity in Scotland. Charity number: SC003695
Tel: 01899 221 050 Support UsIt is with great sadness that we learned of the death of Tam Ward. Tam features on our 'collectors' board at the entrance to the museum.
Date: 9th Aug 2022Discover Roman Clydesdale and the history of Crawford Fort in this informative blog by Museum volunteer Anna Baillie.
Author: Anna BaillieExploring the impact of World War One on Upper Clydesdale and in particular on the village community of Pettinain.
Author: Elaine Edwards & Charlie ToddThe story of Thomas Blackwood Murray, one of the most outstanding pioneering figures in Scotland's automobile industry and co-founder of the Albion Car Company.
Author: Charles RiggCharles Rigg explores the history of the 1900 Albion Car, known as the "Dog-cart." Find out more about the origins of its unusual name and what it was like to drive.
Author: Charles RiggStories of heroism in the Crimean War 1853-1856. Discover the extraordinary stories of the men and women from Biggar and Upper Clydesale who answered the call to serve their country.
Author: Elaine EdwardsThe support of volunteers is vital in enabling Biggar Museum to fulfill its mission of collecting, storing, preserving and recording Biggar and Upper Clydesdale’s rich archaeological, social and historic heritage.
Author: Sandy GilchristExplore the fabulous vintage toy collection at Biggar Museum with avid toy collector Stewart Houston.
Author: Stewart HoustonBiggar Archaeology group has been running since 1981. Since then members have developed skills and knowledge, particularly in the landscapes of the Upper Clyde and Tweed rivers.
Author: Lex YuillThe story of the 1900 Albion motor car and its Biggar connections. As one of the oldest Scottish made cars still in existence it is of national significance, but it also is of considerable local significance.
Author: Charles RiggDue to the vision, single-mindedness and energy of one man, a museum of historic Biggar shops was opened to the public for the first time in 1968. That man was…
Author: Elaine EdwardsIn March 2020 the Friends of Biggar Museum, in association with Atkinson-Pryce Bookshop held their first 'Big Lit Weekend'.
Author: Gen HarrisonThe Review of Fossil Collections in Scotland provides further information about Biggar Museum’s fossil collection and other collections throughout Scotland. To find out more, visit the project webpage. Dr. David…
Author: National Museums ScotlandThe Boghall Gun on display, has been called Scotland’s oldest gun and due to that status was at one time on loan to the Museum of Antiquities in Edinburgh (later the National Museum of Scotland) for many years.
Author: Dr. David Caldwell