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Biggar & Upper Clydesdale Museum
156 High St
Biggar, ML12 6DH

Biggar Museum Trust SCIO, a registered charity in Scotland. Charity number: SC003695

Biggar Museum Blog

A deeper dive into Biggar and Upper Clydesdale Museum's collections with volunteers, guest experts and historical commentators. Find out more about the origins of the museum, its extensive collections and the local historic societies and archaeology groups who contribute so much to our understanding of Biggar and Upper Clydesdale's history.

Vintage Albion Motor Car comes home to Biggar

The 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 Rigg
Date: 31st Jul 2021

Remembering Tam Ward

It 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 2022

Photograph of the model of Crawford fort inside Biggar Museum (side view)

Crawford Fort and Roman Clydesdale

Discover Roman Clydesdale and the history of Crawford Fort in this informative blog by Museum volunteer Anna Baillie.

Author: Anna Baillie
Date: 7th Jan 2022

World War One: Remembering Pettinain’s Fallen

Exploring the impact of World War One on Upper Clydesdale and in particular on the village community of Pettinain.

Author: Elaine Edwards & Charlie Todd
Date: 2nd Nov 2021

Thomas Blackwood Murray of Biggar

The 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 Rigg
Date: 22nd Oct 2021

Driving an Albion Dog-cart

Charles 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 Rigg
Date: 22nd Oct 2021

Biggar’s Crimean War Heroes

Stories 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 Edwards
Date: 5th Oct 2021

Volunteering in the Archive

The 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 Gilchrist
Date: 1st Oct 2021

Toys Were Us!

Explore the fabulous vintage toy collection at Biggar Museum with avid toy collector Stewart Houston.

Author: Stewart Houston
Date: 1st Oct 2021

Biggar Archaeology Group

Biggar 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 Yuill
Date: 8th Sep 2021

How It All Began

Due 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 Edwards
Date: 26th Jul 2021

Printing Press

In March 2020 the Friends of Biggar Museum, in association with Atkinson-Pryce Bookshop held their first 'Big Lit Weekend'.

Author: Gen Harrison
Date: 5th Jul 2021

Fossil Review

The 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 Scotland
Date: 30th Jun 2021

Scotland’s Oldest Gun

The 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
Date: 31st May 2021