Established 1898 Phone +44 1307 476482 | Director Angus Alive Founded 1898 | |
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Location 20 High Street, Forfar, Angus, Scotland Website Meffan Museum and Art Gallery Address 20 W High St, Forfar DD8 1BB, UK Hours Closed now Friday10AM–5PMSaturday10AM–5PMSundayClosedMondayClosedTuesday10AM–5PMWednesday10AM–5PMThursday10AM–5PM Similar Crombie Country Park, Montrose Museum, Gateway to the Glens Museum, Station Park Forfar, Restenneth Priory | ||
The Meffan Institute is a museum and art gallery in Forfar, Angus. It houses a variety of exhibits of local interest in Angus, including a collection of Pictish stones, particularly the Dunnichen Stone and the Kirriemuir Sculptured Stones as well as Roman and Mediaeval artifacts found in the local area. A reconstruction of historic scenes of Forfar includes representations of daily life as it would have been around the beginning of the 19th century, as well as a depiction of the execution of one of the women accused of witchcraft in the Forfar witch hunts of 1661-1666.
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