The Tolbooth Museum, Historic prison museum in Aberdeen, Scotland
The Tolbooth Museum exhibits a collection of prison cells, original barred windows, and historical artifacts within a granite stone building from the 1600s.
Built during the seventeenth century, this structure functioned as Aberdeen's primary courthouse and detention facility until its transformation into a museum.
The museum collection includes the Maiden execution device and Aberdeen's guillotine blade, illustrating the evolution of criminal justice in Scottish society.
Located on Castle Street in central Aberdeen, the museum typically operates Monday through Saturday from 10:00 to 17:00 and Sundays from 12:00 to 15:00.
Visitors can enter authentic prison cells and examine genuine detention equipment used during the facility's operational period as a municipal jail.
Location: Aberdeen
Website: https://www.aberdeencity.gov.uk/AAGM/plan-your-visit/tolbooth-museum
Address: Castle St, Aberdeen AB11 5BB
Phone: 03000200293
Website: https://aberdeencity.gov.uk/AAGM/plan-your-visit/tolbooth-museum
GPS coordinates: 57.14802,-2.09403
Latest update: March 11, 2025 13:13
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