Montrose Museum

The museum holds significant Neolithic and bronze age artefacts, and from Montrose’s later history the collection includes examples of Montrose silver and Dryleys pottery.

The collection also includes objects illustrating events in the broader history of Scotland; the Marquis of Montrose, his role as both a Covenanter and Royalist, the role of Montrose in the Jacobite uprising and the history of local militia. The Maritime Gallery has a superb fleet of model shipping, and scrimshaws, whalebone items, flensing tools, harpoons and other relics of the once thriving East coast whaling industry.

Highlights

• Jacobite Ribbon - A good example of an 18th century garter worn under clothing as a secret expression of support to Prince Charles Edward Stuart and the Jacobite cause.
• Bone Ship - An early 19th century model ship made from bone strips and carved blocks of bone by French prisoners during the Napoleonic war.
• Inchbrayock Stone - This Pictish stone, elaborately carved with Christian imagery dates from around 850-950 AD.
• Marquis of Montrose’s Sword - This magnificent 16th century sword is said to have belonged to the famous Royalist general James Graham, Marquis of Montrose, who was born in Montrose in 1612.