Welcome to the Museum of Scottish Lighthouses

The Museum of Scottish Lighthouses, in Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire, consists of the first lighthouse built on mainland Scotland and a purpose-built museum. The highlight of a visit is a 45 minute guided tour to Kinnaird Head lighthouse. We are open all year.

2010 is the Museum's 15th Birthday. Come and join our celebrations on 21st August for our Truely Scrumptious gourmet picnic.

We are honored that HRH The Princess Royal visited the Museum on 14th July.

Disabled access is available to the Museum building and lighthouse cottages but not to the lighthouse itself. There are 74 steps to the top of the lighthouse.

The museum building contains several galleries containing a fabulous nationally Recognised collection of glass lenses, lighting technology and social history artefacts covering the lives of the men and families who guarded Scotland’s coastline for over two hundred years. There are audio-visual displays and interactive exhibits. Our archives are just right for family history. For schools our Education Resources are fully CFE linked and introduce the world of lighthouses through literacy, numeracy, art and science.

The Museum runs regular events, exhibitions and open days. Our next event is the launch of a new lighthouse poetry book on 4th Sept at 3pm. In February 2011 the Bell Rock Lighthouse is 200 years old. Our Friends get involved in a variety of projects, this year's project is Crafty Lights, click here to see more. Thanks to the Scottish Fisheries Federation who have recently become a Corporate Friend.

Lighthouses are regularly in the news. Our lighthouse is currently being painted. The International Lighthouse Weekend on 21st & 22nd August will link radio operators in lighthouses accross the world.

The museum also has a café with windows looking out onto the entrance of the Moray Firth. Whales, dolphins and all manner of bird life can be seen travelling past while you sit in the warmth .

Our shop offers a range of lighthouse books, gifts, prints and postcards, we also have an online shop for visitors unable to travel to us.

The Museum has links with lighthouse organisations accross the world. National Maritime Museum's 'Lighthouses:Life on the Rocks' has been shortlisted for a Heritage Lottery Fund prize. Click here to find out more.

Battered by storms, ravaged by waves, built by Stevenson.