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After large donations of money and paintings were bequeathed to the museum, an extension was planned for the building. In 1930 an architecture competition took place and was judged by Sir James John Burnett, a Scottish architect. A Perth firm, Smart, Stewart & Mitchell, won and the extension was
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Construction began in 1822, and it was opened as a library and museum by the Literary and Antiquarian Society of Perth in 1824. It is one of the United Kingdom's oldest purpose-built museums, and in 1915 it was gifted to the city by the Society on the condition that it was continued to be used only
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by lord provost Thomas Dempster on 2 December 1932. Work continued between 1933 and 1935, and it was opened on 10 August 1935 by the Duke and Duchess of York, the future
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The Marshall Monument around 1900, prior to the demolition of the building to the left of it, which was replaced by today's museum and art gallery
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castle, built in 1160 to protect the Tay crossing. A great flood in 1209 washed the castle away. The King,
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The Marshall Monument was designed by David Morison and sculpted by
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The museum's location was formerly the site of a late 12th-century
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The museum collection includes the South Corston fragment of the
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is the principal art gallery and exhibition space in the city of
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Perth Museum and Art Gallery

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motte and bailey
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foundation stone
King George VI
Queen Elizabeth
Perthshire Society of Natural Science
62–72 Tay Street
category B listed building
Strathmore meteorite
mummy
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List of listed buildings in Perth, Scotland




"History of Perth Museum & Art Gallery"
"'The obvious choice': public vote for new Perth museum to be named 'Perth Museum'"
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