Welcome

Future Museum is built around the key areas that make the south-west so distinctive from the rest of Scotland – its people, industries and arts.

The website provides free access to the museum collections of Ayrshire and Dumfries & Galloway and creates a valuable resource for people of all ages.

Collection Focus

Ayrshire Innovators

INNOVATION
Scotland has produced many of the world’s most revolutionary innovations, amongst them - the telephone and the macadamised road. Click here to find out more about innovations originating from south-west Scotland.

Ayrshire Innovators at the Dick Institute in Kilmarnock, is a HOMECOMING SCOTLAND 2009 exhibition, celebrating Ayrshire's contribution to the world. Click here to find out more about this exhibition and associated events.

Test your knowledge of innovators from Ayrshire in the new interactive quiz The Gallery of Ayrshire Innovators.

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