The Tolbooth Museum

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Temporarily closed to the publicThe Tolbooth Museum is one of Aberdeen's oldest buildings and among the best-preserved 17th-century gaols in Scotland. It features displays on local history and the evolution of crime and punishment through the centuries.Visitors can experience the atmospheric 17th- and 18th-century cells, complete with original doors and barred windows. Exhibits include the Maiden and the blade of Aberdeen's 17th-century guillotine.

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