The Gordon Highlanders Museum
The Gordon Highlanders Museum is multi-award winning 5-star Visit Scotland museum and visitor attraction in the west end of Aberdeen, voted The Best Visitor Attraction in Aberdeen and the North East at The Aberdeen City and Shire Thistle Awards 2024.
The last Colonel – in – Chief of The Gordon Highlanders Regiment was The Duke of Rothesay, now known as King Charles, and there is still a genuine on-going Royal connection.
King Charles is The Gordon Highlanders Museum Patron and has a great knowledge and interest in The Regiment and The Museum.
Tours can be in person by one of the knowledgeable Museum Guides (subject to availability) or an audio tour available in nine different languages and an easy to listen to family friendly children’s tour. There is a mini-figure hunt to help introduce history to young children in an easy but educational way.
Recommended for ages 5 years to 105 years………….
The Museum highlights the back-story of the world-famous Gordon Highlanders Regiment, over two floors starting with a scene setting historic film narrated by actor Dougray Scott. Follow the golden thread; 200-years of history through The Museum into The Grant Room, Armoury and Medals Room, Silver Room, D-Day Exhibition and The Regimental Dining Room.
Within the grounds there is full size WW1 replica trench giving visitors the opportunity to wander through and explore what it might have been like for the soldiers serving in the trenches of World War 1.
The Museum has an extremely popular Garden Cafe, gift shop, excellent conference and events space as well as a beautiful south facing walled Victorian Garden to sit out and relax in.
The building is a grade 2 listed and was the former home of Sir George Reid the eminent North East Artist and President of the Royal Scottish Academy of Art.
An independent, self-financed Museum, supported by a large brigade of volunteers with a love of welcoming visitors and sharing the Gordon Highlanders Story.
