Elgin Museum
Organisation: Museum
Collections held: Courts, Prisons
Dates: 1700-1799, 1800-1849, 1850-1899, 1900-1949
The Museum’s collections are housed in a Category A listed building at the east end of Elgin High Street, Moray, in the North East of Scotland. Here you can see objects from all over the world, with a special focus on Moray, and from all periods of history and prehistory from before the dinosaurs to the present day.
We have a few “Crime and Punishment” related objects, mainly relating to Elgin Tolbooth which housed the jail and court house until 1843.
High Street, Elgin IV30 1EQ
Contact: http://elginmuseum.org.uk/contact/
Any publications or other relevant material about the collection / history of the organisation?
Elgin Past and Present by HB Mackintosh, Multiple articles in own archive
Who can access the collection?
Internal only (staff), External (public), Registered users, Online access (catalogue only), Online (digital records)
How big is the collection?
| Documents: | None |
| Photographs: | None |
| Objects: | 11- 100 |
| Artwork: | None |
| Books/journals/magazines: | None |
Photo credits
Elgin Museum