Arbuthnot Museum | |
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Location | St Peter Street, Peterhead, Scotland |
Architect | Duncan McMillan |
Architectural style(s) | English Renaissance |
Governing body | Historic Environment Scotland |
Owner | Aberdeenshire Council |
Listed Building – Category C(S) | |
Official name | Peterhead Library and Arbuthnot Museum including attached librarian's house, outbuilding to rear and associated gatepiers, St Peter Street, Peterhead |
Designated | 21 June 2022 |
Reference no. | LB52606 |
Arbuthnot Museum is a museum and former library in Peterhead, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. A Category C listed structure, it stands on St Peter Street at its junction with Queen Street. American industrialist Andrew Carnegie donated funds towards its construction. It is one of the earliest of Carnegie's libraries in the world.[1]