Museums and Galleries

Savings Bank Museum

Ruthwell, Dumfries DG1 4NN

Tel: 01387 870640

e-mail: info@savingsbankmuseum.co.uk

website: www.savingsbankmuseum.co.uk

Dr Henry Duncan was an accomplished artist and some of his work is displayed in the museum, but he is best remembered as the man who identified the first fossil footprints in Britain. Minister of the Ruthwell parish church for 50 years, he opened the world's first commercial savings bank in 1810. The museum also houses a large collection of early home savings boxes, coins and bank notes from many parts of the world.Open 10am-1pm and 2pm-5pm, Tuesday to Saturday 1st October to Easter and every day Easter to 30th September. Admission free.

Click here to leave your feedback on this establishment - featured in The The Country Living Guide to Scotland