Andrew Carnegie Birthplace Museum

As much a shrine as a museum, the Andrew Carnegie Birthplace Museum is a celebration of the life and work of arguably one of the most influential Scots of the 19th century. Carnegie was an industrialist, philanthropist and one of the wealthiest men of his time. Although born in Scotland, he emigrated to the United States with his family in 1848. Making his fortune in the steel industry, Andrew sold his company in 1901 and turned his focus to philanthropy. He built the infamous Carnegie Hall in Manhattan, founded over 2,500 libraries and even financed an excavation of a dinosaur! The species Diplodocus Carnegii carries his name, with the fossil earning the nickname Dippy in time. Dippy is known the world over and is the most complete dinosaur fossil ever unearthed.

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It what I expected but better. Once inside the building I was surprised by the size of the exhibition and the stories it told. The museum and birthplace combine an old traditional weavers cottage with the twentieth century exhibition hall.