About

St Andrews Museum is a stunning Victorian mansion nestled in the grounds of Kinburn Park. Visitors can expect a lively series of FREE temporary exhibitions and a regular programme of talks and children’s workshops.  

Great news – our beautiful cafe is open again! And we’d like to give a big St Andrews Museum welcome to our new partner, Michelle Caulfield and her team from The St Andrews Cake Co.  

A-Z Exhibition

More than 70 artefacts feature in our ‘A-Z’ display that highlights an object of local interest for each letter of the alphabet. Among the objects on show are a hoard of medieval coins found in St Andrews and a magnificent embroidered banner created in 1823 for the Thistle and Rose Lodge of the Free Gardeners Society, St Andrews. Other exhibits include a St Andrews board game featuring well-known businesses from 2002, and a beer bottle designed by local artist Susan McGill for the first beer brewed in town for more than 100 years by the St Andrews Brewing Company in 2014. There is also a new display of precious mementoes linked to the 1st Independent Polish Parachute Brigade, formed in Fife during the Second World War.

Exhibitions

Our current temporary exhibition is Living Colour: Celebrating 200 Years of the Royal Scottish Academy (until 5 Sept 2026).  

OnFife is proud to present a vibrant exhibition celebrating two centuries of remarkable Scottish artistry. Living Colour features carefully crafted still lifes, elegant portraits, beautiful landscapes and thought-provoking abstracts – Scottish art from the 19th to the 21st century. 

Experience the incredible range of RSA artists represented in this specially curated show from OnFife’s collections, including Elizabeth Blackadder RSA, John Houston RSA, Frances Walker RSA, Anne Redpath RSA, William Gillies RSA, John Bellany RSA, Kate Downie RSA, William McTaggart RSA, the Scottish Colourists and more. Many of the works on display are by artists born in Fife or who have strong, enduring links to the local area, making this a wonderful celebration for our community.  

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