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Meffan Museum and Art Gallery

Meffan Museum and Art Gallery
Meffan Museum and Art Gallery

Meffan Museum and Art Gallery is an art museum in Angus, United Kingdom.

About Meffan Museum and Art Gallery

The Meffan Institute is a museum and art gallery in Forfar, Angus. Opened in 1898, it houses a variety of exhibits of local interest in Angus, including a collection of Pictish stones, particularly the Dunnichen Stone and the Kirriemuir Sculptured Stones as well as Roman and Medieval artefacts found in the local area. A reconstruction of historic scenes of Forfar includes representations of daily life as it would have been around the beginning of the 19th century, as well as a depiction of the execution of one of the women accused of witchcraft in the Forfar witch hunts of 1661-1666.

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1898

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Artworks shown from Meffan Museum and Art Gallery are in the public domain; images via the open-access programs of their source collections. Spotted an error in this record? Tell us.