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Kirriemuir Museum - Gateway to the Glens 
Opened in the summer 2001 , Kirriemuir museum provides a unique insight into the town of Kirriemuir
and the beutiful Angus Glens.The museum also pays honour to the famous people that have originated from the town. AC/DC fans across the globe will be delighted to know that at last the man born Roland (Bon) Belford Scott on the 9th July 1946 in Kirriemuir has been honoured.
The museum is however in search of early pictures and photographs of Bon Scott's early childhood in Kirriemuir. If any fan of Bon Scott or AC/DC has relavant information or pictures the museum would be delighted to hear from you.
The museum can be contacted at
See also www.angus.gov.uk
New show may rock museum Fiona prepares for a weekend of heavy listening. Kirriemuir residents will have the chance to view an exhibition with a difference at the Gateway to the Glens museum next week. On Monday (15th October) photographs of former AC/DC front man Bon Scott's time in the Wee Red Town will go on display for the first time. Museum curator Fiona McKenzie said the new exhibition would also provide an opportunity for residents to hunt themselves down in Scott's old school photographs. Scott was born in Kirriemuir in 1946 and lived there with his family until they emigrated when he was six. "This exhibition really ha come about as a result of a number of wonderful photographs that have come from Bon Scott's mother whi is alive and well in Australia" said Fiona. "We have also got a photograph of him at Reform Street School in about 1951. We are hoping that we will be able to encourage people who may have been in his school to come along and identify themselves in the photograph." The exhibition will also include items relating to two other famous Kirrie folk - Violet Jacob, author poet and artist, and the botanist Major George Sheriff of Ascreavie. "We wanted to display the photographs and thought it would be nice if we could link him (Bon Scott) in with two other famous locals who have got slightly different backgrounds from the rock star," said Fiona. Violet Jacob was a member of the Kennedy-Eskine family who was born at the House of Dun, and she lived in Kirriemuir from 1936 until her death in 1946. George Sheriff is probably the least recognised of the three although he is fairly well-known locally," added Fiona. He made some amazing botantical discoveries in the Himalayas and created an unbelievable garden at Ascreavie." Sheriff came to Kirrie in 1950 and remained there until 1967. The exhibition will open on Monday and will run until Saturday November 17. Report by Alexis Smith
Dundee Courier & Advertiser - Saturday 10th November 2001
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At present the museum is just recently established and it hopes to increase its exhibits , when I recently visited the museum on the 30th June 2001 I was delighted to see the cover of Highwaty to Hell proudly on display,
and the interactive touch-screen computer show on the history of Kirriemuir mentioning Bon.
