Places to visit in Aberdeen City
A short list of notable parks, markets, museums and landmarks in Aberdeen City.
- Aberdeen Health Village · Culture
hospital in Aberdeen, Scotland, UK
- Aberdeen Science Centre · Culture
Aberdeen Science Centre is a science museum in Aberdeen, Scotland. It presents interactive science exhibits, shows, and workshops aimed at a broad audience, including school groups. The centre places an emphasis on hands-on engagement and informal science education.
- Anatomy Museum · Culture
museum in Aberdeen, Scotland, United Kingdom
- Bishop Elphinstone Monument, King's College, Old Aberdeen, Aberdeen · Historic
monument in Aberdeen City, Scotland, UK
- Cowdray Medical Pavilion · Culture
part of Aberdeen Royal Infirmary dating from 1936
- Duthie Park · Parks
Duthie Park is a public park in the Ferryhill area of Aberdeen, Scotland located near the River Dee. It comprises 44 acres (180,000 m2) of land given to the council in 1881 by Elizabeth Crombie Duthie of Ruthrieston, in memory of her uncle and of her brother. She purchased the land for £30,000 from the estate of Arthurseat.
- Gold postbox to Katherine Grainger · Historic
postbox in Castlegate, Aberdeen
- Gordon Highlanders Museum · Culture
The Gordon Highlanders Museum is based in Aberdeen, Scotland and celebrates the story of the Gordon Highlanders regiment, which originated as the 92nd Regiment of Foot in 1794, merged with the 75th (Stirlingshire) Regiment of Foot to form the Gordon Highlanders in 1881 and was then amalgamated into a new larger unit of the British Army in 1994. It is a five-star VisitScotland attraction and the only one of its kind in Aberdeen.
- Gordon Highlanders' Celtic Cross Memorial, Duthie Park · Historic
architectural structure in Aberdeen, Scotland, UK
- King's Museum · Culture
King's Museum was a small university museum operated by the University of Aberdeen and located in the Old Town House in Old Aberdeen, Scotland.
- Marischal Museum · Culture
Marischal Museum was a museum in Aberdeen, Scotland, specialising in anthropology and artifacts from cultures around the world. The museum was a part of the University of Aberdeen, situated at Marischal College, a grand neo-gothic building said to be the second-largest granite building in the world, displaying collections owned by the university. The museum is closed to the public, but now operates as the University of Aberdeen's museum collections centre.
- Rubislaw and Queens Terrace Gardens · Parks
Rubislaw and Queen's Terrace Gardens are two small public gardens in Aberdeen, Scotland. Although they are referred to as two parks, they are separated only by one road which runs between the 1 hectare rectangular area it covers.
- Seaton Park · Parks
Seaton Park is a public park in the Old Aberdeen area of Aberdeen, Scotland. One of the city's biggest parks, it was bought by the city for use as a public park in 1947 from Major Malcolm Vivian Hay, a cryptographer during the First World War and a historian of Catholic and Jewish history. It was formerly the grounds of Seaton House, which had been the Hay family home for centuries, but was gradually wound down as a family house due to inheritance tax, the contents were sold off in 1959 and the already dilapidated house burnt down in 1963.
- Stewart Park, Aberdeen · Parks
Stewart Park is located in Aberdeen, Scotland. It is a 5-acre (20,000 m2) site owned by Aberdeen City Council. The land was originally bought by the council in 1891, when Woodside was incorporated into Aberdeen, using £500 bequeathed by Mrs. Jane Taylor, the widow of Mr. John Taylor, a merchant in the city "for a playground for the children of Woodside". The park was named after a former Lord Provost of the city, Sir David Stewart.
- Tolbooth Museum · Culture
The Tolbooth in Aberdeen, Scotland is a 17th-century former jail which is now operated as a museum. The museum contains prison cells and exhibits various police and law and order related items. The building has been featured on popular television as the setting for a ghostlore story.
- Union Terrace Gardens · Parks
Union Terrace Gardens is a public park and gardens situated on Union Terrace in Aberdeen, Scotland.
- Victoria Park · Parks
park in Aberdeen, Scotland, UK
- Billie's Play Park · Park
- Breakout-games Aberdeen · Attraction
- Coat of Arms · Attraction
A coat of arms is a heraldic visual design on an escutcheon, surcoat, or tabard, originating in Europe. The coat of arms on an escutcheon forms the central element of the full heraldic achievement, which in its whole consists of a shield, supporters, a crest, and a motto. A coat of arms is traditionally unique to the armiger. The term "coat of arms" itself, describing in modern times just the heraldic design, originates from the description of the entire medieval chainmail "surcoat" garment used in combat or preparation for the latter.
- Crocus Ring · Attraction
- Cummings Park Community Garden · Parks
- Dome of St. Mark's · Attraction
The church is surmounted by a drum and high dome that was modelled on St. Paul's Cathedral in London. A unique design not found on other ecclesiastical buildings in Aberdeen.
- Robertson Family Roof Garden · Parks
- The Halo · Attraction
A permanent light fixture suspended above Union Terrace Gardens by three masts. Illuminates its surroundings at night.
- The Nicole Porter Gallery · Landmark
- Tolbooth Museum · Museum
The Tolbooth in Aberdeen, Scotland is a 17th-century former jail which is now operated as a museum. The museum contains prison cells and exhibits various police and law and order related items. The building has been featured on popular television as the setting for a ghostlore story.
- Topiary Elephants · Attraction
- Topiary Giraffes · Attraction
- Zoology Museum · Museum
The Hunterian is a complex of museums located in and operated by the University of Glasgow in Glasgow, Scotland. It is the oldest museum in Scotland. It covers the Hunterian Museum, the Hunterian Art Gallery, the Mackintosh House, the Zoology Museum and the Anatomy Museum, which are all located in various buildings on the main campus of the university in the west end of Glasgow.
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