Meffan Institute
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.Photo: Ewen Rennie, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Opening hours: Monday—Saturday 10:00 AM—5:00 PM
- Email: the.meffan@angus.gov.uk
- Type: Museum
- Description: Museum and art gallery in Forfar, Angus, Scotland, United Kingdom
- Also known as: “Meffan Institute Museum & Gallery” and “Meffan Museum and Art Gallery”
- Address: 20 West High Street, Forfar, DD8 1BB
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Forfar, 60 West High Street, St Margaret’s Church and Station Park.
Forfar, 60 West High Street, St Margaret’s Church
Church
Photo: PaulT, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Forfar, 60 West High Street, St Margaret’s Church is situated 370 feet southwest of Meffan Institute.
Station Park
Stadium
Photo: Alan Edwards, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Station Park is a football ground in Forfar, Angus, Scotland. It is home to Scottish Professional Football League side Forfar Athletic and to Forfar Farmington of the Scottish Women's Premier League. Station Park is situated 3,100 feet north of Meffan Institute.
Lowson Memorial Church, Montrose Road, Forfar
Church
Photo: Rpriv2000, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Lowson Memorial Church, Montrose Road, Forfar is situated 3,200 feet east of Meffan Institute.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Forfar and Kingsmuir.
Forfar
Photo: LeCardinal, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Forfar is the county town of Angus, 13 miles north of Dundee, with a population in 2022 of 15,700. Its main attractions are Glamis Castle, and the fine Pictish stones here and at Meigle and Aberlemno.
Kingsmuir
Village
Photo: Alan Morrison, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Kingsmuir is a small village in Angus, Scotland, one mile south-east of Forfar on the B9128 Carnoustie to Forfar road. Kingsmuir is situated 1½ miles southeast of Meffan Institute.
Douglastown
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Douglastown is a hamlet in Kinnettles in Angus, Scotland, three miles south-west of Forfar. It takes its name from the landowner who in about 1789 provided land for James Ivory & Co. to build a flax mill to spin yarn for heavy linen cloth called osnaburgs (named from the German town of Osnabrück, where it was originally made. Douglastown is situated 3 miles southwest of Meffan Institute.
Meffan Institute
- Categories: art museum, local authority museum, building, tourism, and tourist attraction
- Location: Angus, North East Scotland, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
56.64411° or 56° 38′ 39″ northLongitude
-2.8895° or 2° 53′ 22″ westOperator
Angus CouncilOpen location code
9C8VJ4V6+J5OpenStreetMap ID
way 407744946OpenStreetMap feature
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tourism=museumWikidata ID
Q6807940
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In Other Languages
From Danish to Spanish—“Meffan Institute” goes by many names.
- Danish: “Meffan Institute”
- Dutch: “Meffan Museum and Art Gallery”
- Dutch: “Meffan Museum”
- Dutch: “The Meffan Museum and Art Gallery”
- Egyptian Arabic: “معهد ميفان”
- Japanese: “メッファン研究所”
- Spanish: “Instituto Meffan”
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