Dumfries Museum

Dumfries Museum and Camera Obscura, situated in Dumfries in Dumfries and Galloway, is the biggest gallery in the district. The exhibition hall has broad accumulations identifying with nearby and history from the pre-memorable time. The exhibition hall additionally has the world's most seasoned working Camera Obscura. Entry is free, anyway a little expense applies for the Camera Obscura. Initially worked as a four-story windmill on Corbelly slope, the most elevated point in Maxwell town, in 1798, the site was bought by Dumfries and Maxwellton Astronomical Society in 1834. Over 2 years time frame the pinnacle was changed over into an observatory and with guidance from polar pilgrim Sir John Ross, a telescope was obtained from a Mr Morton of Kilmarnock.

With its finish in 1836, shockingly the observatory missed the entry of Halley's comet; be that as it may, it was utilized in this job until 1872. The primary lobby of the gallery was worked in 1862, and housed the accumulations of the recently established Dumfries and Galloway Natural History and Antiquarian Society. In 1981 a noteworthy option of another display, shop, scan room and workplaces for curatorial staff was included. In 2011 the outside of the windmill tower was repaired.