Housed in a fine 18th Century tolbooth, this museum charts the life of ordinary Upper Nithsdale people. Exhibits recreate life in a local jail and tell the story of the mines, the local knitting tradition, the history and customs of...

Drumlanrig Cycle Museum, situated within the old stableyard of the castle, has a superb collection of bicycles ranging from a replica of the original pedal-powered machine, an 1868 velocipede, several Victorian tricycles and penny farthings, early safety bicycles, a 1912...

The mining of lead went on in this area of Scotland for many generations. It was a dirty and dangerous business, but one of the main industries for a long period, and therefore a great many of the local...