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Creetown Gem and Rock Museum

Description: Chain Road, Creetown, Newton Stewart, Dumfries and Galloway, DG8 7HJ, Scotland.

Newest Review: ... to ask. It must be nigh on impossible to label that many specimens anyway! I was particularly taken with the displays showing different forms of the crystals and gemstones. One cabinet might house samples of say, Amethyst in it's raw form, polished, carved into an artefact or ornament. This made it easier to appreciate the qualities, potential and beauty of the stone. There are so many ... more

... beautiful carvings and sculptures it is always difficult to know where to look next. Some of the specimens are tiny and some are massive. In the main room there are some specimens displayed with special lights which demonstrate their special luminesce...more

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This place Rocks! Creetown Gem and Rock Museum. Galloway. Sc ... (1580 words)
by - written on 12/10/09 (Very useful, 98 readings)
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Creetown Gem and Rock museum is hidden away in Creetown, Galloway, in the South West of Scotland. It is one of the largest privately owned collection of rocks and minerals in the UK! It is also one of my favourite museums of all time. I have been visiting this gem of a gemstone museum for about 25 years. Everytime I go up to Galloway in fact. I brainwashed my children into wanting to see it and we just kept going back because they loved it too. It's one of those places that you see something new every time you go. ~~~Finding the Museum~~~ It is easy to find because it is well signposted off the A75 and as you enter Creetown. Parking is ample ... Read the complete review