AIM_size_designation |
Small Museum (up to 20,000 visitors p.a.) |
Accreditation |
Unaccredited |
Admin_hierarchy |
/Scotland/Dumfries and Galloway (Scottish Council Area) |
Deprivation_index |
6 |
Deprivation_index_crime |
5 |
Deprivation_index_education |
6 |
Deprivation_index_employment |
7 |
Deprivation_index_health |
8 |
Deprivation_index_housing |
9 |
Deprivation_index_income |
8 |
Deprivation_index_services |
1 |
Geodemographic_group |
Scottish Countryside |
Geodemographic_group_code |
3cr |
Geodemographic_group_name_long |
3cr-Scottish Countryside |
Geodemographic_subgroup |
Scottish Countryside |
Geodemographic_subgroup_code |
3c1r |
Geodemographic_subgroup_name_long |
3c1r-Scottish Countryside |
Geodemographic_supergroup |
Countryside Living |
Geodemographic_supergroup_code |
3r |
Geodemographic_supergroup_name_long |
3r-Countryside Living |
Governance |
Independent-Private |
Governance_source |
https://www.museumsassociation.org/museums-journal/news/2021/11/new-owners-prevent-closure-of-worlds-first-savings-bank-museum/ |
Latitude |
54.993173 |
Longitude |
-3.40857 |
Name_of_museum |
Savings Banks Museum |
Notes |
Governance change. Plans were approved in December 2021 for the museum to be transferred to a limited company run by the new owners of Comlongon Castle, with which the museum was connected. |
Notes_internal |
AIM entry is TSB Savings Banks Museum. Entry amended to reflect museum name. |
Postcode |
DG1 4NN |
Primary_provenance_of_data |
aim |
Region_country |
Scotland |
Size |
small |
Size_prov |
ma(fam) |
Subject_Matter |
Other |
Town_or_City |
Ruthwell |
Visitor_Numbers_Data |
0:1141:2012:MA(fam) |
Year_closed |
9999:9999 |
Year_closed_source |
https://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/Attraction_Review-g186513-d1957479-Reviews-Savings_Banks_Museum-Dumfries_Dumfries_and_Galloway_Scotland.html |
Year_opened |
1974:1974 |
Year_opened_source |
Garrard & Neale, 2008: 445 |
media |
0 |
project_id |
mm.aim.1258 |