COVID UPDATE: We are unlikely to open before June 2021 and await further information about arrangements. In normal circumstances we are open every weekend from Easter to Christmas.
We have extensive archives
& can offer help with research
Visiting Us
Volunteers are available to give assistance, but if you wish to consult reserved material please complete the enquiry form below to arrange an appointment.
Appointments may be made outside weekend opening times.
Research Enquiry Form
Research
In 1999 the Museum was able to purchase and convert the flat above its existing property. This was achieved with the help of the Heritage Lottery Fund. We now have a light and comfortable research / reading room with facilities for consulting reference material, including:
- A large collection of old photographs of Dollar people and places
- Folders of material from past exhibitions
- Dollar Magazines from 1902 to the present
- Local reminiscences
- Old maps
- Graveyard inscriptions
- Record of Lairs
- Valuation Rolls
- Photographs of the Devon Valley Railway
- Dollar Foundling
Archive Images
Below is a small selection of images from Dollar Museum’s
large Photographic Collection. Click on photo to get larger image.
Blairhill House [now demolished]
Burnside, Dollar, after 1877 flood
Argyll Street, Dollar, 1913
Bleachworks and River Devon, Dollar
Provost Breingan and Dollar Town Council
Provost Lavinia Malcolm, Dollar, First Female Provost in Scotland (1913-19)
Sheardale House [built 1855, demolished 1974]
Dollar Scouts outside Burnside Hall
Burnside, Dollar, 1911
Dancing in Burnside, Dollar – Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II, 1953
Staff of Devon Valley Railway at Dollar Station, 1930s
Front of Royal Train in Dollar Station, 1963
Bridge Street, Dollar, late 19th Century
Castle Campbell
Closure Notice: Devon Valley Railway, 1962
Cowden Castle in 1905
Dollar Mine after first closure, 1958
Dollar Mine from west, 1971
Old Town, Dollar, 1907
Dollar Parish Church, 1898 [built 1841-3]
Post Office workers, Dollar
Dollar Station
Dollar Tennis Club
Dollar viaduct and the Glen Nevis, 1953
Dollar viaduct and the Maid of Lorn, 1957
Dollarbeg mansion [built 1889]
Dollarfield House and farm buildings
Four Seasons Hotel, Chapel Place, Dollar, 1953
General view of Dollar, c. 1900
Harviestoun Castle, Dollar [demolished 1970]
Hillfoot House, Dollar, home of McArthur Moirs
Last passenger train, 13 June 1964, at Dollar
Plaque celebrating Lavinia Malcolm, First Woman Provost in Scotland, Dollar.
Long Bridge, Dollar Glen
Mr James Christie and staff of Dollar Public School
Naemoor House, now Lendrick Muir School [built 1874]
Old School House, Burnside, Dollar [built c.1640]
Royal car at Dollar Station, 1963
Dollar Academy Hockey pavilion and team
St James the Great Church, Dollar [built 1879-82]
Level Crossing at Tillicoultry, 1964, now the Devon Way
Train in Dollar Station, 1964
McNabb Street, Dollar
Robert Burns Cairn, Harviestoun
Westertoun Farm, Dollar Mine, 1962
