Dunfermline Carnegie Library
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The Dunfermline Carnegie Library opened in Dunfermline, Scotland, on 29 August 1883 and was the world's first Carnegie Library funded by the Scottish-American businessman and philanthropist Andrew Carnegie. It was designed by Edinburgh architect James Campbell Walker who also designed the nearby Dunfermline City Chambers. Andrew Carnegie donated £8000 to building and stocking what would be the first of over 2,500 Carnegie Libraries. The library was made a Category B listed building in 1971.
1883 Website,
Wikimedia, Wikidata
Dunfermline Central Library
United Kingdom,
File:Carnegie Library, Dunfermline.jpg
- Dictionary of Scottish Architects page@
Location: 56.0703, -3.4619, KML, Cluster Map, Maps,
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1883 Dunfermline Carnegie Library
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Carnegie Library tablet, Abbot Street
Carnegie Library, Abbot Street
Carnegie Library tablet, Abbot Street
Carnegie Library in Dunfermline Fife Scotland (8659191570)
Entrance to the Dunfermline Carnegie Library.
The world's first Carnegie Library, in Dunfermline
| Type | Subtype | Date | Description | Notes | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| link | page | Dictionary of Scottish Architects page@ | Wikidata | ||
| site | castle | Alloa Tower | tower house, country house | Wikidata | |
| site | castle | Balgonie Castle | castle | Wikidata | |
| site | castle | Balvaird Castle | castle | Wikidata | |
| site | castle | Blackness Castle | castle | Wikidata | |
| site | castle | Burleigh Castle | tower house | Wikidata | |
| site | castle | Cairns Castle | tower house | Wikidata | |
| site | castle | Castle Campbell | castle | Wikidata | |
| site | castle | Clackmannan Tower | tower house | Wikidata | |
| site | castle | Dundas Castle | tower house | Wikidata | |
| site | castle | Dunfermline Palace | castle | Wikidata | |
| site | castle | Falkland Palace | castle, country house | Wikidata | |
| site | castle | Kincardine Castle | castle | Wikidata | |
| site | castle | Linlithgow Palace | castle | Wikidata | |
| site | castle | Midhope Castle | tower house | Wikidata | |
| site | castle | Old Dunimarle Castle | castle | Wikidata | |
| site | castle | Sauchie Tower | house, tower house | Wikidata | |
| site | castle | 1200 | Edinburgh Castle | castle, museum, tourist attraction, archaeological site, building complex | Wikidata |
| site | castle | 1300 | Craigmillar Castle | castle | Wikidata |
| site | castle | 1300 | Loch Leven Castle | castle | Wikidata |
| site | castle | 1460 | Ravenscraig Castle | castle | Wikidata |
| site | castle | 1500 | Niddry Castle | tower house | Wikidata |
| site | castle | 1542 | Seafield Tower | tower house | Wikidata |
| site | garden | Walled Garden, Newliston House | walled garden | Wikidata | |
| site | garden | 2009 | Jupiter Artland | art museum, sculpture garden | Wikidata |
| site | museum | Abbot House, Dunfermline | museum, building | Wikidata | |
| site | museum | Almond Valley Light Railway | narrow-gauge railway, heritage railway | Wikidata | |
| site | museum | Andrew Carnegie Birthplace Memorial Museum | museum | Wikidata | |
| site | museum | Andrew Carnegie Birthplace Museum | museum, independent museum | Wikidata | |
| site | museum | Bo'ness and Kinneil Railway | heritage railway | Wikidata | |
| site | museum | Callendar House | museum, building, archive, art gallery, local authority museum | Wikidata | |
| site | museum | City Art Centre | art museum, local authority museum | Wikidata | |
| site | museum | Dollar Museum | local museum | Wikidata | |
| site | museum | Hibernian Football Club Museum | museum | Wikidata | |
| site | museum | HMY Britannia | museum ship, royal yacht, preserved watercraft | Wikidata | |
| site | museum | Museum of Edinburgh | museum, local authority museum | Wikidata | |
| site | museum | Naval And Military Museum, Edinburgh Castle | military museum | Wikidata | |
| site | museum | SS Explorer | museum ship, research vessel, preserved watercraft | Wikidata | |
| site | museum | The Reid Concert Hall Museum of Instruments | museum | Wikidata | |
| site | museum | Writers' Museum | museum, local authority museum | Wikidata | |
| site | museum | 1697 | Surgeons' Hall Museums | independent museum, medical museum | Wikidata |
| site | museum | 1763 | St Cecilia's Hall | university museum, concert hall, musical instrument museum | Wikidata |
| site | museum | 1816 | Trinity House of Leith | building, maritime museum | Wikidata |
| site | museum | 1835 | Camera Obscura | observatory, camera obscura, tourist attraction, tenement, visitor center | Wikidata |
| site | museum | 1850 | John Knox House Museum | museum | Wikidata |
| site | museum | 1859 | Scottish National Gallery | art museum, national gallery, national museum | Wikidata |
| site | museum | 1883 | Dunfermline Carnegie Library | public library, museum, art gallery, Carnegie library | Wikidata |
| site | museum | 1884 | Anatomical Museum | university museum, anatomical museum | Wikidata |
| site | museum | 1888 | Royal Museum of Scotland | museum | Wikidata |
| site | museum | 1889 | Scottish National Portrait Gallery | art museum, national museum | Wikidata |
| site | museum | 1906 | Michael Bruce Cottage Museum | museum | Wikidata |
| site | museum | 1913 | Edinburgh Zoo | zoo | Wikidata |
| site | museum | 1925 | Kirkcaldy Galleries | museum, art museum, local authority museum | Wikidata |
| site | museum | 1933 | National War Museum | military museum, national museum | Wikidata |
| site | museum | 1951 | Glencorse Museum | museum | Wikidata |
| site | museum | 1951 | Queensferry Museum | museum | Wikidata |
| site | museum | 1955 | Museum of Childhood | museum | Wikidata |
| site | museum | 1960 | Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art | art museum, national museum | Wikidata |
| site | museum | 1971 | Kirkcaldy Industrial Museum | museum | Wikidata |
| site | museum | 1975 | Burntisland Museum | museum, independent museum | Wikidata |
| site | museum | 1975 | Talbot Rice Gallery | museum, art museum, university museum | Wikidata |
| site | museum | 1977 | Canal Museum (Linlithgow) | museum | Wikidata |
| site | museum | 1977 | Kinneil Museum And Roman Fortlet | museum | Wikidata |
| site | museum | 1982 | Almond Valley Heritage Centre | museum, independent museum | Wikidata |
| site | museum | 1986 | Scottish Vintage Bus Museum | transport museum | Wikidata |
| site | museum | 1989 | People's Story Museum | museum, local authority museum | Wikidata |
| site | museum | 1991 | Linlithgow Museum | museum, independent museum | Wikidata |
| site | museum | 1991 | Museum of the Royal Regiment of Scotland | museum, regimental museum | Wikidata |
| site | museum | 1991 | Museum of the Scottish Shale Oil Industry | mining museum, specialized archive | Wikidata |
| site | museum | 1993 | Deep Sea World | zoo | Wikidata |
| site | museum | 1995 | Museum of Scottish Railways | railway museum, independent museum | Wikidata |
| site | museum | 1995 | Royal Scots Dragoon Guards Museum | museum, regimental museum, independent museum | Wikidata |
| site | museum | 1998 | Museum of Scotland | museum | Wikidata |
| site | museum | 1998 | National Museum of Scotland | museum | Wikidata |
| site | museum | 1999 | Dynamic Earth | museum, tourist attraction, science museum | Wikidata |
| site | museum | 1999 | Modern Two | art museum | Wikidata |
| site | museum | 2003 | Tullibody Heritage Museum | museum | Wikidata |
| site | museum | 2004 | Boness Motor Museum | museum | Wikidata |
| site | museum | 2005 | Five Sisters Zoo | zoo | Wikidata |
| site | museum | 2006 | Museum on the Mound | museum | Wikidata |
| site | museum | 2010 | Armadale Museum | museum | Wikidata |
| site | museum | 2011 | Musselburgh Museum | museum | Wikidata |
| site | museum | 2017 | Military Museum Scotland | military museum | Wikidata |
| commons | image | Central Library Dunfermline | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Dunfermline Carnegie library | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Carnegie Library, Dunfermline | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Carnegie Library, Abbot Street | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Carnegie Library tablet, Abbot Street | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Carnegie Library, Abbot Street | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Carnegie Library tablet, Abbot Street | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Carnegie Library in Dunfermline Fife Scotland (8659191570) | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Entrance to the Dunfermline Carnegie Library. | Commons | ||
| commons | image | The world's first Carnegie Library, in Dunfermline | Commons | ||
