Aberdeen - Provost Skene's House

Follow Aberdeen's Broad Street northwards and then fork left along the short Guest Row to Provost Skene's House just past the modern Tourist Information Center. Sir George Skene of Rubislaw was a prosperous merchant whose wealth was derived from trade with what is now the Baltic port of Gdansk. He was provost from 1676 to 1685. His home, the oldest standing residence in Aberdeen, now houses the Municipal Museum. Several floors contain locally-excavated artifacts and these help to document the town's history from the Cromwell era to Victorian times. The plasterwork in the old bedroom (1676) and the painted wooden ceilings (17th century) in the picture gallery are of note. The "Maiden" Guillotine on the upper floor is a reminder of Aberdeen's darker side.