Auchinleck - Boswell Museum (closed)

Take a detour to Auchinleck about 6mi/9.6km to the southeast of Ayr. The Boswell Museum in the old parish church documents the life of the village's most famous son, James Boswell (1740-1795). He is best known for his association with the English man of letters Dr Samuel Johnson (1709-1784). Boswell accompanied Johnson to the Hebrides and he wrote a diary about their travels which was the forerunner for his biography on Dr Johnson.

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