Welcome to our wee museum!

 

We are open every Wednesday and Sunday from 2-4pm from April to October (last opening day 2025 is the 22nd of October). The entrance is free but donations are welcome.

 

Although we are not open regularly during winter, we are always delighted to welcome group visits of any size during winter. Email us or message us on our socials to arrange. Entrance is always free (donations welcome).

 

For the first time we will take part in the Insch Shopping Event on the 6th of November where you can purchase some books, postcards and pens, and of course enjoy free entry as usual. We will also open on one of the Saturdays in December, for details please check our Exhibitions and Events page.

 

You can contact us via insch.museum@gmail.com or message us on our Facebook or LinkedIn pages.

Located in both the former ticket office and the former ladies' waiting room of Insch’s attractive working railway station, the Insch Connection Museum houses a treasure trove of information.

Displays give an overview of the history of Insch and district with photographs, artefacts and everyday stories of how life was lived in this area, including a model of Dunnideer Castle, a black Victorian wedding dress and numerous maps.

The railway connection includes a scale model of the station which shows Insch railway station in the days when the layout of tracks was complex, the railway station being of strategic importance to Insch and the farming communities.

As well as the railway model, a Victorian wedding dress and many other things to see, we have a selection of special exhibitions which change from time to time. You can find details of our special exhibitions on the  EXHIBITIONS AND EVENTS page.

Archive material about Insch and District is available for research;  material in store is readily accessible on request. Our computer database which uses MODES software is growing all the time, and can be searched in the museum free of charge.

The Museum is open on Wednesday and Sunday afternoons from 2 to 4pm from April to October. Arrangements can be made for groups and school parties at other times to suit, please email us or contact us on socials to arrange.

Younger visitors enjoy watching our model trains in operation in the scale model of the station and also like to play with our wooden train set. 

The museum is accessible for wheelchairs most easily from the station car park via the ramp to the platform and then through the waiting room.

 

SCOTTISH REGISTERED CHARITY : SC 028432