Aberdeen Science Centre is a science museum in Aberdeen. It displays exhibits which are aimed mainly at younger children. It attracts primary school groups around the year and its exhibits are ‘hands on’ so that everything can be played with and examined. The centre is a registered non-profit organisation that is funded by the public and donations from local corporate sponsors.
“The Cruickshank Botanic Garden is situated in Old Aberdeen on the King’s College campus of the University of Aberdeen and is a partnership between the University and the Cruickshank Charitable Trust
The Garden exists to promote an appreciation of the beauty, diversity and importance of plants, and an understanding of their role in the natural world
This beautiful and peaceful 11 acre Garden offers year round interest to visitors. It has shrub borders, a rock and water garden, sunken garden, rose garden, herbaceous border and an arboretum, and houses a nationally important collection of over 2500 labelled plants.”
Cruickshank Botanic Garden website
“The Tolbooth Museum is one of Aberdeen’s oldest buildings and one of the best-preserved 17th century gaols in Scotland. It features displays on local history and the development of crime and punishment through the centuries. The Tolbooth Museum provides a unique experience in the form of its atmospheric 17th and 18th century cells, original doors and barred windows. Displays include the Maiden and the blade of Aberdeen’s 17th century guillotine.”
Tolbooth Museum website
Brewdog is a multinational brewery and pub chain based in the Scottish North-East. It operates three bars in Aberdeen City Centre: on Gallowgate near to Marischal College, on Union Street, and in the Union Square shopping complex.
“BrewDog was born with the aim to revolutionize the beer industry and completely redefine beer-drinking culture. We’re determined to make a stand for independence, a stand for quality and stand for craft. And a big part of this is shamelessly spreading our passion for great craft beer.
That’s why every BrewDog bar offers a free Beer School, where our cicerone-trained crew will lead folks through a beer-tasting and walk them through the brewing process.”
Brewdog Manifesto
The Cathedral Church of St Mary of the Assumption, usually known as St Mary’s Cathedral, is Aberdeen’s Roman Catholic Cathedral.
“The Cathedral Church is the main place of worship in the Catholic Diocese of Aberdeen. It was opened in December 1860 as the principal Catholic Church in the west end of the city, replacing St. Peter’s Church in the Castlegate, when there were about 1,000 Catholics out of a population of 74,000 and the number of Catholics was increasing. It became the Cathedral (the church of the Bishop’s Chair ) when the post-reformation diocese was set up in 1878.
The architect of the church was Alexander Ellis, a local man. The spire, added with the bells in 1876-1877, was designed by R.G. Wilson. The church was rededicated in I960, the centenary of its opening, after the interior had been extensively simplified, anticipating by some years the liturgical reforms of the Second Vatican Council between 1962 and 1965.“
Cathedral website
