Kirkcaldy Galleries

[1] This was opened in 1925,[1] with the first chairman of trustees local cloth-manufacturer businessman John Blyth, the maternal grandfather of politician Michael Portillo.

[4] Situated on the ground floor, is the museum's award-winning permanent exhibition covering the town's industrial heritage.

[2][3] The museum also has a cafe which displays examples of Wemyss Ware pottery, made in the town from around the 1890s to 1930s.

The Galleries opening was attended by[6] local author Val McDermid, Wolf from Gladiators, MP and former Prime Minister Gordon Brown and artist Jack Vettriano.

In 2015, Kirkcaldy Galleries became the first institution in Fife to display work by American photographer Diane Arbus.