Marischal Museum

The museum was a part of the University of Aberdeen, situated at Marischal College, a grand neo-gothic building said to be the second-largest granite building in the world, displaying collections owned by the university.

The museum most notably housed examples of Egyptian and Classical antiquities, non-Western ethnography and pieces relating to Scottish prehistory and numismatics.

The museum has been closed since July 2008 due to renovation work at Marischal College.

Although part of Marischal College re-opened after renovation in Summer 2011 as the corporate headquarters of Aberdeen City Council, the museum remains closed to the public.

To allow the public to continue to view exhibits from its collections, in April 2011 the University of Aberdeen opened King's Museum.