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Robert Burns Museum, Ayr

Robert Burns Museum, Ayr, UK

Year of Completion 2011

by pwdale25 — last modified Mon, 11 Apr 2011

Officially opened to the public on 21st January 2011, this new museum is dedicated to Scotland’s most famous poet. The museum contains 5000 artefacts, each telling a different story of Robert Burn's life.

This contemporary design combines timber with steel joints using Macalloy S460 tendons as cross bracing supports.

Architect and Consultant - Simpson & Brown Architects

Main Contractors - Border Construction Ltd. of Carlisle

Structural Engineers & Services Engineers - Buro Happold, Glasgow office

Structural Timber Frame Contractor - Carpenter Oak & Woodland



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