Quarriers Museum

Quarriers Museum, in Mount Zion Church, comprises artefacts depicting the life of William Quarrier, a Victorian philanthropist who set up the Orphan Homes of Scotland in 1878 and the work of the charity he founded, now known as Quarriers. Thre is also an archive containing the records of the 30,000 children who stayed in the Village from 1978 to ca. 1980, including over 7,000 who went to Canada as part of the child migration programme.

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Quarriers Museum

Quarriers Village
Bridge of Weir
Renfrewshire
PA11 3SX

Tel: 01505 616055

Email:
laurie.gardner@quarriers.org.uk

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Museums Galleries Scotland, 1 Papermill Wynd,
McDonald Road, Edinburgh EH7 4QL

Telephone: 0131 550 4100
Email: inform@museumsgalleriesscotland.org.uk

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