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The R&A World Golf Museum, a low modern building on Bruce Embankment in St Andrews.
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The R&A World Golf Museum

The museum of golf at St Andrews, beside the Old Course, telling over 400 years of the game through thousands of objects, with a putting green inside.

Welcome

St Andrews is the home of golf, and beside the Old Course, on Bruce Embankment, the R&A World Golf Museum tells the story of the game.

Its galleries cover more than four hundred years, from the earliest days on the links of Scotland to the great champions of today.

Thousands of objects fill the rooms: old clubs and balls, trophies and medals, clothing and memorabilia of the great players, and the stories of the people behind them. A wall of bronze faces honours the champions, and a bronze statue of a golfer stands among displays of clubs. Visitors can dress up in old golfing clothes and try a putt on the museum's own green.

The museum opens every day, and tickets can be booked ahead.

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Before you go

Open every day, 9am to 6pm.

Tickets can be booked ahead.

Where
Bruce Embankment, St Andrews, KY16 9AB.
History
Over 400 years.
Open
Daily.

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Where it is

On Bruce Embankment beside the Links and the Old Course in St Andrews, KY16 9AB.

Close bySt Andrews.
  1. Tables in the glass-walled dining room of the Seafood Ristorante, St Andrews, with the sea and the beach beyond the windows.The Seafood RistoranteUnder a mile as the crow flies
  2. The dining room at Ondine in Seaton House, St Andrews, with a long marble-topped bar on one side and tables by tall windows on the other.Ondine Oyster & GrillA seafood restaurant and oyster bar in Seaton House on The Scores in St Andrews, looking over the West Sands.Under a mile as the crow flies
  3. The bar at Haar in St Andrews, with wooden stools at a stone-topped counter, blue armchairs and its awards on the wall.HaarUnder a mile as the crow flies
  4. Golden retriever rests by "The Himalayas" putting green sign near St Andrews clubhouseThe HimalayasThe bumpy putting green.Under a mile 2 min by road
  5. Old Course at St AndrewsOld Course at St AndrewsThe Old Course outside.Under a mile 3 min by road
  6. St Andrews West SandsSt Andrews West SandsThe long beach.1 mile 4 min by road
Directions
The Road Hole Restaurant at the Old Course Hotel, St Andrews: tables, a long banquette and tall windows looking out over the course.RestaurantsRoad Hole Restaurant0.4 miles
Glass-fronted students' union building with "Your Union" sign beside a bus stopAttractionsUniversity Quad0.4 miles
Spoiled Life, FifeCafeSpoiled Life0.5 miles
Floor-to-ceiling shelves of books line a bookshop with globe lights and a sliding ladderAttractionsTopping & Company0.5 miles
The dining room at Forgan's in St Andrews, long tables under walls of shelves, books and framed pictures.RestaurantsForgan's0.5 miles
Carved wooden pews line the aisle beneath stained glass windows and vaulted ceilingAttractionsSt Salvator’s Chapel0.5 miles
Red sandstone hotel overlooking St Andrews golf links, seen through railingsAttractionsSt Andrews0.5 miles
Battered fish and chips with tartare sauce and a lemon sliceRestaurantsCromars0.5 miles
Bronze cat statue on a stone plinth beneath bunting flagsAttractionsHamish McHamish Statue0.6 miles

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Places to stay near the museum, and when each is next free.

The black timber cabin's exterior, with a chimney above the roofline and a freestanding bath standing on the decking below.Bracken Treehouse at Airdit
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  • In Balmullo
  • 7 miles from the R&A World Golf Museum
Free 8–10 NovAn orange leather sofa draped with a sheepskin faces a stone fireplace beneath a timber ceiling, a staircase rising behind.The Old Stable
  • Sleeps 2
  • In Pittenweem
  • 10 miles from the R&A World Golf Museum
Free 31 Oct – 2 NovThe Crow’s Nest, FifeThe Crow’s Nest
  • Sleeps 4
  • In Pittenweem
  • 10 miles from the R&A World Golf Museum
Free 2–5 NovFifies, FifeFifies
  • Sleeps 2
  • In Pittenweem
  • 10 miles from the R&A World Golf Museum
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