A view of the kitchen showing the hearth and spinning wheel in Burns Cottage.

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Robert Burns Birthplace Museum

Planning your visit

Getting here

Address Robert Burns Birthplace Museum Alloway Ayr KA7 4PQ

Robert Burns Birthplace Museum is in Alloway, 2½ miles south of Ayr and is signposted from the A77. It’s around 40 minutes from Glasgow. Please see our Planning Your Visit section below for details of local road closures.

There’s a regular train service from Glasgow to Ayr, and from Ayr there’s a local bus service to Alloway.

RBBM is part of ScotRail’s 2-for-1 initiative, which allows two adults entry for the price of one, when they present a valid rail ticket and a paper voucher.

Find out more and download your voucher from the ScotRail website

Contact information

Telephone: 01292 443700

Email address: burns@nts.org.uk

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Opening times

Museum Christmas closures: 25, 26 Dec and 1, 2 Jan: Current period 1 Oct–31 Mar 2025, daily, 10.00–17.00 (last entry 16.30) 1 Apr–30 Sep, daily, 10.00–17.00 (last entry 16.30)
Burns Cottage Christmas closures: 25, 26 Dec and 1, 2 Jan: Current period 1 Oct–31 Mar 2025, daily, 11.00–15.30 (last entry 15.00) 1 Apr–30 Sep, daily, 10.30–16.30 (last entry 16.00)

Entry prices

RBBM (includes entry to cottage and museum)

Adult: £12.00
Concession: £9.00
Child: £7.00
Family: £29.00
One adult family: £20.00

Members go free

At all Trust places, admission is free for members.

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Planning your visit

Notice of local road closure

Amey, on behalf of Transport Scotland, is undertaking essential road safety junction improvements on the A77 in Ayr, at Doonholm Road and Corton Road. Work commenced on Monday 25 November 2024 and is expected to be complete in March 2025. Please be advised that these works will pause for the Christmas period on Friday 20 December and will resume in the new year.

To get to Robert Burns Birthplace Museum or Burns Cottage, please turn off the A77 onto the A79 (Maybole Road). Follow this road and take the third left at the traffic lights onto Laughlanglen Road/The Loaning. Follow this road to Alloway Primary School, where you can turn right to take you to Burns Cottage, or left and head to the roundabout, taking the second exit onto Murdoch’s Lone – the Museum is just down the road on the left.

All routes from Ayr town centre are not affected.

You can buy tickets at Burns Cottage and at the main museum on Murdoch’s Lone. The two sites are connected by a pedestrian walkway called the Poet’s Path.

For more information about planning your visit, please see the drop-down facilities information below or take a look at our frequently asked questions.

Facilities & access

The two main sites (Burns Cottage and the museum) are connected by the Poet’s Path, a 500m pedestrian walkway.

We offer accessible openings on the first Tuesday of every month from 3–5pm.
Robert Burns Birthplace Museum: interactive screens and sound effects will be switched off, and cleaning lights will be switched on.
Burns Cottage: sound effects will be switched off.

We have an ongoing programme of accessible content development. We have created a detailed accessibility guide for Robert Burns Birthplace Museum.

We’d love you to visit the Euan’s Guide website to review the accessibility of Trust places and tell us (and others) what’s good and where we need to do better.

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Accessible parking

Disabled parking is available at Burns Cottage and the museum.

Accessible toilet

Both the museum and the Education Pavilion (next to Burns Cottage) have accessible toilets.

Baby changing

Bike facilities

Buggy access

There is level access at Burns Cottage and the museum. The Poet’s Path is also level and the Monument Gardens are accessible.

The historical parts of the site, such as the Auld Kirk, Brig o’ Doon and Burns Monument, have uneven steps and surfaces.

Café

We have a range of snacks and soup available throughout the day.

Children’s activities

Coach parking

Dogs welcome

Dogs are welcome in the garden areas but please keep them on a lead.

Assistance dogs are welcome throughout the site.

Electric vehicle charging point

There’s one electric car charging post at the museum. It has two charging spaces with the following specification: Rating: 7kW 32A - Socket: Type 2 Mennekes.

Guided tour

Hearing loop

The museum, education areas and meeting rooms are fitted with induction loops.

Highchair

Large print

Parking

Parking is available at the museum and Burns Cottage, although the site is easy to walk around. Parking is free for members of the National Trust for Scotland.

Play area

Our Burns-themed play area, Scots Wa-Hey, is perfect for young visitors and is full of fun features. It can be found in the museum garden.

Self-guided trails

Shop

Toilet

Walks

Wheelchair access

There is level access at Burns Cottage and the museum. The Poet’s Path is also level and the Monument Gardens are wheelchair accessible.

The historical parts of the site, such as the Auld Kirk, Brig o’ Doon and Burns Monument, have uneven steps and surfaces.

Wheelchairs are available for any visitors who need them.

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