A Perfectly Beautiful Day in Dunfermline

We started at the Andrew Carnegie birthplace home and museum.  Carnegie emigrated to America with his family at age 12 in 1848.  He built a fortune of over 350 million dollars and when he died, in 1919, he gave it all away.  (Those dollars would be worth 6.5 billion today) He was mainly known for building libraries, 2,509 to be exact.  The one in this collage was built in my hometown of Hudson, Massachusetts in 1905.  I did my homework in it and met my first husband there too. Few people know that the Carnegie Foundation is still active today and help fund Sesame Street!

We then visited the Carnegie Library which also houses an art gallery. (First extra) The current exhibit is called Hag and features 13 women artists. The title references the derogatory name for older women and witches but is embraced as a call to empowerment.  (Our Macbeth/witches theme continues). The work was stunning.

Next, we visited the museum in the library which focused on Dunfermline cultural history. (Second extra) Henry met some Scottish mice and one, Fergus MacMouse, of the Clan MacMouse, decided emigrate to America.  Henry is delighted.

Finally, phew!, we visited the magnificent Dunfermline Abbey Church (Third extra) where King Robert the Bruce’s grave is buried. (Minus the heart which is at Melrose Abbey.  I saw the burial spot a few years ago.). I had to retrieve Henry when he wandered into the 13th century part of the Abbey. This is just a wee snippet of our day. Tomorrow is my last full day in Scotland and we will be visiting an amazing Japanese garden.