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====Museums==== The [[Museum of the Scottish Shale Oil Industry]] was created in 1990, to preserve the history of the shale industry in West Lothian and beyond.<ref name="ShaleMuseum">{{cite web|url=https://www.scottishshale.co.uk/IntroPages/IntroMuseum.html|title=About the Museum|publisher=Museum of the Scottish Shale Oil Industry |access-date=31 December 2020}}</ref> It is sited on a former mill at Millfield, near Livingston and is attached to the Almond Valley Heritage Centre, a large farm and play area.<ref name="AlmondHeritage">{{cite web|url=https://www.almondvalley.co.uk/ATExploreSite.html|title=Explore the Almond Valley Site|website=Almondvalley.co.uk|access-date=31 December 2020}}</ref> In Bathgate, the Bennie Museum is a museum of local history and heritage that is run by volunteers under the management of a charitable trust. It opened in 1989 and is housed used in two former derelict cottages donated by the Bennie family to the local community in 1980.<ref name="Bennie1">{{cite web|url=https://www.visitwestlothian.co.uk/things-to-do/ancestry/bennie-museum/ |title=Bennie Museum |publisher=Visit West Lothian |access-date=31 December 2020}}</ref><ref name="Bennie2">{{cite web|url=https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/bathgate/benniemuseum/index.html |title=Bennie Museum |publisher=Undiscovered Scotland |access-date=31 December 2020}}</ref><ref name="Bennie3">{{cite web|url=https://www.benniemuseum.org.uk/contentw/ |title=Home page |publisher=Bennie Museum|access-date=31 December 2020}}</ref> The Linlithgow Museum is a volunteer-run local history museum in [[Linlithgow]].<ref name="LinlithgowMuseum1">{{cite web|url=https://www.linlithgowmuseum.org/about |title=About Us |publisher=Linlithgow Museum |access-date=31 December 2020}}</ref><ref name="LinlithgowMuseum2">{{cite web|url=https://www.visitwestlothian.co.uk/things-to-do/history-heritage/linlithgow-museum/ |title=Linlithgow Museum |publisher=Visit West Lothian |access-date=31 December 2020}}</ref> The museum is housed in the Linlithgow Partnership Centre, along with the West Lothian Family History Society and library.<ref name="PartnershipC">{{cite web|url=https://www.westlothian.gov.uk/linlithgowpartnershipcentre |title=Linlithgow Partnership Centre - Tam Dalyell House |publisher=West Lothian Council |access-date=31 December 2020}}</ref> Military Museum Scotland is a [[military history]] museum in [[Wilkieston]] that covers Scottish military history from the [[First World War]] to the present day.<ref name="MilMuseum1">{{cite web|url=https://www.visitwestlothian.co.uk/things-to-do/history-heritage/military-museum-scotland/ |title=Military Museum Scotland |publisher=Visit West Lothian |access-date=31 December 2020}}</ref><ref name="MilMuseum2">{{cite web|url=https://military-museum-scotland.business.site/#summary |title=Summary |publisher=Military Museum Scotland |access-date=31 December 2020}}</ref> The [[Museum of Scottish Railways]] is a railway museum located within the station yard of [[Bo'ness]] at the [[Bo'ness and Kinneil Railway]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Welcome to the official Bo'ness & Kinneil Railway site|url=https://www.bkrailway.co.uk/|access-date=21 February 2022|website=www.bkrailway.co.uk}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Museum of Scottish Railways, Bo'ness β Museums|url=https://www.visitscotland.com/info/see-do/museum-of-scottish-railways-p779261|access-date=21 February 2022|website=www.visitscotland.com|language=en}}</ref>
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