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===Museums=== [[Broughton House]] is an 18th-century town house standing on the High Street. It was the home of Scots impressionist artist [[Edward Atkinson Hornel]] between 1901 and his death in 1933. [[National Trust for Scotland|The National Trust for Scotland]] maintain the house and its contents as a museum of Hornel's life and work.<ref>{{Historic Environment Scotland|num=GDL00075 |desc=Broughton House|access-date=7 March 2019}}</ref> The [[Stewartry Museum]] was founded in 1879 and was at first based in the Town Hall until it became too small to house the collections.<ref>{{cite web|publisher=Museums Galleries Scotland |year=2015|title=The Stewartry Museum|url=http://www.museumsgalleriesscotland.org.uk/member/the-stewartry-museum}}</ref><ref>Dumfries and Galloway Council (2105) 'Dumfries and Galloway Council : The Stewartry Museum, Kirkcudbright', Dumfries and Galloway Council. Uniform Resource Locator: {{cite web |url=http://www.dumgal.gov.uk/index.aspx?articleid=3638 |title=Dumfries and Galloway Council : The Stewartry Museum, Kirkcudbright |access-date=2015-06-24 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150625194135/http://www.dumgal.gov.uk/index.aspx?articleid=3638 |archive-date=25 June 2015}}</ref> The collection moved to a purpose-built site. It contains the local and natural history of the Stewartry of Kirkcudbright. Britain's earliest surviving sporting trophy, the Siller Gun, is part of the collection.<ref>Bell, J (2015) [http://www.old-kirkcudbright.net/pages/siller.asp 'Kirkcudbright's Siller (Silver) Gun'], Kirkcudbright Community Website.{{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060927221915/http://www.old-kirkcudbright.net/pages/siller.asp |date=27 September 2006 }}. Old-kirkcudbright.net. Retrieved 22 June 2011.</ref> The Tolbooth building is now used as an arts centre.<ref>[http://www.kirkcudbright.co.uk/galleries.asp Tolbooth Arts Centre]. Kirkcudbright.co.uk. Retrieved 22 June 2011.</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.dumgal.gov.uk/index.aspx?articleid=3639 |title=Dumfries and Galloway Council : Tolbooth Art Centre, Kirkcudbright |access-date=2015-06-24 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150624182406/http://www.dumgal.gov.uk/index.aspx?articleid=3639 |archive-date=24 June 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|publisher=Visit Scotland |year=2015|title=Tolbooth Art Centre - Kirkcudbright |url=http://www.visitscotland.com/info/see-do/tolbooth-art-centre-p249601}}</ref>
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