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Photo: Kilnburn (talk) 16:52, 19 February 2009 (UTC), Attribution via Wikimedia Commons
Carnegie purchased this park and gave it to the people of the town; the grand gates were added in 1908. A stream runs through a bosky glen and there are various walkways, an Art Deco pavilion, gardens and hothouses, and the stumps of King Malcolm Canmore's tower dating to 1000 AD.
Pittencrieff Park is a public park in Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland. It was purchased in 1902 by Andrew Carnegie, and given to the people of Dunfermline in a ceremony the following year. Its lands include the historically significant and topologically rugged glen which interrupts the centre of Dunfermline and, accordingly, part of the intention of the purchase was to carry out civic development of the area in a way which also respected its heritage. The project notably attracted the attention of the urban planner and educationalist, Patrick Geddes.
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is accessed through a small building on Chalmers St car park near Tesco. Steep steps lead down to what was probably a monastic hermitage or shrine - Margaret herself had no need to pray here, having royal chapels aplenty.
The Abbey dates back to the 11th century and is Romanesque, but ruined in the Reformation. Several parts such as the impressive nave were incorporated into the 19th-century parish church. Notable burials here are St Margaret of Scotland, Robert the Bruce, and five other kings and their queens. Attached to the Abbey are the few remains of the Palace: King Charles I was born here in 1600, but by the end of that century both the palace and the Stuart royal dynasty were broken.
Carnegie funded the building of this public library in his home town, opened in 1883, and he went on to fund over 2800 more. A modern extension, opened in 2017, houses a museum and galleries.
is an art gallery, events venue and cafe in an Art Deco former fire station, on Carnegie Drive next to Tesco. Live music events on Fri & Sat.
This humble weavers' cottage was the birthplace of the steel tycoon and philanthropist Andrew Carnegie (1835-1919); the grand museum hall adjoining was built by his widow in 1928. The cottage shows how it would have been at the time of Carnegie's birth, with the hall having a detailed exhibition on his life. He was 12 when the family emigrated to Pennsylvania, where he was soon noticed for his brightness and hard-working. He became prosperous through the railway industry, then enormously wealthy through iron and steel. He resolved to donate most of this to causes such as education, and by the time of his death had donated over $350 million, equivalent to $80 billion in today's money.
This is the original Carnegie Hall, a 540-seat theatre named for the local-boy-made-good. The shows are mostly light fare.