Sanquhar Tolbooth Museum

Discover Sanquhar’s world famous knitting tradition and the story of the miners of Sanquhar and Kirkconnel. How did the ordinary people of Upper Nithsdale live and work in times past? Archaeology, artworks and audio-visual displays all tell these stories in the museum.

On the ground floor the original prison cells can be visited where petty criminals were kept, and sometimes placed on public display in the jougs, still to be seen on the wall outside.