Museum Represents a museum WC Yes EventsForChildren No Place The town or city Alloa HearingLoop No IsIncludedThisYear No DisabledAccess Yes Activities Guided tours OpeningTime1 2 pm to 4 pm OpeningDate1 24/9/2016 IsNewThisYear No ID Google Panorama ID 11216 Refreshments No Street The street address Near Hilton Road Postcode FK10 3PS Parking Yes DisabledWC No LimitedAccess No NotAccessible No Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Alloa Hilton Farm Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived clackmannanshire Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 956 Type The nature or genre of the resource Museum Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. current,56.11675,-3.760843; Description An account of the resource The Earl and Countess of Mar & Kellie's home have some fine family portraits, including a newly arrived three-metre high painting of Walter Coningsby Erskine, 10th Earl of Mar, who inherited the earldom and Alloa estate from his cousin, the 9th Earl of Mar, in 1866. He had had a very distinguished career in India and became a Commander of the Bath following the Indian Mutiny, when he managed to keep his district of Jubalpore quiet. He used his considerable fortune to enlarge Alloa House and improve the estate, as well as making alterations and repairs to Alloa Tower.The paintings also complement the large collection of Mar & Kellie portraits on display in nearby Alloa Tower.