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The Scottish Tartans Museum and Heritage Center, Inc.

Name: The Scottish Tartans Museum and Heritage Center, Inc.
Address: 86 E Main Street, Franklin, NC, 28734, US
Telephone: +18285247472
Price range: Not Applicable
Rating: 4.6

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America's only museum dedicated to the history of Highland dress and tartan. Preserving the threads of Scottish identity and culture.
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Our museum was founded by the Scottish Tartans Society, formed in Scotland in 1963 to "study the origins, history and development of tartans." Visitors to the museum can learn about the Scottish emigrants to the area, discovery thier clan or family tartan, and gain a richness of the traditions surrounding the Scottish National Dress.

10/19/2026

Scottish surname roll call! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Comment your family surname below and see how many people share your Scottish clan or family connection.

You might be surprised by how many Buchanans, Campbells, Frasers, MacKenzies, and other Scottish family names are part of our community here in western North Carolina!

Scroll through the comments, find your name, and connect with others who share similar Scottish roots.

10/17/2026

The sound of bagpipes is filling Main Street today as PumpkinFest (Franklin, NC) visitors stop by the Scottish Tartans Museum - the ONLY one in the United States!
We have activities all day, including FREE Green Man masks (9-10:30 and 12-4), bagpipe performances (10:30-12), Scottish ale tasting (1-3) and trick or treating (3-5). 🎃
We hope to see you today! 🍂

10/16/2026

🎃 Celebrate PumpkinFest Oct. 17 with a Scottish twist at the Scottish Tartans Museum & Gift Shop!

🍃 FREE Green Man masks for kids — Celtic Halloween fun! 9–10:30 a.m. & noon–4 p.m.
🎶 Bagpipes: 10:30 a.m.–noon
🍺 Scottish Belhaven Ale tasting: 1–3 p.m.
🍬 Trick or treat: 3–5 p.m.

Stop by, bring the family, and join the fun in downtown Franklin! 🍂

10/09/2026

We hope to see you all at A Novel Escape tomorrow from 12-2!

10/01/2026

Harris Tweed is the ONLY fabric in the entire world with its own Act of Parliament. 🤯

The Harris Tweed Act of 1993 set a specific criteria defining what Harris Tweed is, and prohibits anyone from selling cloth under that name unless it meets those criteria. According to the Act, Harris Tweed must be: “handwoven by the islanders at their homes in the Outer Hebrides, finished in the Outer Hebrides, and made from pure virgin wool dyed and spun in the Outer Hebrides.”

That’s about as Scottish as you can get!

Harris Tweed is available for sale at the Scottish Tartans Museum and Heritage Center gift shop in Franklin, NC. Come visit us today and pick up some authentically Scottish goods! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Don’t forget to visit our Museum galleries as well, open Monday-Saturday 10-5pm.

09/29/2026

It's , and you know what that means! Today we're honoring the Lure of the Water tartan, created for the legends of the selkies and kelpies.

Selkies and kelpies are legendary shape-shifting water spirits from Scottish folklore, serving as cautionary tales for children who veer too close to the water's edge.

The design of this tartan contains blue to represent the water, neutral tones for the earth, black for the malevolent Kelpie, and finally, grey and brown for the Selkie.

Courtesy of designer Caryl J Bohn, this lovely tartan will be displayed in our museum galleries soon. Stay tuned!

09/28/2026

Join us at our neighbor restaurant - Gracious Plates on Main - for a fabulous meal and an opportunity to support The Scottish Tartans Museum and Heritage Center on Tuesday, October 6 😍

GPOM will feature 20% Off all Steak Entrees during dinner service, BOGO 50% Off Small Plates from 4-6PM, and 10% of all sales from the day will go directly to the nonprofit 🙌 So come out and eat for a good cause 🍽

Gracious Plates on Main

09/26/2026

We are so excited to be representing the Museum today at North Georgia Highland Games!

We’ll be doing tartan search all day as well as selling University of Georgia tartan merch. We hope to see you today, we are here until 5! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Address

86 E Main Street
Franklin, NC
28734

Opening Hours

Monday	10am - 5pm
Tuesday	10am - 5pm
Wednesday	10am - 5pm
Thursday	10am - 5pm
Friday	10am - 5pm
Saturday	10am - 5pm

Telephone

+18285247472

Website

http://scottishtartansmuseum.org/, https://scottishtartansmuseum.org/

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