Flax flower design
by Paul Lucky, as on anniversary window

Irvine Burns Club and Irvine Burns Museum
in Irvine, Ayrshire, Scotland

Founded in 1826, in the town where the poet Robert Burns lived and worked in 1781, we offer you many pages to browse at your leisure, both information and contact pages.
If you can visit the Museum in person, look forward to seeing our manuscripts, paintings, artefacts, and the audio-visual. Admission is free.

 

 

Irvine Burns Statue

Above: The Robert Burns statue in Irvine, the scene of the annual wreath-laying on January 25th, organised by Irvine Burns Club
(main photo: I J Dickson; group photo:' Irvine Herald')

Left: The home of Irvine Burns Club at 'Wellwood', 28 Eglinton Street, Irvine, KA12 8AS.
This spacious and imposing building of Ballochmyle red sandstone was built in 1903. It was bequeathed to the Club in 1962

Browse this site for details of the statue, our Museum and its collection, our history, and much else

- Objects & Projects

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What's new this month?
- Barrmill Jolly Beggars Burns Club is organising an International Robert W Service Verse-speaking Competition on Sat Feb 28th 2009 - for entry forms, go to Further Links > Other Burns Clubs


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Robert Burns lived and worked in Irvine in 1781-82, and two of the founders of Irvine Burns Club in 1826 were men who had known the poet - see the section 'founded 1826' for more detail. Our museum at 'Wellwood' is open four times weekly from April to September, and weekly on Saturdays during the winter.

Our email address is: info @ irvineburnsclub. org (omit the spaces)

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About Us - Museum & Club Irvine Burns Museum - visiting us

 

  The 1826 founders of the Club
  Our Presidents through the years
  Our Annual Celebration
What to look for and enjoy Our Manuscripts and Books
  Paintings and Artefacts
  Burns in Irvine - the audio-visual
  The Stained Glass Windows
  Honorary Members from 1828
  A new sculpture for the 250th
  Our Schools Project
Robert Burns & Irvine His life & work in Irvine in 1781
  The 1896 Burns Statue in Irvine
  Other Burns locations in Irvine
  Flax Growing in the 1780s
Contact details & further links How to contact us
  Our masterclass DVDs
  Other Burns Clubs & websites