Dunfermline in Fife, Scotland, United Kingdom — Northwestern Europe (the British Isles)
Andrew Carnegie Birthplace Museum
Photographed By Brandon Fletcher, June 4, 2013
1. Andrew Carnegie Birthplace Museum Marker
millionaire and philanthropist,
was born in this cottage on the 25th November 1835.
Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Industry & Commerce. A significant historical date for this entry is November 25, 1835.
Location. 56° 4.075′ N, 3° 27.686′ W. Marker is in Dunfermline, Scotland, in Fife. Marker is on Moodie Street. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Dunfermline, Scotland KY12 7PH, United Kingdom. Touch for directions.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 10 kilometers of this marker, measured as the crow flies. Grave of the Mother of Sir William Wallace (approx. 0.3 kilometers away); Blackness Castle (approx. 7.7 kilometers away); Queensbury War Memorial (approx. 9.5 kilometers away); In Gratitude (approx. 9.5 kilometers away); John Reid (approx. 9.6 kilometers away); Forth Bridge (approx. 9.6 kilometers away); The Royal Navy in the Forth (approx. 9.8 kilometers away); A Rough Ride (approx. 9.8 kilometers away).
Also see . . . Welcome to the Andrew Carnegie Birthplace Museum. (Submitted on July 19, 2015.)
this page online
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2. Andrew Carnegie Birthplace Museum Marker
House where Carnegie was born
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3. Andrew Carnegie Birthplace Museum Marker
House in front, museum is located beside the house
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4. Andrew Carnegie Birthplace Museum Marker
A true philanthropist, admission to the museum and house is free
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5. Andrew Carnegie Birthplace Museum
"The Man Who Dies Thus Rich Dies Disgraced"
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6. Andrew Carnegie Bust
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7. Birthplace Room of Andrew Carnegie
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8. Birthplace Room Andrew Carnegie
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9. Birthplace Room of Andrew Carnegie
It was in this room that Andrew Carnegie was born on the evening of Wednesday 25 November 1835. Mother, father, and children ate, slept, worked and played in this one room. The room across the passageway was occupied by another family.
Water and coal had to be carried up the narrow stairs. Besides cooking and washing for her family, Mrs Carnegie filled the bobbins for her husband's loom and dropped them through a hole in the floor to his workroom below.
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10. Andrew Carnegie Birthplace Museum
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11. The Carnegie's Cottage
'The humble home of honest poverty'
Andrew Carnegie was born in one of the upstairs rooms of this cottage on the stormy night of 25 November 1835.
Although some of the furnishings are from a later period, the layout of the cottage shows how these houses served as home and workplaces for handloom weavers like the Carnegie's. They shared the space with another family, each having two handlooms on the ground floor and one all-purpose room above.
Many such houses were built when hand-weaving was flourishing in the 18th century. By the mid-19th century it was a different story: epidemics, steam-powered looms and depressed markets meant that life in Dumfermline was a struggle.
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12. Andrew Carnegie Birthplace Museum entrance
This Building
In Loving Memory of Andrew Carnegie
is the gift of his wife
Lovise Whitfield Carnegie
to his native town
Postcard by Valentine & Sons, Ltd., circa 1910
13. Birthplace of Andrew Carnegie, Dunfermline
Credits. This page was last revised on January 27, 2022. It was originally submitted on July 19, 2015, by Brandon Fletcher of Chattanooga, Tennessee. This page has been viewed 335 times since then and 11 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12. submitted on July 19, 2015, by Brandon Fletcher of Chattanooga, Tennessee. 13. submitted on July 19, 2015. • Andrew Ruppenstein was the editor who published this page.
