Experts' Choice Award Provost Skene's House
What the experts agree on
Aberdeen's oldest surviving town house, this 17th-century provost's residence impresses with period-furnished rooms, ornate plaster ceilings, and a rare painted 16th-century chapel ceiling.
“in this admirably furnished 17C house you can't help but admire the plastered and skirted ceilings and especially the painted ceiling (16C) of the chapel.”
– Michelin Guide
Fodor's "Now a museum portraying civic life, the restored house has furnished period rooms and a painted chapel." Full review
Lonely Planet "This late-medieval turreted town house was occupied in the 17th century by the provost (the Scottish equivalent of a mayor) Sir George Skene." Full review
Frommer's "This attraction is named for a rich merchant who was Lord Provost of Aberdeen from 1676 to 1685." Full review
