The John Buchan Story
Museums & Science Centres · Peebles, Scottish Borders
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Closed — opens tomorrow at 10am
🏠 Indoor🆓 Free entryEducational☔ Rainy-day friendly
What’s there
- Free parking
- Buggy friendly
Access & inclusion
- Step-free access
Only facilities we’ve confirmed are listed — anything missing here we simply haven’t checked, rather than know to be absent.
**'The John Buchan Story'** explores Buchan's life and legacy, showing the variety and scale of his personal experience and literary output, beyond 'The Thirty Nine Steps'. It also portrays his family's broader associations with Peebles and illustrates some of their achievements.
John Buchan is a national figure within both a Scottish and UK context. Through his prolific writing and by his many and varied contributions to public life, he was a highly influential figure, particularly during the inter-war period. His final role as Governor General of Canada, and the popularity of film adaptations of his novel *The Thirty Nine Steps*, have also helped to give him an international reputation which continues to this day.
Come along and discover more about this extraordinary man and his sister, Anna Buchan – a famous authoress in her own right who wrote under the pseudonym O. Douglas.
Admission is free (donations appreciated). The museum occupies a ground floor room with a small step into the museum – a ramp is available on request for easy wheelchair access.
Stuff to take with you
The things people wish they’d packed for a day out like this one.
- Refillable water bottleMost places will fill it for free.
- Snacks that survive a rucksackCheaper than the café, and buys you twenty minutes.
- Wet wipes
- Small first aid kitPlasters solve more days out than anything else here.
- Spare carrier bagFor the wet things. There are always wet things.
- Sick bagsYou only forget these once.
- Painkillers for grown-ups
- Travel games
- Rucksack
- Hair bobbles
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