New Fishing Museum Kelso
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New Fishing Museum Kelso
Image: © Jennifer Petrie Taken: 14 Sep 2020
This newly opened museum celebrates the borders salmon fishing heritage and is located in the Town Hall in the Square, Kelso. It hopes to "hook" 10,000 visitors per year. Entry is free and inside are over 1500 artefacts and documents with a mock interior of a River Tweed fishing bothy to recreate a scene from a century ago. It tells the story of rod and line salmon fishing techniques which were developed on the Tweed.
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55.599757
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-2.43211