Perth Museum, new home of the Stone of Destiny, set to open

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A sword believed to have been given to Bonnie Prince Charlie is also part of the collection.

The museum which is the new home of the Stone of Destiny is gearing up to open this weekend following a £27 million redevelopment project.Its centrepiece will be the Stone of Destiny, which has returned to Perthshire for the first time in more than 700 years, having originally been kept at nearby Scone.

A visitor views a piece of stained glass that forms part of the temporary exhibition Unicorn at Perth Museum In 1950, a group of students carried out a raid to steal the stone from Westminster Abbey and return it to Scotland to try and advance the cause of independence.

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