Local Fact of the Day: the weaver’s cottage that changed the world 🧵

Andrew Carnegie was born in a rented half of this small weaver’s cottage on Moodie Street, Dunfermline, on 25 November 1835. The cottage itself dates from around 1750. Carnegie’s wife, Louise, bought it in 1895; it opened to visitors in 1908, and the adjoining museum hall followed in 1928. From one modest Fife home came a legacy that reached libraries, education and culture across the world. 🧵 Have you visited? Vote Yes or No below. Sources: Andrew Carnegie Birthplace Museum — Our History https://www.carnegiebirthplace.com/our-history Historic Environment Scotland — listed building record LB26026 https://portal.historicenvironment.scot/apex/f?p=1505%3A300%3A%3A%3A%3A%3AVIEWTYPE%2CVIEWREF%3Adesignation%2CLB26026 Photograph: Euan Nelson · CC BY-SA 2.0 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Birthplace_cottage_of_Andrew_Carnegie,_Dunfermline_-_geograph.org.uk_-_4404321.jpg https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/ Original photograph shown without edits.