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These resources cover every aspect of Burns, his life and work, Burns Suppers, Burns Clubs and Societies.

General Sites

 

Alamo Burns Club, Paisley 
Club information, poems, images, Burns heritage trail, Scottish connections with the Alamo.

 

Bartleby 
Familiar quotations from Burns.

 

BBC - Robert Burns

Biography of Burns, organization of Burns suppers, recordings of poems.

 

Burness Genealogy and Family History 
Detailed study of Burns's family history.

 

Burns Country

The Burns encyclopedia online, complete works of Robert Burns, information on the organization of Burns suppers including recipes.

 

Burns Howff Club 
Information about Robert Burns in Dumfries.

 

Electric Scotland

Detailed biography of Burns, full text of Burns's poems, audio recording of a Burns supper.

 

Glasgow University Centre for Robert Burns Studies  
Research, conferences, lectures, publications.

 

Glasgow University Global Burns Network 
Robert Burns worldwide - supported by the Centre for Robert Burns Studies at the University of Glasgow and the Arts and Humanitites Research Council.

 

National Library of Scotland

Information about the life of Burns and the holdings of books and manuscripts relating to Burns in the National Library of Scotland.

 

The Robert Burns World Federation

Complete poems of Burns with translations into English, text of letters written by Burns,
information about the people who received letters from Burns, learning resources for teachers, Burns suppers, links to Burns societies.

 

ScotlandsPeople        

Selection of poems and songs, Burns suppers, map of places to visit, information about the annual Burns festival in Ayrshire and the Robert Burns Humanitarian Award, link to genealogical information.


World of Burns  
Answers to frequently asked questions about Burns, essays on Burns, analysis of poems, stories behind various songs, list of monuments and memorials to Burns around the world, detailed chronology of Burns’s life and poems, organization of Burns suppers,  information about Burns clubs in Glasgow.

 

 

 

 

 

 


Burnsiana

National Burns Collection  
Includes 2000 images of Burns related objects held in libraries and museums all over Scotland and virtual tours of buildings associated with Burns.

Northern Illinois University
Information about the Burns Collection in Northern Illinois University.

The G. Ross Roy Collection of Burnsiana & Scottish Literature, University of South Carolina 
Information about the G. Ross Roy collection.

Exhibition from the G. Ross Roy Collection of Burns, Burnsiana and Scottish Poetry. University of South Carolina 
Includes images of early editions, chapbooks, memoirs and letters.

SCRAN 
Images of Burns, and objects and places associated with Burns.

 

 

 


Places to visit

Burns Heritage Park
Information about the park, which includes Burns Cottage, the Burns Cottage Museum, the Tam O'Shanter Experience and other attractions.

Ellisland Farm
Visitor information about Ellisland Farm.

Globe Inn  
Visitor information about Globe Inn.

Homecoming Scotland   
Listing of Burns events in Scotland in 2009.

The National Trust for Scotland
Information about the National Trust for Scotland’s Burns projects, including the proposed new Robert Burns Birthplace Museum in Alloway.

Robert Burns Centre, Dumfries
Visitor information about the Robert Burns Centre.

Visit Scotland
Information about the work of Robert Burns, Burns suppers, accommodation and travel.

Zigzag
Information about a touring exhibition of Burns artefacts, in Edinburgh, Aberdeen, Dumfries and Glasgow.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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last updated: 23 February 2009