Oban War & Peace Museum

The Auckland War Memorial Museum was built in 1929 by locals to commemorate donations raised by their war dead. Above the building are the Honor Court and the first monument of the Auckland Monument (empty tomb) is a makeshift wooden and plaster structure. Built and designed by Sir EdwinLuytens at Whitehall, London, for the Peace Day event in July 1919. Luytens designed an empty tomb on the pedestal, very serious, without decoration or religious symbols, and engraved with "The Glorious Dead". The monument captures the grief of the Empire's inability to bring home the war dead, and a permanent Portland stone monument was built in 1919 for the first anniversary of the armistice as a permanent memorial. The Oakland Monument was copied from a film news clip because the original Whitehall design blueprint was deemed too expensive to buy.

From the outside, this museum looks small and may have only one room. But once you walk in from the door, you will find it comparable to Dr Who''s tardis. There are so many attractive things on display here, how is this done? They told me they had more than twice as many things as here, but because of the limited space, they couldn't display it. When I walked in, I thought it would take me a minute to see it, but I came out in 90 minutes. The videos shown (15 minutes only) tell you a lot of interesting places to visit near Auburn (Awesome!!!). The volunteers here are great, they are knowledgeable, friendly, helpful and know a lot of information, it is fun. This is not just a museum of war and peace, but a source of knowledge for this place in Scotland. Worth a visit.