title: Meffan Institute
text: # Meffan Institute
  
  56°38′39″N 2°53′21″W﻿ / ﻿56.6441°N 2.8891°W﻿ / 56.6441; -2.8891
  
  The Meffan Institute is a museum and art gallery in Forfar, Angus. It houses a variety of exhibits of local interest in Angus, including a collection of Pictish stones, particularly the Dunnichen Stone and the Kirriemuir Sculptured Stones as well as Roman and Medieval artefacts found in the local area. A reconstruction of historic scenes of Forfar includes representations of daily life as it would have been around the beginning of the 19th century, as well as a depiction of the execution of one of the women accused of witchcraft in the Forfar witch hunts of 1661-1666.
  
  ## Gallery
  
  * Dunnichen Stone; Class I Pictish Stone from nearby Dunnichen.
  * The Kirriemuir 1 Stone.
  * Rear of the Kirriemuir 2 stone.
  