It will hold 4, 500 artefacts, including the original manuscript of Tam O'Shanter.
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The museum will be built in the car park of the current Tam O'Shanter Experience, a visitor centre owned by South Ayrshire Council close to the historic cottage.
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Another show written and performed in Scots, Tam o'Shanter, is a large-scale production by the Communicado theatre company - who have adapted Robert Burns' famous poem for the stage.
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