Carnegie Hall, Dunfermline

{{Short description|Theatre in Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}

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|style=Art Deco

|opened=1937}}

Carnegie Hall is an Art Deco theatre located in Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland.{{cite web|url=https://www.onfife.com/venues/carnegie-hall |title=Carnegie Hall |publisher=ONFife |date= |accessdate=2018-08-31}} It was named after the industrialist and philanthropist Andrew Carnegie, who was born in Dunfermline.{{cite web |url=https://www.carnegiebirthplace.com/ |title=The Andrew Carnegie Birthplace Museum |accessdate=2019-08-13}}{{cite book |ref=MacKay |author=MacKay, J. A. |year=1997 |title=Little Boss: A life of Andrew Carnegie |publisher=Mainstream |isbn=978-1851588329}} Designed by architects Muirhead and Rutherford,{{cite web|url=https://www.onfife.com/venues/carnegie-hall/history |title=Carnegie Hall History |publisher=ONFife |date= |accessdate=2018-08-31}} it was officially opened in 1937 and was designated a Category B listed building in 1993.{{HEScotland|num=LB26066 |desc=EAST PORT, CARNEGIE HALL, INCLUDING BOUNDARY WALL AND STEPS TO NORTH |accessdate=2018-08-31}}

Billy Connolly recorded his 1976 album Atlantic Bridge at both at the Dunfermline theatre and at Carnegie Hall in New York.

The Music Institute, which is adjoined to Carnegie Hall, was once called Benachie House and was converted into the institute between 1933 and 1937.{{cite web |title=Carnegie Hall - Dictionary of Scottish Architects |url=http://www.scottisharchitects.org.uk/building_full.php?id=212611 |website=www.scottisharchitects.org.uk |access-date=16 April 2022}} The original house dates from around 1865.{{cite book |last1=Gifford |first1=John |title=Fife |date=2002 |publisher=Penguin |location=London |isbn=9780300096736 |page=188}}