Explore the diversity of the natural world, world cultures, science and technology, art, design and fashion, and Scottish history, all under one roof.
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May 12, 2025
A small and easy-to-navigate museum. Our child especially enjoyed the sections with animals and transport vehicles—they were very engaging. The fact that admission is free is also a big plus. If you …Full review by drfaki
May 9, 2025
The museum is fabulous and it's free although great to leave something! Lots of floors with so many different displays. Go to the top floor for a view of Edinburgh castle, and work your way down, lov…Full review by 309jacquic
May 7, 2025
My wife, sister and I, all of us senior citizens, visited the museum and it was a superb way to spend a few hours. My wife and I visited the museum last time we were up from Leicester, but did not ha…Full review by AlexTheJock
Is the museum open on good friday March 29? does anyone know
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I realise that my reply is pretty late, given it’s now Friday morning, but I would be very surprised if they were not open. Everything that we had planned for London is open, a …
I realise that my reply is pretty late, given it’s now Friday morning, but I would be very surprised if they were not open. Everything that we had planned for London is open, a copy with slightly reduced hours
We missed seeing any of the Scotland story exhibits. We used the Chambers Street entrance. Should we have used a different one as there seems to be no direct link from the main museum to any of the Scotland areas.
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Not sure I understand your question. We entered through Chambers Street. I believe that is the main entrance. There is access to the entire museum from that entrance. Seems …
Not sure I understand your question. We entered through Chambers Street. I believe that is the main entrance. There is access to the entire museum from that entrance. Seems we went up some stairs from entrance and that took us to the main multi story room. From there all the exhibits and rooms were available.
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