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Chambers Street
EH1 1JF City of Edinburgh
United Kingdom -
+44 131 247 4422
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Neighborhood :
Old Town
- Mon from 10:00 AM to 05:00 PM,Wed to Sat from 10:00 AM to 05:00 PM,Tue from 10:00 AM to 08:00 PM,Sun from 12:00 AM to 05:00 PM
The Royal Museum is a huge and wondrous "bird-cage" building in the Victorian mold. 36 galleries host exhibitions covering a whole host of topics, from the natural world—palaeontology, geology, etc—to technology and science. Admire the oldest steam engine in the world and marvel at whale skeletons. Children in particular will be drawn to the weird and wonderful specimens in jars. Art from the Orient and north Mediterranean is also on display, including pieces from Korea and ancient Egypt. Next door is the recently opened Museum of Scotland, which chronicles the history of the Scots.
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A must see half day visit for tourists and locals.Despite current redevelopment more than enough to interest adults and children.For a family on tour it's...
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The Royal Museum is one of the nicest, lightest places you'll walk into in Edinburgh. Its main hall is flooded with light and adds a tinkly airines...
The Royal Museum on Chamber street is not what I expected. Expectations: stuffy, stodgy, overbearing and baroque. Those were some of the adjectives...
The entrance of this museum is just stunning. There is the glass ceiling up above with the light pouring in and the balconies to the side. The tw...
This place is excellent and it’s free, I remember being a kid wandering around the place for hours and I still do. The building is a magnificent s...
The Royal Museum is one of Edinburgh's most popular visitor attractions. Its free entry - donations, of course, are very welcome - makes it accessi...
Free and very intresting.they sometimes hire some of the little rooms.The millenium clock is also intresting to look at too..the coffee shop is div...
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One of the best museums of its type in the world
It is presented in a logical pattern that allows visitors to "walk through time". I only had a half day there and I am planning a return trip ...
Well worth a visit
Try to visit to this museum on your Edinburgh trip. If you can, join one of the guided tours. My guide was well informed and went out of her wa...
Enjoyable
From the outside this building doesn't look very special, go in and you can have hours of fun. Children of all ages would enjoy this place, so ...
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