Edinburgh Museums and Galleries |
Edinburgh is home to a large number of museums and libraries, especially ones that are considered the main national institutions, the most important are the Museum of Scotland, the Royal Museum, the National Library of Scotland, National War Museum of Scotland, the Museum of Edinburgh, Museum of Childhood (Edinburgh) and the Royal Society of Edinburgh.
Edinburgh museums, galleries and monuments which comprise the City of Edinburgh Museums and Galleries include a series of historic buildings along the crowded Edinburgh Royal Mile, to the spacious grounds of Lauriston Castle which overlooks the River Forth at Crammond. The distinctive heritage of the Edinburgh maritime communities of Queensferry and Newhaven are celebrated. The Edinburgh city centre skyline is dominated by the Scott and Nelson Monuments. A stone's throw from the main thoroughfare, Princes Street, the City Art Centre is both home to an outstanding collection of Scottish art and Scotland's premier temporary exhibition venue. City Art Centre, 2 Market Street, Edinburgh, EH1 1DE Phone 0131 529 3993 Collective Gallery, 22-28 Cockburn Street, Edinburgh, EH1 1NY Phone 0131 220 1260 Dean Gallery, Belford Road, Edinburgh, EH4 3DS Phone 0131 624 6200 DOM Gallery, 8 Advocate's Close, Royal Mile, Edinburgh, EH1 1PS Phone 0131 225 9271 Edinburgh College of Art, Lauriston Place, Edinburgh, EH3 9DP Phone 0131 221 6000 Edinburgh Printmakers Workshop and Gallery, 23 Union Street, Edinburgh, EH1 3LR Phone 0131 557 2479 Fruitmarket Gallery, 45 Market Street, Edinburgh, EH1 1DF Phone 0131 225 2383 Holyrood Park, Entrance at foot of Royal Mile, Edinburgh, EH8 8DX Phone 0131 556 1761 Inverleith House, Royal Botanic Garden, Arboretum Place, Edinburgh, EH3 5LR Phone 0131 552 7171 Lauriston Castle, Cramond Road South, Edinburgh, EH4 5QD Phone 0131 336 2060 Museum of Childhood, 42 High Street, Edinburgh, EH1 1TQ Phone 0131 529 4142 Museum of Edinburgh, 142 Canongate, Royal Mile, Edinburgh, EH8 8DD Phone 0131 529 4143 Museum of Flight, East Fortune Airfield, East Lothian EH39 5LF Phone 01620 880308 Museum of Musical Instruments (Reid), Reid Concert Hall, Bristo Square, Edinburgh, EH8 9AL Museum of Musical Instruments (St Cecilia's), St Cecilia's Hall, Niddry Street, Cowgate, Edinburgh, EH1 1LJ Museum of Scotland, 1 Chambers Street, Edinburgh, EH1 1JF Phone 0131 247 4422 Museum on the Mound, HBOS Headquarters, The Mound, Edinburgh, EH1 1YZ Phone 0131 243 5464 National Gallery of Scotland, The Mound, Edinburgh, EH2 2EL National Library of Scotland, George IV Bridge, Edinburgh, EH1 1EW Phone 0131 623 3700 National War Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh Castle, Edinburgh, EH1 2NG Phone 0131 225 7534 Newhaven Heritage Museum, Pier Place, Newhaven Harbour, Edinburgh, EH6 4LP Phone 0131 529 4139 Niche Gallery, 6-7 High Street , South Queensferry , West Lothian, EH30 9PP Phone 0131 319 2444 No 28, Charlotte Square 28 Charlotte Square, Edinburgh, EH2 4ET Phone 0131 243 9339 Patriothall Gallery, 1d Patriothall, off Hamilton Place, Edinburgh, EH3 5AY Phone 0131 552 2067 Photographic Exhibition Centre, 68 Great King Street, Edinburgh, EH3 6QU Phone 0131 449 6209 Queensferry Museum, 53 High Street, South Queensferry, EH30 9HP Phone 0131 331 1590 Royal Botanic Garden, 20a Inverleith Row, Edinburgh, EH3 5LR Royal Museum, 11 Chambers Street, Edinburgh, EH1 1JF Royal Scottish Academy, Building Mound, Edinburgh, EH2 2EL Scottish Mining Museum, Lady Victoria Colliery, Newtongrange, EH22 4QN Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Belford Road, Edinburgh, EH4 3DR Scottish National Portrait Gallery, 1 Queen Street, Edinburgh, EH2 1JD Scottish Poetry Library, 5 Crichton's Close, Canongate, Edinburgh, EH8 8DT Scottish Storytelling Centre, 43-45 High Street, EH1 1SR Stills Gallery, 23 Cockburn Street, Edinburgh, EH1 1BP Surgeons' Hall Museum, Royal College of Surgeons, Nicolson Street, Edinburgh, EH8 9DW Talbot Rice Gallery, University of Edinburgh, Old College, South Bridge, Edinburgh, EH8 9YL The Embassy, 76 East Crosscauseway, Edinburgh, EH8 9HQ The People's Story, Canongate Tolbooth, 163 Canongate, Royal Mile, Edinburgh, EH8 8BN The Queen's Gallery, The Palace of Holyroodhouse, Edinburgh, EH8 Writers' Museum, Lady Stair's Close, Lawnmarket, Royal Mile, Edinburgh, EH1 2PA |
