Museum · Old Town
National Museum of Scotland
Chambers Street, Edinburgh EH1 1JF
Scotland's national museum of history, science, nature and world cultures, on Chambers Street in the Old Town. A Victorian glass-roofed hall joins a 1998 sandstone wing devoted to Scottish history. Entry is free, with charges for some major exhibitions.
Permanent exhibitions
- Scottish history from prehistory to today
- Dolly the sheep
- Lewis Chessmen
- Natural world galleries with a T. rex skeleton cast
- Grand Gallery in the Victorian building
- Science and technology galleries
- World cultures and ancient Egypt galleries
