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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Apr 22, 2025
Since I am a resident of Edinburgh (surrounding areas). This was a great place to go as a child and a great place to go now, there is so much to explore in such a beautiful place, my personal favouri…Full review by Stay29379291427
Apr 21, 2025
Too much stuff crammed into a big space. Seems very unorganised and too crowded for the visitors it receives. The only good thing was the cafe and it was free as we were too tired from the weekend se…Full review by Tia F
Apr 19, 2025
This place is amazing!!! As a family we could easily have spent 3-4 hrs here- and that includes teenagers. It’s so much bigger than expected.Full review by Claire M
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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