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 3, 2025
If you're got lots of time to spare, definitely visit this museum. It is absolutely huge! Mad to think it's for free. We spent a good 2/3 hours here and loved it all. There's so much from animals, to…Full review by C534LKshannonf
Mar 27, 2025
Went to National Museum of Scotland and was very impressed how with how modern, interactive, great views and information on history of Scotland and friendly staff. This is a huge free museum and is w…Full review by Jpcsimpson
Mar 22, 2025
Visiting the National Museum of Scotland is time well spent. A thousand exhibits or more and all are well done, from the most recent technological advancements to ancient relics of natural history. W…Full review by Robert F
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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