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National Museum of Scotland

Superb museum of Scotland's heritage. You enter into the lofty Victorian Grand Gallery, where the millennium clock chimes on the hour. Exhibition halls cover Scottish and world history and culture, science, technology, art and design, and natural history. Dolly the sheep, the 12th-century Lewis chess pieces, and dinosaurs are some of the highlights. NMS also run the War Museum in the castle, the Museum of Flight near Gullane, and the Museum of Rural Life in East Kilbride.

  • Wi-Fi
  • Free entry
  • Wheelchair accessible
Address
Chambers St EH1 1JF
Hours
Daily 10AM-5PM
Price
Free

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Updated 27 Sept 2026. Something wrong? Tell us.