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museums & Galleries

The museums, galleries and monuments which comprise the City of Edinburgh Museums and Galleries range from a series of historic buildings strung along the crowded medieval Royal Mile, to the spacious grounds of Lauriston Castle overlooking the river Forth at Crammond. The city centre skyline is dominated by the Scott and Nelson Monuments. Highlights:

The National Museum of Scotland
The National Museum of Scotland – two iconic buildings, one amazing museum. The collections in the landmark Museum of Scotland building tell you the story of Scotland its land, its people and culture. The Royal Museum building, with its magnificent glass ceiling, houses international collections covering nature to art, culture to science. Some exhibits are millions of years old, others less than a decade.

National Gallery of Scotland
The National Gallery of Scotland, oldest of the five Galleries, in the heart of Edinburgh on The Mound. Home to Scotland's greatest collection of European paintings and sculpture from the Renaissance to Post-Impressionism. Known today as the Royal Scottish Academy Building, and a major venue for exhibitions, the Gallery also boasts the largest and most comprehensive collection of Scottish paintings in the world.

The City Art Centre
Located in the heart of the capital, with six exhibition galleries, the City Art Centre is Scotland's emporium of the visual arts. It is both home of the City's collection of Scottish Art, and one the UK's leading temporary exhibition spaces. One of Britain's most visited exhibition centres. Over 3,500 works of Scottish art: paintings, watercolours, drawings, prints, photographs, sculpture and tapestries, including works by McTaggart, Fergusson, Peploe and Eardley.

Edinburgh Museum
The Museum of Edinburgh is home to important collections relating to the history of Edinburgh, from prehistoric times to the present day. If you know the story of 'Greyfriars Bobby', you will be thrilled to see his collar and feeding bowl, and the original plaster model for the bronze statue in Candlemaker Row.

Great treasures include the National Covenant, signed by Scotland's presbyterian leadership in 1638, and collections of Scottish pottery and items relating to Field Marshal Earl Haig are of national importance.

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