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earlier. Kids will love the fantasy paintings of Sir Joseph Noel Paton in Room B5; the in-
credibly detailed canvases are crammed with hundreds of tiny fairies, goblins and elves.
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National Museum of Scotland
Broad, elegant Chambers St is dominated by the long facade of the National Museum of Scotland. Its extensive col-
lections are spread between two buildings, one modern, one Victorian. The museum reopened to the public in 2011
after two years of major renovation and reconstruction.
The golden stone and striking modern architecture of the museum's new building, opened in 1998, is one of the
city's most distinctive landmarks. The five floors of the museum trace the history of Scotland from geological be-
ginnings to the 1990s, with many imaginative and stimulating exhibits - audio guides are available in several lan-
guages.
Highlights include the Monymusk Reliquary, a tiny silver casket dating from AD 750, which is said to have been
carried into battle with Robert the Bruce at Bannockburn in 1314; and some of the Lewis Chessmen, a set of charm-
ing 12th-century chess pieces carved from walrus ivory.
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