Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Best Smaller Museums
Museum of Edinburgh
The city: Stone Age to 20th century. (
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People's Story
The life and work of ordinary Edinburgh folk from the 18th century on-
ward. (
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Surgeons' Hall Museums
Grisly but fascinating collection on the history of surgery. (
Writers' Museum
All you ever wanted to know about Robert Burns, Walter Scott and
Robert Louis Stevenson. (
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Worth a Trip
The grounds of 19th-century Bonnington House, 10 miles west of Edinburgh, have been conver-
ted into a gorgeous sculpture park called
Jupiter Artland
( 01506-889 900;
www.jupiterartland.org
;
Bonnington House Steadings, Wilkieston; adult/child £8.50/4.50; 10am-5pm Thu-
Sun late May-mid-Sep)
. It showcases works by a clutch of Britain's leading artists. First Edinburgh
bus 27 departs every 30 minutes (hourly on Sunday) from stops on Princes St and Dalry Rd.
Best Museum Architecture
Scottish National Portrait Gallery
Gorgeous palace in Venetian Gothic style, studded
with sculptures of famous Scots. (
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National Museum of Scotland
Staid Victorian building set off by flamboyant modern ex-
tension in golden sandstone. (
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Museum of Edinburgh
Set in a 16th-century house with colourful and ornate decoration
in red and yellow ochre. (
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