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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
Mar 21, 2025
In all the many years I have been visiting Edinburgh of which there were many, this is the very first time we have ever visited the museum and it is most certainly not the last. What a fabulous museu…Full review by Edith G
Mar 17, 2025
Great museum, plenty to see! The jewels and gems sections is one of my favorites, along with the exhibits about the various animals.Full review by 907blaked
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.
Is there parking as I don’t want to get the train through and then a taxi?
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There website states there is off-site parking at nearby NCP car parks. If you are coming to Edinburgh via Waverley train station, the National Museum of Scotland is a 10 minute (0.5 mile) walk.
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