Edinburgh Queen Street Museum

Description national museum of antiquities queen street edinburgh.
Edinburgh queen street museum. Step down and explore the rooms streets and spaces underneath the famous royal mile a unique glimpse into the city s past and edinburgh s only preserved 17th century street. The grande dame of edinburgh s museums only recently reopened after a three year 47m refurbishment with 16 new galleries and 8 000 objects 80 of which are being viewed for the first time. Catalogue number 551 1 4 7 23. The scottish national portrait gallery is an art museum on queen street edinburgh the gallery holds the national collections of portraits all of which are of but not necessarily by scots it also holds the scottish national photography collection.
Interior view from west of. 551 1 4 7 23 174 national museum of antiquities queen street edinburgh. The national war museum was founded at edinburgh castle in 1930 as the scottish united services museum to tell the story of scotland s armed forces. National museum of scotland.
The scottish national portrait gallery is one of edinburgh s most remarkable buildings a great red sandstone neo gothic palace which sits proudly on the city s skyline. The mound edinburgh eh2 2el we offer a gallery bus which runs regularly between all three galleries. National museum of scotland chambers street edinburgh eh1 1jf tel. All city centre princes street buses also pass the scottish national gallery.
The national museum of scotland in edinburgh scotland was formed in 2006 with the merger of the new museum of scotland with collections relating to scottish antiquities culture and history and the adjacent royal scottish museum so renamed in 1904 with collections covering science and technology natural history and world cultures. Journey back in time and follow in the footsteps of former residents. Photographs and off line digital images. Preview category catalogue number title date level.
30 of 96 museums in edinburgh excellent muséum that brings the local community spirit into close relationship with the bridges of the firth of forth lots of local culture history and the grand window that lends the perfect view. The scottish national gallery is a few minutes walk from waverley station. In 1970 it became part of the royal scottish museum and in 2000 the refurbished museum reopened as the national war museum of scotland. Since 1889 it has been housed in its red sandstone gothic revival building designed by robert rowand anderson and built between 1885 and 1890.