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National Museum of Scotland

The National Museum of Scotland is the national museum on Chambers Street in Edinburgh, with collections of Scottish history, natural history, world cultures, science, and art and design.

Why go

The National Museum of Scotland on Chambers Street, Edinburgh, is part of National Museums Scotland and combines what Wikidata records as two earlier museums, the Museum of Scotland and the Royal Museum. Its listing on Forever Edinburgh, the City of Edinburgh Council's visitor site, which is supplied by the venue, says it brings together the history of Scotland, the natural world, world cultures, scientific breakthroughs and art, design and fashion, with over 20,000 objects on display from Dolly the sheep to dinosaurs. Entry arrangements are set by National Museums Scotland, and this record states none, so check its own site before a visit. This record is the Chambers Street museum, not National Museums Scotland's other sites.

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Edinburgh

Edinburgh is Scotland's capital city. Forever Edinburgh, the City of Edinburgh Council's destination marketing service, lists Leith, a historical port, among the city's own neighbourhoods and Midlothian among its day trips outside Edinburgh.

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