Explore the diversity of the natural world, world cultures, science and technology, art, design and fashion, and Scottish history, all under one roof.
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May 3, 2025
One of our favourite days out…so much to see, do and learn. Kids love all the interactive displays and there are some great children’s play areas! Always find the Egyptian section utterly fascinatin…Full review by Luisa M
Apr 30, 2025
Like most museums with so many rooms, themes and artifacts it's hard to take it all in. With so much to see and limited time I decided to focus on the Egyptian Gallery. It was great to see this fairl…Full review by ATraveller363
Apr 25, 2025
Was honestly a bit disappointed in this museum. The Natural history and section with the animals was great, but I went primarily for the Scottish history section which i found difficult to navigate b…Full review by janetc7575
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.
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