Oh Boy... a couple of hours in Auld Reekie is not enough! I agree with
Cheryl Kramer's recommendations (a fellow St Andrean I believe???), but
I don't think that you would have time to see all of that. If you are
really hard-pressed for time, I think the only thing you really can do
is the Royal Mile starting with the Castle built on the old volcano and
walking down the mile toward Holyrood Palace. From the Castle in
particular you have a great view of the landscape and how the site was
chosen centuries ago for defense.

There are a lot of interesting temptations on the walk down the Royal
Mile which I would encourage you to investigate if you have the time -
Gladstone's Land (a 17th Century merchant's home), St Giles Cathedral
and John Knox's house is right on the way...

Don't forget a wee dram to warm your bones.

Best,
Ware

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-----Original Message-----
From: Museum discussion list [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On
Behalf Of Cheryl Kramer
Sent: Wednesday, July 20, 2005 5:58 AM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: British visit recommendations

> I'm taking my first trip to Britain next month, spending several days
in
> Glasgow, a few hours in Edinburgh and a day (yikes!) in London.
>
> I work at a medium sized natural history museum in California and
various
> parts of my job include exhibits, collections and programming. Much of
our
> audience is children.
>
Hi Bob,

I lived in Edinburgh for many years and I used to take visitors to the 
Botanic Gradens, which are beautiful.  Inverlieth House Gallery is on
the
site, and there iss currently and exhibiotn of the work of Ian Hamilton
Finlay that shouldn't be missed. 
http://www.rbge.org.uk/rbge/web/news/exhib.jsp

Also, Finlay's garden, Little Sparta, in the Borders is a real treat; it
takes about an hour to get there (I understand that they will have
shuttle
busses from one of the Galleries in conjunctions witht he exhibitoins in
honor of his 80th).

Just outside of Edinbirgh in the town of Rosslyn is the Rosslyn Chapel,
which is also definitley worth a visit.  You can take a bus from the
city
center to Rossyln.  http://www.rosslynchapel.org.uk/

In Edinburgh itself, the Fruitmarket Gallery
http://www.fruitmarket.co.uk/
 and the Ingleby Gallery http://www.inglebygallery.com/ are always worth
a
visit too.

Hope this helps!
Cheryl



> Does anyone on the list have any recommendations regarding "must not
miss"
> museums in any of the above cities that might be of interest to
someone in
> this whirlwind travel situation? The subject matter of the museum is
much
> less important than my interest in checking out interesting
> display/programming. I'm expecting to go as a tourist, though if
someone
> on
> the list has an offer I can't refuse...
>
> Failing alternative recommendations, a trip to the Burrell in Glasgow,
> (really brief) visits to NH Museum (esp. Darwin Centre) and British
Museum
> in London. and something along the Royal Mile in Edinburgh are what
I'm
> figuring on now.
>
> Thanks in advance - replying off list is probably proper for this.
>
> Bob
>
>
> Robert B Hole Jr
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> Walnut Creek, CA 94597
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