How few are your hours in Edinburgh? There's the Museum of Scotland <http://www.nms.ac.uk/scotland/home/index.asp>, next door to the Royal Museum <http://www.nms.ac.uk/royal/home/index.asp> (both are parts of the National Museums of Scotland) in Chambers Street. There are the City Council's museums the People's Story, Museum of Childhood and the Museum of Edinburgh (aka 'Huntly House') all on the Royal Mile, and the City Art Centre down the steps by Waverley Station (that's Edinburgh's main station). Information all on the unfortunately-acronymed City Art Centre web site (when are they going to get a decent site up? <http://www.cac.org.uk/> ). 

Dynamic Earth <http://www.dynamicearth.co.uk/default2.asp> at the Holyrood end of the Royal Mile (nice view of Arthur's Seat, though not stricto sensu a museum). At the other end of the Royal Mile there's the Castle <http://www.historic-scotland.gov.uk/properties_sites_detail.htm?propertyID=PL_121>, which includes a couple of Regimental Museums and the National War Museum as well as the castle itself. Then there's Mary King's Close <http://www.realmarykingsclose.com/Templates/MKC_Default.asp?mID=Content&uID=180> (again though, it's not strictly a museum) halfway down the Royal Mile.

Of course, you could always come out here to Dunbar (on the train it's only half an hour/30 miles) and visit John Muir's Birthplace <http://www.jmbt.org.uk/>. I'm sitting in my office just down the street from it now looking out over the sea, and it's a beautiful day.

Enjoy your trip!

Best wishes

Pete
-- 
Peter M Gray
Museums Officer
East Lothian Council
www.eastlothian.gov.uk/museums
www.eastlothianmuseums.org

> 
> 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.
> 
> 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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