> 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
>
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