Around Edinburgh  -  Blackford

Museum of Scotland

 

Excavations at the west end of Chamber Street  -  1990s

Excavations for Museum of Scotland - Photograph taken 1990s

©  Reproduced with acknowledgement to Ian Scott, Hazelmere, Buckinghamshire, England.

Museum of Scotland

Museum Excavations

This view looks from Chamber Street across the excavation site for the Museum of Scotland.  In the background are:

-  John Donald & Co, China, Glass and Earthenware merchants at Bristo Port (still there now, 2006) and

-  the former North Free Church, at the junction of North Bridge, Bristo Place and Forrest Road, now the Bedlam Theatre, owned by Edinburgh University and run by students.

Museum Opened 1998

The Museum of Scotland opened in Chamber Street, next door to the Royal Museum of Scotland, in 1998.  The two museums are linked together internally.

The museum of Scotland is dedicated to the history, people and culture of Scotland.

 

 

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