The house was refurbished in 2004 with funding from the National lottery and exhibitions taking place in the gallery space often make reference to the natural world. Inverleith...

Edinburgh has a wealth of institutions serving the visual arts, but perhaps none is quite as grand as the National Gallery of Scotland. The gallery boasts excellent collections...

With Edinburgh's Tolbooth long since consigned to the annals of history, the Canongate Tolbooth is one of the most emotionally resonant buildings in the Old Town. It's where...

You name it, Edinburgh has a museum for it. Staffed by friendly coppers (indeed, it's a working police office), this small room has information on almost every aspect of...

The Royal Museum is in the throes of a Herculean reinvention (due to finish in 2011) and now forms part of the National Museum of Scotland. The beautifully airy main hall, with...

William Playfair's vast building is effectively a large-scale temporary exhibition space, supplementing big-ticket blockbusters of the likes of Monet and Titian with shows...

Occupying a building designed in the 1820s as an institution for fatherless children, the permanent collection features numerous well-established artists, with a strong showing...

Through the unassuming doorway and past a bright café selling organic and homemade food, a light, airy space holds a free permanent exhibition entitled 'Scotland's Stories'....

Here you can trace the history of medicine in the city from 1505, through to the development of modern surgical techniques. One of the real curios is a pocketbook covered with...