Treading the thin line between public edutainment and contemporary art, this six-floor gallery positively dwarfs the Fruitmarket opposite, but tends to have problems grappling...

This popular café draws everyone from juice-sipping students to grannies out with the grandchildren. Some of the teas and coffees are first-rate (and organic), but there's also...

The extensive collection of toys and childhood mementos stretches back decades, to when lead soldiers and china-headed dolls were state-of-the-art toys, but also runs through...

The museum, previously known as the Museum of Scotland before merging with the Royal Museum, was judged to be the Scottish Building of the Year after its opening in 1998....

Our Dynamic Earth is located near the former home of Edinburgh-born James Hutton, the so-called 'Father of Geology'. It's anyone's guess what he'd make of its ultra-modern,...

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...

This fresh, modern café has a reputation for decent food and delicious smoothies. The clientele is more varied than you might expect given its proximity to the Royal Mile;...