Aquariums, a moving walkway and a feely fish pool, plus films, educational lectures and a café are on offer here. You can even learn to dive to PADI-accepted standards among...

Military barracks, prison, royal residence, murder scene, birthplace of kings and queens… Edinburgh Castle has served a variety of purposes during the centuries it has stood...

This multi-million-pound climbing arena ran into financial problems just five months after it launched in late 2003, but by summer 2006 was in the final stages of being taken...

A mix of arty new films and classics is screened at the Filmhouse, which supplements its day-to-day programming with a variety of festivals (the annual Dead by Dawn is a gory...

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 Botanic Garden has delighted both plant-lovers and those just out for a casual stroll, for almost two centuries. The Botanics is one of Edinburgh's most peaceful...

At its peak in the 1970s, the Lyceum was at the vanguard of a renaissance in local theatre, and a breeding ground for leading directors such as Bill Bryden and Richard Eyre....

Launched in 1953, the year of Queen Elizabeth II's coronation, the Royal Yacht Britannia was used by the Royal Family for state visits, holidays and diplomatic functions for...

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...