The headquarters of Edinburgh's library service was built in 1870 and today houses the Edinburgh Room, the Scottish Department, and reference, fiction and lending libraries....
George IV BridgeDesigned by Robert Adam and planned while North Bridge was still being built, General Register House first opened in 1789, despite being only half complete. Under architect...
2 Princes StreetScotland's purpose-built General Register Office, completed in 1863, contains records of all births, marriages and deaths in the country since 1855, census records up to 1901,...
3 West Register StreetFounded as recently as 1925 (its functions were previously fulfilled by the Faculty of Advocates Library at Parliament House), the NLS is one of the UK's deposit libraries,...
George IV BridgeFounded in 1984, the Scottish Poetry Library is housed in an impressive contemporary building, one of the unlikely architectural surprises concealed down Edinburgh's closes....
5 Crichton's Close