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Royal Museum (Edinburg)

Description: Chambers Street, Edinburgh EH1 1JF. Tel: (+44) 131 225 7534 (voice), (+44) 131 247 4027 (Minicom). Fax: (+44) 131 200 ... more

Royal Museum (Edinburg) ... 200 4819. The museum contains artefacts from around the world, encompassing geology, archaeology, natural history, science, technology and art. One of the more notable exhibits is Dolly the sheep, the first successful clone of a mammal from an adult cell. Other highlights include Ancient Egypt, one of Elton John's extravagant suits, the suspended whale skeleton and the Millennium clock. The wing which contains the aforementioned whale skeleton is temporarily closed for renovation, and will reopen in 2007.

Newest Review: ... each species. In the main hall there was a café with waitress service and at the back of the building there was a Tea Room. This room was pleasant enough but there was a very limited choice of food and it appeared to be very under staffed as you had to queue for ages to get served and it looked like the tables hadn’t been cleared for a long time. After clearing our own table we did ... more

... enjoy the snacks we had there and the prices were OK. Also on the ground floor were the special exhibitions. At the time that we visited there were three special exhibitions: * Awesome Insects. This was aimed at the younger members of the family with load...more

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Royal Museum (Edinburg): Insects to Elephants. (820 words)
by daseaford - written on 23.04.01 (Very useful, 24 readings)
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This museum is primarily a natural history museum, and a very good one. You are impressed from the moment you walk into this building as the main hall has an extremely high glass-topped roof with balconies at each level that are all very ornate and attractive. In the centre of the hall was a large indoor fish pond with Catfish and Goldfish, where you could sit on the surrounding wall and stroke the Catfish in the water. From the 1st April 2001 entrance to this museum has been free and that is wonderful news for visitors for such a big museum. The museum is split over three floors. On the Ground Floor are a lot of displays of stuffed animals featuring ...

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