The Royal Museum

The National Museum of Scotland comprises two linked buildings in Chambers Street, Edinburgh:

The Royal Museum, built 1861.
The Museum of Scotland, built 1990s.

Royal Museum, Edinburgh  -  2008

Inside the Royal  Museum, Chamber Street, Edinburgh  -  2008

©  Peter Stubbs.   www.edinphoto.org.uk                      Photograph taken April 27, 2008

 

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    Inside the Royal  Museum, Chamber Street, Edinburgh  -  2008 ©

 

Royal Museum

The Main Hall

This photo was taken, looking down from the first floor balcony to the Main Hall of the Royal Museum on April 27, 2008, the day that the museum closed its doors to the  public, to undergo three years of refurbishment.

Entertainment provided on this occasion, a Sunday afternoon, included music and Scottish Country Dancing in the Main Hall in front of the Millennium Clock.

From foreground to background:

-  Scottish Country Dancing in front of the Millennium Clock

-  Two Goldfish Pools

-  The Café

 

Royal Museum

Around Edinburgh

 

 

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