# The best museums in Edinburgh

Dolly the Sheep, the Lewis chessmen and a lot of free entry: Edinburgh's best museums and galleries.

- 157 votes · 14 items
- Feb 24, 2022 · tripnerd81
- https://even.best/en/l/2873/the-best-museums-in-edinburgh

## Top 14

1. **National Museum of Scotland** (13 · ▲18 ▼5) — Dolly the Sheep and the Lewis chessmen, free entry.
2. **Dynamic Earth** (13 · ▲14 ▼1) — Interactive earth science under a white tent roof.
3. **Surgeons' Hall Museums** (11 · ▲13 ▼2) — Anatomy specimens and surgical history.
4. **Scottish National Gallery** (11 · ▲12 ▼1) — Old masters at the foot of the Mound.
5. **Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art** (10 · ▲12 ▼2) — Two neoclassical buildings and a sculpture park.
6. **Scottish National Portrait Gallery** (10 · ▲11 ▼1) — Red sandstone palace on Queen Street.
7. **Royal Yacht Britannia** (8 · ▲9 ▼1) — The Queen's former yacht, moored in Leith.
8. **Museum of Childhood** (6 · ▲6 ▼0) — Toys and games on the Royal Mile.
9. **Talbot Rice Gallery** (6 · ▲6 ▼0) — University of Edinburgh's gallery in Old College.
10. **Museum of Edinburgh** (5 · ▲9 ▼4) — City history in Huntly House on the Canongate.
11. **St Cecilia's Hall** (5 · ▲6 ▼1) — Historic music room with early instruments.
12. **Camera Obscura and World of Illusions** (5 · ▲5 ▼0) — Victorian camera obscura and optical illusions.
13. **The Writers' Museum** (4 · ▲8 ▼4) — Burns, Scott and Stevenson in Lady Stair's House.
14. **The People's Story** (2 · ▲4 ▼2) — Everyday life of Edinburgh's working people.

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