Edinburgh & Lothians

National Museums of Scotland
Chambers Street
Edinburgh
EH1 1JF
website : http://www.nms.ac.uk
information : enquiries@nms.ac.uk
tel : 0131-247 4422

The collection holds some 700 items, relating to all aspects of medical history, including Fleming’s Nobel Prize for Medicine, 1945, for the discovery of penicillin. Among modern highlights are prototype apparatus used by John Mallard at Aberdeen when developing the first clinically useful MRI scanner, and early devices for CT scanning and obstetric ultrasound. Older material includes items relating to Scottish folk medicine.


opening months
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opening hours
mon : 10.00 to 5.00
tues : 10.00 to 8.00
wed : 10.00 to 5.00
thurs : 10.00 to 5.00
fri : 10.00 to 5.00
sat : 10.00 to 5.00
sun : 12.00 to 5.00


Admission free (except to special exhibitions)


admission
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child : n / a
senior citizen : n / a
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other concession : n / a
family : n / a
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facilities
Toilets : Yes
Disabled Access : Yes
Cafe / Restaurant : Yes
Hearing Loop : Yes
Gift Shop : Yes
Car Park : No

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Collections
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Fleming's Nobel medal
Nobel Prize for Medicine - large gold medal presented to Sir Alexander... more
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Mortar belonging to James Borthwick 1668
Mortar belonging to James Borthwick 1668. The apothecary James Borthwi... more