City Art Centre
Located in the heart of the capital, with six exhibition galleries, the City Art Centre is Scotland's emporium of the visual arts. It hosts an amazing range of temporary exhibitions.
Edinburgh College of Art
The eca has an international reputation as one of the most successful independent art colleges in the UK, and prides itself on its creativity, its co-operative atmosphere and its people. The atmosphere is truly international, with over one in five of our students coming from overseas. Degrees from the eca are validated and awarded by the University of Edinburgh, internationally recognised as a leading academic institution.
Health Scotland Library
The Health Scotland Library is a free national information resource for health promotion and behavioural sciences. open to anyone who lives or works in Scotland.
Heriot-Watt University Museum & Archive
The museum holds medicine-related archives and objects relating to teaching and research from the University’s origins in 1821 to today: from farriery and pharmacy to a diamond coated artificial hip joint and innovative medical textiles.
Heriot-Watt University Museum & Archive
The museum holds medicine-related archives and objects relating to teaching and research from the University’s origins in 1821 to today: from farriery and pharmacy to a diamond coated artificial hip joint and innovative medical textiles.
Hopetoun House
Hopetoun House is a unique gem of Europe’s architectural heritage and undoubtedly ‘Scotland’s finest stately home’. There is an extensive Estate archive including 17th century medical correspondence between Scottish Physicians and Herman Boerhavve of Leiden.
Linlithgow Story
The museum, run by the Linlithgow Heritage Trust, has documents relating to the life and work of surgeon David Waldie of Linlithgow (1813-1889), who worked with James Young Simpson on the discovery or chloroform for anaesthesia.
Lothian Health Services Archive
The LHSA is a rich repository for NHS institutional administrative and clinical records, private papers, photographs and objects relating to the history of health care in the Lothian region and the history of medicine in Scotland. Access is free to anyone with an interest in the records. Access Restrictions are applied where records are covered by the Data Protection Act and NHS Confidentiality Guidelines.
National Library of Scotland
Scotland's largest library and the world centre for the study of Scotland and the Scots, holding an extensive collection of historical material relating to medicine and health.
National Museums of Scotland
NMS is Scotland's national museum service, caring for many of Scotland's museum collections of national and international importance. The majority of medical items are to be found in the Royal Museum and the Museum of Scotland on Chambers Street, Edinburgh.
People's Story Museum
Housed in the late 16th century Canongate Tolbooth on Edinburgh's Royal Mile, The People's Story uses oral history, reminiscence and written sources to tell the story of the lives, work and leisure of the ordinary people of Edinbugh, from the late 18th century to the present day.
Queensferry Museum
Situated in the historic former royal burgh of Queensferry, on the south bank of the Forth, the museum commands magnificent views of the two great bridges spanning the Forth. Its collections trace the history of the people of Queensferry and Dalmeny, and include several items relating to pharmacy.
Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh
Founded in the 17th century as a 'physic garden' growing medicinal plants, this lovely garden still has many medicinal examples amongst its 15,000 species today, as well as an extensive reference library, herbarium and archive.
Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh
Scotland's largest historical medical library collection (started in 1682) housed in impressive portrait-lined 19th century premises, with over 50,000 printed monographs on subject areas that include medicine, botany, science and travel.
Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh Library and Archive
The library and archive of a 500 year old medical institution, is housed in William Henry Playfair’s handsome 1832 Surgeons’ Hall.
It contains over 40,000 volumes of manuscript and printed material on subject areas that include the history of medicine, anatomy, surgery and its specialties and the history of Edinburgh.
Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland
The RCAHMS records and interprets information about Scotland's built environment. Archives include hospitals, asylums and medical buildings throughout Scotland. Free public access.
Royal Scottish Academy
A collection of Scottish art, relating to the last 200 years. This contains anatomical manuals and engravings, including work by Durer, Vesalius and Albinus, and life drawings by Scottish nineteenth century artists.
Scottish National Portrait Gallery
The Scottish National Portrait Gallery provides a unique visual history of Scotland, told through the portraits of those who shaped it.
Scottish Poetry Library
Located in an award-winning building, the Scottish poetry Library is the nation poetry resource, offering free lending and reference facilities. Focused on modern Scottish poetry, the SPL also offers a wide range of world poetry and an excellent junior section.
Simpson House
Simpson House’s Discovery Room is the actual room where Simpson discovered the anaesthetic properties of chloroform. The room charts Simpson’s life through a display and video. The room holds exhibits including the decanter that Simpson passed round his assembled guests asking them to “inhale”.
Surgeons' Hall Museum, Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh
Located in a magnificent Playfair building dating from 1832, the Pathology Museum (on the upper floor of Surgeons' Hall) has one of the largest collections of pathological anatomy in the United Kingdom and provides valuable material for the study of human disease.
University of Edinburgh Library, Special Collections
Rich collections dating from the 17th century including manuscripts, printed books and medical papers.
University of Edinburgh, Anatomy Resource Centre
Historical examples of human and zoological anatomy, potted specimens used for the teaching of anatomy, dissections, microtomes and microcscopes, and featuring iconic items such as William Burke's skeleton.
West Lothian Council Heritage Services
West Lothian is the birthplace of Dr James Young Simpson who pioneered the use of chloroform as an anaesthetic and David Waldie, the Linlithgow pharmacist who recommended this chemical.
Writers' Museum
Material relating to Scottish writers – in particular, significant collections of portraits, manuscripts, books, memorabilia relating to Robert Burns, Sir Walter Scott and Robert Louis Stevenson, including Burns’ writing desk, Scott’s dining table, and Stevenson’s portable printing press.
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