Attractions near Cockburn Museum of Geology

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Cockburn Museum of Geology

King's Building, West Mains Road, Edinburgh, Lothian EH9 3JF - Scotland, UK

The Cockburn Museum of Geology is one of the museums that is owned and maintained by the prestigious and ancient University of Edinburgh. Dedicated to the study of rocks and the minerals that make up the earth on which...

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Attractions near Cockburn Museum of Geology

A selection of attractions close to Cockburn Museum of Geology:

South Side Museum (1.6 Miles)

The South Side Museum is located in the Gray Room, and displays a range of artefacts from the industrial past of this area. There...

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Craigmillar Castle (1.6 Miles)

Craigmillar Castle is a well preserved 15th and 16th Century old ruin. It is located about three miles south-east from Edinburgh city centre and very...

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Sir Jules Thorn Exhibition (1.9 Miles)

Adjacent to the Playfair Hall at the very heart of Edinburgh, this museum is dedicated to exploring and illustrating the scope of modern surgery and...

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Arthur’s Seat (2.1 Miles)

Arthur’s Seat dominates the Edinburgh skyline and can be seen here rising behind Calton Hill. Located in Holyrood Park, it can be climbed in an...

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Our Dynamic Earth (2.1 Miles)

Our Dynamic Earth is a fantastic journey of discovery through the story of our planet. Travel back in time and witness the big bang from...

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Scottish Poetry Library (2.3 Miles)

The Scottish Poetry Library was founded in 1984 and has in a relatively short time amassed an incredible collection of poetic works from many hundreds...

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Holyrood Palace (2.4 Miles)

The official Scottish residence of Her Majesty the Queen is based in the huge public Holyrood Park at the end of the Royal Mile, opposite...

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The Queen's Gallery (2.4 Miles)

The Queen's Gallery is a purpose-built modern art gallery and museum in the shell of the former Holyrood Free Church and Duchess of Gordon's School....

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The People's Story (2.4 Miles)

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...

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Talbot Rice Gallery (2.4 Miles)

The Talbot Rice Gallery is the main public art gallery of the University of Edinburgh and is committed to showing a diverse range of exhibitions...

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Mercat Tours Ltd. (2.4 Miles)

Haunted underground locations, dramatic ghost tours, candlelit vaults, fascinating history walks - no visit to Edinburgh would be complete without taking a Mercat tour! Every...

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National Museums of Scotland (2.4 Miles)

The National Museums of Scotland show Scotland to the World and the World to Scotland, through extensive collections built up over more than two centuries,...

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Royal Museum of Scotland (2.4 Miles)

The Royal Museum is a magnificent Victorian building which houses international collections of Decorative Arts, Science and Industry, Archaeology and the Natural World. Explore 36...

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Greyfriars Bobby (2.5 Miles)

Greyfriars Bobby is the world-famous Skye Terrier who did not leave his masters grave for fourteen years. He and his master John Gray are buried...

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Museum of Childhood (2.5 Miles)

Once described as the “Noisiest museum of the world”, the Museum of Childhood is a treasure house, crammed full of objects telling of childhood past...

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(All distances are direct and may be longer by road)