📌 Old Town, City of Edinburgh
★★★
🛠️ Museum open, but some galleries closed for maintenance (checked November 2024)
Attraction #1588 on the Royal Mile (or so it seems) is a little bit different. Edinburgh‘s Museum of Childhood turns out to be a fun, multi-floor nostalgia trip showcasing young people’s life: education, clothing and (especially) retro toys and games – and admission is free. The ground floor has benefitted from a fairly recent refurbishment, with some of the others undergoing a similar redesign at the time of our last visit in late 2024 – but the exhibits themselves are as old-fashioned as you’d expect. The place has all-age appeal: your average 8 year-old should love discovering the games on display, while your average 80 year-old will probably remember playing with them!
🌍 Location
📌 42 High Street, Royal Mile, 10-min walk southeast of Edinburgh Waverley station
🧭 O.S. Grid Reference: NT 261736
🛰️ GPS coordinates: 55.950368,-3.185454
🚌 Numerous local buses | 🚆 Edinburgh Waverley | 🚋 St Andrew Square (0.5 mi)
🚗 Car parks / street parking nearby (both charge)
📝 Key info
⌚ Daily
🎫 Free
