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My favourite

My favourite building: George McGavin and the National Museums of Scotland

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Apr 19, 2026
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I GREW up in Edinburgh and would often travel by bus to The Royal Scottish Museum in Chambers Street where I would spend the afternoon wandering about looking at the displays that encompassed science and technology, natural history, and world cultures.

There were stuffed animals from all over the world, scientific equipment, steam locomotives, engines (s…

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