Most reviewed National museums in Edinburgh, United Kingdom to visit (Updated January, 2024)

Most reviewed National museums in Edinburgh

Explore the city's most talked-about destinations, sorted by the number of reviews. The higher the position on the list, the greater the number of reviews for each place. Discover the pulse of Edinburgh through these extensively reviewed and popular spots. This list contains 12 places from National museum category.

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National Museum of Scotland

National museum

Bright, modern museum housing Scottish industrial history relics, natural history displays & a cafe.

4.80 (46K reviews) (~0.72 km from centre)

Locomotion

Museum

Part of the 2-venue biggest railway museum in the world, with locomotives and interactive displays.

4.60 (3.6K reviews) (~177.66 km from centre)

National Museum Of Flight

Museum

Outdoor museum with 4-hangar collection of aircraft, including Concorde and Boeing 707 to board.

4.70 (2.9K reviews) (~29.53 km from centre)

National Museum of the Royal Navy Hartlepool

National museum

Quayside attraction capturing Nelson's time period, with museum, costumed guides and 1817 warship.

4.70 (2K reviews) (~188.19 km from centre)

National War Museum

National museum

Edinburgh Castle's exhibition tracing Scotland's military history from 17th-century to present day.

4.50 (1.1K reviews) (~0.98 km from centre)

National Trust - Ormesby Hall

Museum

Grand 18th-century mansion and estate, also available to hire for weddings and corporate events.

$$ $$

4.60 (1.1K reviews) (~201.82 km from centre)

National Museum of Rural Life

Museum

Family museum exploring farming history with a 1950s working farm, animals and interactive displays.

4.60 (1.1K reviews) (~67.42 km from centre)

National Mining Museum Scotland

Museum

Colliery museum with collection of machinery and hands-on exhibits, plus guided tours by ex-miners.

4.60 (870 reviews) (~12.69 km from centre)

Kelvin Hall Open Collections

Museum

National Library digital & moving image archives, plus varied museum exhibits in a 1926 building.

4.50 (527 reviews) (~69.52 km from centre)

Blackpool RNLI Lifeboat Station

Volunteer organization

👍👍 I am away with my family for a holiday to Blackpool. Yesterday the boat was launched for a rescue. I was amazed at how fast and efficiently they got this done. It was only minutes and they were back with someone the team had rescued. These men and women that work for the RNLI are hero's and shoul...

4.70 (161 reviews) (~238.11 km from centre)

National Museums Collection Centre

Museum

👍👍 I actually worked security here way back in 2003-04 it was a fascinating place but back then it wasn’t open to the public , I’m glad they have finally given people the opportunity to visit this place

4.80 (77 reviews) (~4.13 km from centre)

National Trust - Belmont Tower

Cafe

🫤 Not really sure what to do here not really a tourist attraction for trust members only really good for a cake and coffee not much to see strange set up where all the room seems to be used for meetings and business purposes

$$ $$

4.30 (52 reviews) (~226.74 km from centre)

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Most reviewed National museums in Edinburgh, United Kingdom