Visual art, Ancient history within 5 miles of Edinburgh

2 events within 5 miles

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Amazing Amber

Amber is beautiful as well as fascinating. It consists of fossilised tree resin, and since resin in liquid form is sticky, and amber is transparent, this means that insects, animals and plant material sometimes get trapped in it and are preserved intact, giving us a glimpse of life millions of years ago. The whole process…

National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh (1.0 miles)

Mon 20 May

Free / 0300 123 6789

Part of Edinburgh Art Festival.

  • 10:00 – 17:00

Tue 21 May

Free / 0300 123 6789

Part of Edinburgh Art Festival.

  • 10:00 – 17:00

Wed 22 May

Free / 0300 123 6789

Part of Edinburgh Art Festival.

  • 10:00 – 17:00
…and 109 more dates until 8 Sep

Mary, Queen of Scots

Was there ever a monarch as unlucky as Mary, Queen of Scots? Her father dies when she's six days old, turning his infant daughter into a political football. Then there are the increasingly inappropriate marriages to increasingly obnoxious husbands; the rebellions, the betrayals, more stabbings than any 24-year-old should…

National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh (1.0 miles)

Fri 28 Jun

£9 (£7.50; under 16s £6; under 12s free) / 0300 123 6789

Part of Edinburgh Art Festival.

  • 10:00 – 17:00

Sat 29 Jun

£9 (£7.50; under 16s £6; under 12s free) / 0300 123 6789

Part of Edinburgh Art Festival.

  • 10:00 – 17:00

Sun 30 Jun

£9 (£7.50; under 16s £6; under 12s free) / 0300 123 6789

Part of Edinburgh Art Festival.

  • 10:00 – 17:00
…and 140 more dates until 17 Nov