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The National War Museum building on Hospital Square inside Edinburgh Castle

National War MuseumOld Town

Maps: Memories from the Second World War

Ended9 March 2024 – 4 October 2026Free

This exhibition has ended.

How WWII military maps became personal keepsakes: silk escape-and-evade maps, aerial photography, war diaries and a dress made from escape maps. Final weeks.

Museum website

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On nowAll of November 2026

Also at National War Museum

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A collage of objects including a dog ornament, a gold Buddha and a framed photograph of a couple

Colours of the Past: A Creative Writing Exhibition

The Writers' Museum

Elizabeth Blackadder: A Life in Colour at Dovecot Studios

Elizabeth Blackadder: A Life in Colour

Dovecot Studios

Blood and Guts walking tour artwork, Surgeons' Hall Museums

Blood and Guts: The Twists and Turns of Edinburgh's Medical History

Surgeons' Hall Museums

All exhibitions in Edinburgh this month Coming up in December

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The Outlook Tower on Castlehill, Edinburgh, home of Camera Obscura & World of Illusions

Camera Obscura & World of Illusions

Children4 min walk
The neoclassical Playfair building of National Galleries Scotland: National on the Mound, Edinburgh

National Galleries Scotland: National

ArchitectureFree5 min walk
Lady Stair's House, the 17th-century townhouse on Lady Stair's Close that houses The Writers' Museum, Edinburgh

The Writers' Museum

Local HistoryFree6 min walk
The Robert Adam facade of 7, 8 and 9 Charlotte Square, Edinburgh, home of the Georgian House

The Georgian House

Architecture7 min walk

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