Nostalgic museum with clear signage
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Date of visit: February 2019
overall Rating Text
Good
This is quite a niche museum on the Royal Mile with a very friendly feel. They clearly take an interest in accessibility.
disabled Access In AndAround Text
Good
You enter the museum through its gift shop via a gentle ramp and two double doors. The doors are glass but not automatic. The exhibition climbs upwards through the building, either via staircases (it's a little quirky as there are various staircases) or via the lift. I saw lots of interesting interpretation features such as touch objects, videos and audio transcripts. All of the exhibits were at a good height, well-spaced apart and easy to view. The signs on each floor were big and clear. I didn't give the museum 5 stars because I got a bit confused leaving the museum against the flow of traffic - back through the gift shop doors. This felt a bit counter-intuitive - maybe I went the wrong way? Also the lack of automatic doors and dependency on the lift to experience the majority of the museum could prove problematic.
parkingTransport Text
Average
There are bus stops on the Royal Mile outside the museum, but if you plan on driving there are no spaces immediately nearby. The street outside is busy. There's a taxi rank on the Royal Mile and on North Bridge.
accessibleToilets Text
0I saw one accessible loo in the corner of one of the upper floors - a little unexpectedly! It looked spacious but I didn't use it. There are most likely others given the signage I saw around the museum, but I can't confirm this.
staff Text
0I didn't speak to any staff or volunteers and was not greeted at the entrance - think everybody was busy with gift shop customers.
