Museum of Childhood (Edinburgh)

Museum of Childhood (Edinburgh)
Museum of Childhood sign, Edinburgh.

The Museum of Childhood is a collection of items relating to children's toys and playthings, situated on the Royal Mile, in Edinburgh, Scotland.

The building was once the Salvation Army's hall on the Royal Mile.

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Ghosts

The museum is said to ring with the crying of children late at night. The building is near the site of a nursery sealed up during the plague years - with mothers and their children inside. [1]

See also

  • Trinity Apse and Brass Rubbing Centre, Chalmers Close

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