Museum on the Mound

The Museum on the Mound is a museum in , Scotland, that focuses on money, coinage and economics. It is located in the Bank of Scotland Head Office building on . It has more than 50,000 visitors per year.
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  • Opening hours:
    Monday and Sunday: closed
    Tuesday—Friday: 10:00 AM—5:00 PM
    Saturday and public holidays: 1:00 PM—5:00 PM
  • Type: Museum
  • Description: money museum in the headquarters of HBOS
  • Address: The Mound, Edinburgh, EH1 1YZ
  • Wheelchair access: yes

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Edinburgh Castle and Scottish National Gallery.

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is a historic castle in , Scotland. It stands on , which has been occupied by humans since at least the Iron Age. There has been a royal castle on the rock since the reign of Malcolm III in the 11th century, and the castle continued to be a royal residence until 1633. is situated 1,600 feet west of Museum on the Mound.

Art gallery
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The National is the national art gallery of . It is located on in central , close to . The building was designed in a neoclassical style by William Henry Playfair, and first opened to the public in 1859. is situated 550 feet northwest of Museum on the Mound.

Library
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The is one of Scotland's National Collections. It is one of the largest libraries in the United Kingdom. As well as a public programme of exhibitions, events, workshops, and tours, the has where visitors can access the collections. is situated 670 feet southeast of Museum on the Mound.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Old Town and New Town.

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is the original settlement of . At its core is the Royal Mile, the long street descending east from Castle Crag to Holyrood Palace. This medieval city was cramped for space so it built higher and higher, and stank higher still, hence its nickname of "Auld Reekie".

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of is 250 years old, in contrast to the settled for over a thousand years. It was laid out on a grid pattern in the late 18th century with elegant Georgian townhouses, and the intervening loch was drained to become Princes Street Gardens.

Neighborhood
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is the marketing name given to the mixed use redevelopment of the former site, in , . It was master-planned by architect Foster + Partners and takes its name from the fact it is a quarter mile from Edinburgh Castle and the Royal Mile and measures a quarter mile from corner to corner.

Museum on the Mound

Latitude
55.95019° or 55° 57′ 1″ north
Longitude
-3.19325° or 3° 11′ 36″ west
Open location code
9C7RXR24+3P
Open­Street­Map ID
node 4618730716
Open­Street­Map feature
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Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­yes
Wiki­data ID
Q6941127
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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Hebrew—“Museum on the Mound” goes by many names.
  • Chinese: “土丘博物館”
  • Danish: “Museum on the Mound”
  • Hebrew: “המוזיאון על המאונד”

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