The People's Story Museum

163 Canongate
Royal Mile
0131 529 4057

The Canongate Tolbooth has been through many changes since it was originally built in 1591. It has been a civic building, police station, fire station and legal dispensary as well as being latterly used for dances and receptions. In 1954 it became a city museum and The People's Story opened here in 1989, recounting the history and culture of Edinburgh's ordinary inhabitants of the past 200 years. Using a tradition of oral history and reminiscence, the life, work and leisure habits of Edinburgh's people are remarkably brought to life.

Mon - Sat 10:00 - 17:00
Sun (Aug Only) 12:00 - 17:00

Free

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