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The Grand Gallery of the former Royal Museum building on reopening day, 29 July 2011

Royal Museum is a museum on Chambers Street, Edinburgh, UK. It is a national museum of Scotland, the other being the adjacent Museum of Scotland. Both names merged with each other in 2007 to become the National Museum of Scotland.

It was designed by Francis Fowke and built from 1861 through 1888.

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    Natural Sciences department, the room opened in 1866 with natural history collections transferred from the adjacent University of Edinburgh.

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    Percy Pilcher's Hawk glider, restored after his fatal crash of 1899, and on display in the Royal Scottish Museum from 1909.

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Kids robot.svg In Spanish: Museo Nacional de Escocia para niños

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