Museums set for new home in revamp of city attractions

THE biggest ever shake-up of museums and galleries in Edinburgh will see the story of the city told in one location for the first time, a new home for the Museum of Childhood and a major expansion of the City Art Centre.

The existing Museum of Edinburgh, based in the 16th-century Canongate tenement Huntly House, will be overhauled and expanded into neighbouring Acheson House, a 17th-century "hidden treasure" that is currently lying vacant behind the older building.

The current children's museum on the High Street will be sold off to help pay for the new-look Museum of Edinburgh, with the children's collection to be based in the Canongate Tollbooth, which is home to the People's Story museum.

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