The Museum of Fire was a museum of
firefighting
Firefighting is the act of extinguishing or preventing the spread of unwanted fires from threatening human lives and destroying property and the environment. A person who engages in firefighting is known as a firefighter.
Firefighters typically ...
in the
Lothians
Lothian (; sco, Lowden, Loudan, -en, -o(u)n; gd, Lodainn ) is a region of the Scottish Lowlands, lying between the southern shore of the Firth of Forth and the Lammermuir Hills and the Moorfoot Hills. The principal settlement is the Sc ...
, located in
Edinburgh. It was first open from 1968 to 2016, with its last location being in the old fire station in Lauriston Place, Edinburgh.
A new museum, which incorporates the history of all Scottish firefighting, called Museum of Scottish Fire Heritage located at the McDonald Road Community Fire Station opened in 2023.
References
category:Firefighting museums in the United Kingdom
category:Emergency services museums in Scotland
category:1968 establishments in Scotland
category:Museums in Edinburgh
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