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The Writers’ Museum, housed in
Lady Stair's House at the Lawnmarket on the
Royal Mile
The Royal Mile () is a succession of streets forming the main thoroughfare of the Old Town of the city of Edinburgh in Scotland. The term was first used descriptively in W. M. Gilbert's ''Edinburgh in the Nineteenth Century'' (1901), des ...
in Edinburgh, presents the lives of three of the foremost
Scottish writers
This list of Scottish writers is an incomplete alphabetical list of Scottish writers who have a Wikipedia page. Those on the list were born and/or brought up in Scotland. They include writers of all genres, writing in English, Lowland Scots, Scot ...
:
Robert Burns
Robert Burns (25 January 175921 July 1796), also known familiarly as Rabbie Burns, was a Scottish poet and lyricist. He is widely regarded as the national poet of Scotland and is celebrated worldwide. He is the best known of the poets who hav ...
,
Walter Scott
Sir Walter Scott, 1st Baronet (15 August 1771 – 21 September 1832), was a Scottish novelist, poet, playwright and historian. Many of his works remain classics of European and Scottish literature, notably the novels ''Ivanhoe'', ''Rob Roy (n ...
and
Robert Louis Stevenson
Robert Louis Stevenson (born Robert Lewis Balfour Stevenson; 13 November 1850 – 3 December 1894) was a Scottish novelist, essayist, poet and travel writer. He is best known for works such as ''Treasure Island'', ''Strange Case of Dr Jekyll a ...
. Run by the
City of Edinburgh Council
The City of Edinburgh Council is the local government authority for the city of Edinburgh, capital of Scotland. With a population of in mid-2019, it is the second most populous local authority area in Scotland.
In its current form, the counci ...
, the collection includes portraits, works and personal objects. Beside the museum lies the
Makars' Court
Makars' Court is a courtyard in central Edinburgh, Scotland. It forms part of Lady Stair's Close, which connects the Lawnmarket with The Mound to the north, and is next to the Writers' Museum. Described as an "evolving national literary monumen ...
, the country's emerging national literary monument.
Gallery
File:Writers Museum interior with exhibit rooms.jpg , Interior and exhibit rooms
File:Robert Louis Stevenson books at the Writers Museum Edinburgh.jpg , Display of Robert Louis Stevenson books
File:Statue of Robert Burns in Writers Museum Edinburgh.jpg , Statue of Robert Burns
File:Ballantyne display in Writers Museum in Edinburgh 002.jpg , Ballantyne display
File:Writers Museum gift shop and exhibits.jpg , Gift shop and exhibits
See also
*
List of museums in Scotland
This list of museums in Scotland contains museums which are defined for this context as institutions (including nonprofit organisations, government entities, and private businesses) that collect and care for objects of cultural, artistic, scienti ...
References
External links
Official website
Museums in Edinburgh
Literary museums in Scotland
Royal Mile
Robert Burns
Walter Scott
Robert Louis Stevenson
Biographical museums in Scotland
Museums dedicated to Robert Louis Stevenson
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