OPEN MONDAYS TO SATURDAYS: 10.00AM-5.00PM (JUNE T0 SEPTEMBER: 10.00AM-6.00PM) DURING THE EDINBURGH FESTIVAL SUNDAYS: 2.00PM-5.00PM. ADMISSION FREE
0 LADY STAIR’S HOI'SE
Built in 1622 by a prominent
s I '4 ~ .' .3 's I n :i:'_ .. _ .. ? merchant burgess ofthe city, this is -; I I ' 'i . a museum ofportraits. manuscripts 1 , .‘ - I. j and relies relating to Robert Burns. ' _' : Sir Walter Scott and Robert Louis . ‘- ‘ .1 . . Stevenson. ” - TELEPHONE 031-225 2424 (m 6593) n - ~ - o msz _ r '- ; ;
0F CHILDHOOD
. u. " Much frequented by children and often . » - 4. " , . described as the ‘noisiest museum in - ' 4 T ' ' the world', this is a treasure house of ‘ ‘ ._ - _ . . historic toys. dolls. hobby items. . t - 1 U
children's costume and many other ‘ . things relating to childhood. . ‘ ‘ ~
TELEPHONE 031-225 2424(cxt 6645) . C : l |
_ osmss R1331“! “WM ' "Outrageous, beguiling, bawdy and extremelyfunny"
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The centre has a fascinating
collection ofreplicas moulded . I (Evening News)
from ancient Pictish stones. rare
Scottish brasses and mediaeval
churchhbrasses. No experience is ,’ ~ 13th AUGUST TELEPHONE 031-556 4364 7 ‘
FRANK SIDEBOTTOM
A restored 16th century mansion which is today the city’s principal
museum ot'local history. Also on r ' , '- ~ "A triumph ofart over antagonism" (N.M.E.)
display are collections of
Edinburgh silver and glass. .- . Scottish pottery and shop signs. . _. ' TELEPHONE 031.22: 2424(cx16689, ‘ , .. ' & L E E E A N S 0 THE ; " " ‘ . R '- PEOPLE‘S STORY ' fl ‘ ; r L 3’7; I 5' u , . ,
Am mumm which an. om - .t , =, I, I . Fresh and inventive With a helter skelter of a set" life and work ofordinary people ‘ z 1 ¢ ,
in Edinburgh {mm the late 18th " V' 5
century to the present day. with - (SCOIS’HU’I)
I 14th - 17th AUGUST ARNOLD BROWN
"In the frontline of the new British comedy" (Times)
18th - 19th AUGUST NORMAN LOVETT
"Your face will ache with laughter” (Glasgow Herald)
& JEFF GREEN
"Laugh 'til you cry” (Independent)
20th - 24th AUGUST JEREMY HARDY
"One of the sharpest comedians on the circuit" .( The Guardian)
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THE ASSEMBLY ROOMS 54 GEORGE STREET BOX OFFICE
031 220 4349
“The List 9— 15 August 1991