The Institution of Civil Engineers Scotland Museum is home to a collection of over 680 artefacts relating to civil engineering many of which have strong local connections including a number of items relating to the Forth bridges. In addition to the collection of artefacts, the website hosts The Paxton Archive which comprises over 400 papers and other documents on a wide variety of historical and biographical civil engineering topics written by or about Professor Roland Paxton (1932-2025) over several decades.

The collection is owned by the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) and under an agreement between the Museum and Heriot-Watt University the collection is hosted by the University.

The museum is located at Heriot-Watt University’s Edinburgh Campus at Riccarton where many of the items are on display in cabinets in the east crush area of Level 1 of the William Arrol Building and other larger items are placed at other locations both inside and at the west end of the William Arrol Building. The museum is unattended; however, visitors are most welcome to visit on any weekday between 7 am and 6 pm (there is no restriction on members of the public entering the University buildings). There is an online guide which can be opened as a pdf file. Paper copies of the guide are also available at the museum on Level 1 (east end).

Convenient disabled parking is available on Fourth Gait (off Boundary Road North) close to the west door of the William Arrol Building. The west door provides a level entry to the building. A lift to all floors is available at the east end of the building.