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Category: Video

Laigh Milton Viaduct

Posted on October 7, 2025

A short video highlighting the Laigh Milton Viaduct referencing some objects held in the collection (6:09 minutes)


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Theodolites

Posted on October 2, 2025

A short video demonstrating the use and development of theodolites referencing instruments held in the ICE Scotland Museum collection (5:47 minutes)


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Miscellany

Posted on August 13, 2025

A short video highlighting just some of the miselllaneous objects held in the collection (3:58 minutes)


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Surveyor’s Levels

Posted on August 5, 2025

A short video demonstrating the development of surveyor’s levels referencing instruments held in the ICE Scotland Museum collection (6:12 minutes)


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Virtual Tour of the Museum

Posted on July 30, 2025

This video provides a virtual tour of the museum (14:09 minutes). It requires updating and this will be carried out shortly when new displays have been completed.


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Eminent civil engineers

Posted on July 21, 2025

A short video highlighting objects held in the ICE Scotland Museum collection and their associations with eminent civil engineers (4:30 minutes)


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World-beating achievements

Posted on July 21, 2025

A short video highlighting some world-beating civil engineering achievements through objects held by the museum (4:43 minutes)


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Traffic count recorders

Posted on July 21, 2025

A short video featuring some early automatic traffic count recorders used by Lothian Regional Council (Scotland) from the 1960s (3:54 minutes)


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Aids to calculation

Posted on July 21, 2025

A short video featuring some mechanical and manual calculators held in the collection and used as aids to calculation for engineers (4:26 minutes)


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Surveyors’ chains and tapes

Posted on July 21, 2025

A short video featuring measuring chains and tapes held by the museum and used by civil engineers and land surveyors (4:39)


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To see a collection of short videos highlighting aspects of the collection please visit our Video Highlights page.

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Visiting the Museum

The museum is currently open to the public between the hours of 07.00 and 18.00 on Mon – Fri. Members of the public are welcome to visit independently.  Items on display are located in and around the William Arrol Building.

If anyone would like a guided tour or wish to study an item not on display please email icescotlandmuseum@gmail.com with a request – we are always happy to help.

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William Arrol Building
School of Energy, Geoscience, Infrastructure and Society (EGIS)
Heriot-Watt University
Edinburgh EH14 4AS

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Monday—Friday: 08.00 - 18.00.

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