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Celebrating 50 Years

The museum was founded over 50 years ago in 1971. This short video made in 2021 celebrates this achievement in 20 objects. For more information on these and indeed on our entire collection click on the Collections tab above.


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Enjoy a stay in Dalkeith Water Tower

Dalkeith Water Tower is a significant Scottish historical civil engineering landmark built in 1879. The tower was internally stripped and converted to a dwelling in the late 1980s. Today (2024) it can now be rented as a holiday let. All levels in the tower are accessed by a spiral staircase located on one side of […]


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ICE President Visits the Museum

Professor Anusha Shah the President of ICE visited the museum on 3 September. Professors Paul Jowitt and Roland Paxton in the company of Professor Muhammed Basheer (head of EGIS at Heriot-Watt University) introduced her to a number of our more interesting exhibits including the Forth Bridge Hydraulic riveter, the Queensferry Crossing model and the portraits […]


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Donation from CILT Scotland

The Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport (CILT) Scotland recently donated a medallion of office, chain-of-office and badges. For an article on this donation see http://ciltscotland.com/sr18112023.php. See 2023/009, 2023/010, 2023/011 and 2023/013


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