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The Writers’ Museum
The Writers’ Museum (Lady Stair’s Close, Edinburgh) – this museum pays tribute to the lives of three major Scottish writers: Robert Burns, Sir Walter Scott, and Robert Louis Stevenson. Tourists can see portraits, rare books and personal objects including Burns’ writing desk, the printing press on which Scott’s Waverley Novels were first produced, and Scott’s own dining table and rocking horse. We have Robert Louis Stevenson’s riding boots and the ring given to him by a Samoan chief, engraved with the name ‘Tusitala’, meaning ‘teller of tales’. There is also a plaster cast of Robert Burns’ skull, one of only three ever made. Admission: free. Hours: 10 am – 5 pm (Monday – Saturday), 12 pm – 5 pm (Sunday/August only).