Museo de Escocia

Edimburgo / Reino Unido

El Museo de Escocia, Edimburgo, Escocia , es un edificio que, junto con el vecino antiguo Museo Real, componen el Museo Nacional de Escocia, que es parte de los Museos Nacionales de Escocia. Está dedicado a la historia, personas, geología, fauna, flora y la cultura de Escocia. El museo se encuentra en la intersección de la calle Chambers y el puente George IV, en la Old Town de Edimburgo. Inaugurado en 1998, incorpora colecciones procedentes del Museo Nacional de Antigüedades de Escocia y aquellos objetos propiamente escoceses que se albergaban anteriormente en el Museo Real. La entrada es gratuita y hay interactividad, especialmente para niños. Dispone de un sistema de guía auditiva para la visita.

Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art

Edimburgo / Reino Unido

The Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art is part of the National Galleries of Scotland, which are based in Edinburgh, Scotland. The National Gallery of Modern Art houses the collection of modern and contemporary art dating from about 1900 to the present in two buildings, Modern One and Modern Two, that face each other on Belford Road to the west of the city centre. The National Gallery has a collection of more than 6000 paintings, sculptures, installations, video work, prints and drawings and also stages major exhibitions.

Merchant Company of Edinburgh

Edimburgo / Reino Unido

The Royal Company of Merchants of the City of Edinburgh, also known as the Merchant Company of Edinburgh or just the Merchant Company, is a company or society with a Royal Charter from 1681, but dating back to at least 1260. The Company or Confraternity was created to protect trading rights of the merchants of the royal burgh of Edinburgh. It also carries out a significant amount of charitable and educational work. Along with the Incorporated Trades it is one of the Guilds of the City of Edinburgh. The company historically formed part of the now defunct Corporation of the City of Edinburgh.

Signet Library

Edimburgo / Reino Unido

The Society of Writers to Her Majesty’s Signet is a private society of Scottish solicitors, dating back to 1594 and part of the College of Justice. Writers to the Signet originally had special privileges in relation to the drawing up of documents which required to be signeted, but these have since disappeared and the Society is now an independent, non-regulatory association of solicitors. The Society maintains the Category A listed Signet Library, part of the Parliament House complex in Edinburgh, and members of the Society are entitled to the postnominal letters WS.

Royal Society of Edinburgh

Edimburgo / Reino Unido

La Royal Society of Edinburgh es la academia nacional escocesa de ciencias y letras. Es una entidad sin ánimo de lucro que opera de forma totalmente independiente y no partidista para porporcionar un beneficio público en todo Escocia. Fundada en 1783, se ha ido conformando sobre la base de los conocimientos y experiencias de sus miembros, que a principios del siglo XXI rondaban los 1500. La sociedad abarca una amplia selección de campos, como la Royal Society de Londres, incluyendo la literatura e historia. A diferencia de otras organizaciones similares en el resto del Reino Unido, los campos que cubren sus miembros incluyen una amplia gama de disciplinas: ciencia y tecnología, artes, Humanidades, medicina, ciencias sociales, negocios y servicio público. Esta amplitud de experiencia hace que la Sociedad Real de Edimburgo sea única en el Reino Unido.

City Art Centre

Edimburgo / Reino Unido

The City Art Centre is part of the Museums & Galleries Edinburgh, which sits under the Culture directorate of the City of Edinburgh Council. The City Art Centre has a collection which include historic and modern Scottish painting and photography, as well as contemporary art and craft. It is an exhibition based venue with no permanent displays. The City Art Centre is home to the City of Edinburgh's Recognised collection of Scottish Art. Edinburgh's fine art collection is approximately 4,800 pieces of Scottish work in a variety of mediums. Artists such Fergusson, Eardley, Paolozzi are represented in the collection as well as many other Edinburgh based and Scottish artists. Artists are represented dating from the 17th century to the present day.

Maggie's Centres

Edimburgo / Reino Unido

Maggie's centres are a network of drop-in centres across the United Kingdom and Hong Kong, which aim to help anyone who has been affected by cancer. They are not intended as a replacement for conventional cancer therapy, but as a caring environment that can provide support, information and practical advice. They are located near, but are detached from, existing NHS hospitals. The Scottish registered charity which promotes, builds and runs the centres is formally named the Maggie Keswick Jencks Cancer Caring Trust, but refers to itself simply as Maggie's. It was founded by and named after the late Maggie Keswick Jencks, who died of cancer in 1995. Like her husband, architectural writer and critic Charles Jencks, she believed in the ability of buildings to uplift people. The buildings that house the centres have been designed by leading architects, including Frank Gehry, Zaha Hadid and Richard Rogers.Patrons of the charity include Frank Gehry, Jon Snow, Kirsty Wark, and Sarah Brown, wife of former British prime minister Gordon Brown. The charity's chief executive officer is Laura Lee, who was Maggie's cancer nurse. The President of the charity is Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall.

Edinburgh City Chambers

Edimburgo / Reino Unido

Edinburgh City Chambers in Edinburgh, Scotland, is the meeting place of the City of Edinburgh Council and its predecessors, Edinburgh Corporation and Edinburgh District Council. It is a Category A listed building.

National Records of Scotland

Edimburgo / Reino Unido

National Records of Scotland is a non-ministerial department of the Scottish Government. It is responsible for civil registration, the census in Scotland, demography and statistics, family history and the national archives and historical records.National Records of Scotland was formed from the merger of the General Register Office for Scotland and the National Archives of Scotland in 2011, and combines all the functions of the two former organisations. The offices of Registrar General for Scotland and Keeper of the Records of Scotland remain separate, but since 2011 both have been vested ex officio in the Chief Executive of National Records of Scotland, currently Paul Lowe.