The Edinburgh Room in the Central Library holds the most comprehensive collection of published material on Edinburgh past and present.
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About the Edinburgh Room
Find out about the history of the Edinburgh Room,
how to make an enquiry, arrange a group visit and more...
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Edinburgh Room Mystery Photographs
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FAQs about the Edinburgh Room
View images of Old Edinburgh on Capital Collections - an exciting website with images from the Central Library collections.
What's on in the Edinburgh Room?
1 July - 29 August 2008
A selection of hand coloured engravings and lithographs showing Edinburgh in the nineteeth and early twentieth centuries is on display in the Edinburgh Room from the 1st July - 29th August. They form part of a collection donated to the library by Robert Butchart who was Edinburgh City Librarian from 1942-53.
