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Blackie House Library and Museum is a research centre and exhibition space of some 40,000 items. Housed in a 17th-century tenement in the heart of Edinburgh’s Old Town, the collection includes rare books and manuscripts, paintings, prints, sculpture and photography – along with antiquities, decorative objects, textiles, furniture and items from nature. 


Our summer 2025 exhibition. Explore the ongoing project and resources.

This exhibition has now closed, but a catalogue is available.

By appointment

Our satellite venue


Blackie House Library and Museum

Scottish Charity No. SC051891

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contact@blackiehouse.org

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