Libraries & Archives

Library and Archive

John Sinclair House is the home of Historic Environment Scotla
Edinburgh City Council run community library.
The 300-plus year-old Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh (RCPE) building is home to a Scottish…
Active community lending library, in listed building, run by the City of Edinburgh council. A range of…
National archive located at the East of Princes Street, around the corner from Robert Adam's landmark 
Opening in 1788, General Register House continues to serve the same purpose it was built for as an archive of…
William Playfair's neo-classical building, adapted by The Royal College of Surgeons into a modern conference…
Edinburgh University Library is on the south side of George Square. The iconic modernist building, designed…
Small community library, with books (fiction, large text fiction, children's books), DVDs, CDs, magazines,…
A William Playfair architectural masterpiece on the southern side of Edinburgh University's Old College. The…
Leith Library is a 1930s Art Deco building in the complex at Leith City Hall.
The historic Signet Library, in the heart of Edinburgh's Old
Edinburgh's main public library, directly opposite the National Library of Scotland (copyright library) and…
The familiar green-domed building on the West side of Charlotte Square is one of the main buildings used by…
The Scottish Poetry Library is one of three poetry libraries in the UK, but the only one to be independently…