Writers' Museum

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  • Address
    Lady Stair's Close, Lawnmarket, Old Town
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  • Phone
    529 4901
  • Transport
    bus: 2, 23, 27, 41, 42 or 45

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Lonely Planet review

Lady Stair's House, built in 1622 and restored in grand Jacobean style, houses a fascinating museum dedicated to Robert Burns, Sir Walter Scott and Robert Louis Stevenson. In the basement is a tall mahogany cabinet built by none other than the notorious Deacon Brodie. It sat in Stevenson's bedroom when he was a child, and played a part in the author's inspiration for The Strange Tale of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde .