Results: The writers' museum in Scotland

(Source: atlasobscura.com) Tucked away in a close adjacent to Edinburgh's Royal Mile, this small museum housed in a building from 1622 celebrates three legendary Scottish writers: Robert Burns, Sir Walter Scott, and Robert Louis Stevenson. The Writers' Museum, which operates out of the early 17th-century Lady Stair's House in Lady Stair's Close, honors the lives and legacies of these three important men. Did you ever visit this institution?

The Writers' Museum is a free Edinburgh institution that conserves and exhibits rare books, manuscripts, portraits, and personal items belonging to the beloved 18th-century poet Burns; the 18th and 19th-century poet, novelist, and historian Scott; and 19th-century novelist Stevenson, famous for Treasure Island and The Curious Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. If you didn't visit it yet, would you like to go there?

Highlights of the Writers' Museum include first editions of Stevenson's A Child's Garden of Verses and Scott's popular 19th-century novel entitled Waverley; the printing press that produced Waverly; Burns' writing desk; one of only three plaster casts of Burns' skull; as well as Stevenson's riding boots, his wardrobe—created by the notorious 18th-century Scottish cabinet maker Deacon Brodie, who doubled as the inspiration for The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde—and a ring gifted by a Samoan chief engraved with the word Tusitala, translating to "teller of tales." Do you enjoy reading?

Just outside the Writers' Museum is Makars' Court, a quiet and ever-evolving public space featuring inscribed flagstones that honor important Scottish writers from the 14th century to the contemporary day. Did you ever read a book from any of these authors?