A month at the Museum
National Museum of Scotland Chambers Street, EH1 1JF
Open 10:00–17:00 daily Tyrannosaurs is big at the museum this year
This runs until Monday 4 May Exhibition Gallery 1, Level 3
Adult £12, £10 Over 60s, £9 Student, Unemployed, Disabled, £6 Child (5–15), Under 5s Free
Family of 3 £22 (must include at least 1 adult and 1 child) Family of 4 £29 (must include at least 1 adult and 1 child) Members Free
Meet the most feared and revered of all dinosaurs in this cutting-edge exhibition, bringing the latest palaeontological discoveries to life. Explore the tyrannosaur family tree with life-size cast skeletons, rare fossils and incredible models. Through an augmented reality experience and large-scale projections, interact with dinosaurs in real time inside the gallery, and even walk alongside them as they explore Edinburgh.
Parasites: Battle for Survival Running until Sunday 19 April Exhibition Gallery 2, Level 3
Free
Join the battle against five tropical diseases and the parasites that cause them in this interactive exhibition and discover how scientific research taking place in Scotland is leading the way in this field. Through current research, cutting edge technologies and interactive exhibits, learn more about parasites, discover how they are transmitted to humans and the ways in which they are fighting back against modern medicine. Chinese Oracle Bones
Until Sunday 29 March
Exhibition Gallery, Level 1
Free
Discover some of the treasures within the National Museum Scotland's significant collection of oracle bones, the second largest in the world outside of China. Inscribed with the earliest known Chinese writing, the bones were used for divination during the late Shang dynasty (c.1200-1050 BC).
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