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A month at the Museum

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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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Parasites: Battle for Survival examines five deadly diseases, which together affect 1 in 18 people around the world

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