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Reference libraries
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Edinburgh City Libraries & Information Services
The Edinburgh Room holds the most comprehensive collection of published material on Edinburgh past and present. Its collection includes over 100,000 books, maps, prints, slides, old parish registers, census returns and newspaper cuttings relating to the history, topography and social life of the City of Edinburgh. Edinburgh Room holds a large collection of images of Edinburgh (24,500 prints, photographs, sketches and watercolours) including photographs from 1840's to present day.
National Library of Scotland, Scottish Screen Archive
Contact: Anne Wade
Scotland’s largest library, with 7 million printed books, 120,000 volumes of manuscripts, 1.6 million maps, and over 20,000 newspaper and magazine titles.
RCAHMS
Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland
John Sinclair House
16 Bernard Terrace
Edinburgh
EH8 9NX
Categories: Reference libraries
Contact: Philip Graham, Public Services Manager
RCAHMS is the principal source of collections for Scotland's archaeology, buildings and maritime heritage. There are several million items in the collections comprising photographs, drawings, manuscripts, aerial photographs and other visual and documentary material. In addition, the Air Photographs Collection contains over one million aerial photographs covering the whole of Scotland, dating from the 1940s to the present day. The RCAHMS website gives access to several searchable databases, providing information on architectural, archaeological and maritime sites throughout Scotland.
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