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Dalkeith Museum

Dalkeith Museum is a local museum. This one is within Dalkeith’s locality. It comes under Dalkeith History Society.

Where

In Dalkeith

inside the locality

Run by

Dalkeith History Society

the operator on record

Warmest months

Jun–Aug

highs of 17–19°C

In brief

Museum in Dalkeith

Inside Dalkeith

Dalkeith Museum is inside Dalkeith’s locality, with 11 more places to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓

Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, NRS’s localities and Met Office 1991–2020 averages.

When to go

Weather through the year

In Dalkeith, June to August bring the warmest days: highs of 17–19°C.

Jan7° / 1°63 mm

Feb7° / 1°57 mm

Mar9° / 3°50 mm

Apr12° / 4°46 mm

May15° / 6°50 mm

Jun17° / 9°73 mm

Jul19° / 11°69 mm

Aug19° / 11°76 mm

Sep17° / 9°66 mm

Oct13° / 6°90 mm

Nov9° / 4°83 mm

Dec7° / 1°72 mm

Green months are the warmest. Typical afternoon highs and night lows in Dalkeith, and rain in a month. Met Office HadUK-Grid 1991–2020 averages for Dalkeith. Opening times change through the year: check before you go. Dalkeith’s full climate →

About

Dalkeith Museum

Within 15 km there are 147 more places to visit, starting with Edinburgh Castle (10 km).

Type: Museum
Run by: Dalkeith History Society
Town: in Dalkeith
Official site: dalkeithhistorysociety.co.uk/dalkeith-museum

Facts: Wikidata (CC0) and OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors).

The map

Dalkeith Museum on the map

On this map, Dalkeith Museum is orange and its neighbours are numbered.

Towns near it

Towns that count Dalkeith Museum

Of these 8 towns, the largest is Edinburgh (493,794 people). Each town here links to its own guide.

1 · It’s in town

Dalkeith

15,125 people · 18 places to visit

2 · 1.4 km south of it

Mayfield

14,259 people · 15 places to visit

3 · 2.1 km southwest of it

Bonnyrigg

18,088 people · 16 places to visit

4 · 2.4 km northwest of it

Danderhall

3,389 people · 21 places to visit

Compare the 8 towns

Town	Where Dalkeith Museum is	People	Places to visit
Dalkeith	It’s in town	15,125	18
Mayfield	1.4 km south of it	14,259	15
Bonnyrigg	2.1 km southwest of it	18,088	16
Danderhall	2.4 km northwest of it	3,389	21
Musselburgh	3.3 km north of it	21,476	21
Edinburgh	3.6 km northwest of it	493,794	150
Gorebridge	4.5 km south of it	8,900	11
Wallyford	4.6 km northeast of it	4,493	13

Make a day of it

Around Dalkeith Museum

147 more lie within 15 km, 3 castles, an art gallery and a historic house among them.

Castle · Historic Environment ScotlandEdinburgh Castle10 km away 2

Big drawArt galleryNational Gallery10 km away · 661K visitors a year (2021)3

Historic housePalace of Holyroodhouse9.1 km away 4

CastleDalkeith Palace400 m away 5

MuseumNational Museum of Scotland9.5 km away 6

CathedralSt Giles' Cathedral9.8 km away 7

Abbey or prioryNewbattle Abbey1.5 km away 8

Castle · Historic Environment ScotlandCraigmillar Castle5.7 km away

Within 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.

Dalkeith Museum in questions

Where is Dalkeith Museum?

Dalkeith Museum is in Dalkeith, Midlothian, inside the town’s locality.

What is Dalkeith Museum?

Local museum in Midlothian, Scotland, UK.

Who runs Dalkeith Museum?

Dalkeith History Society.

When is the best time to visit Dalkeith Museum?

June to August are the warmest months in Dalkeith, with afternoon highs of 17–19°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).

What else is there to see near Dalkeith Museum?

Within 15 km: Edinburgh Castle (10 km), National Gallery (10 km), Palace of Holyroodhouse (9.1 km) and Dalkeith Palace (400 m).

Places: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database Licence) and Wikidata (CC0), placed in the NRS 2022 locality (Open Government Licence v3.0). Visitor counts are the latest Wikidata gives, with their year.

Photos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).

Photo credits (8)

Edinburgh Castle: Stephencdickson, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
National Gallery: 瑞丽江的河水, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Palace of Holyroodhouse: 瑞丽江的河水, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Dalkeith Palace: Benbilgri at en.wikipedia, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
National Museum of Scotland: Maccoinnich~commonswiki, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
St Giles' Cathedral: 瑞丽江的河水, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Newbattle Abbey: Kim Traynor, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Craigmillar Castle: Photograph by Stuart Yeates, from en:Flickr, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

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