Located in the heart of Edinburgh's
Old Town, The Writers' Museum (1) is unique to Scotland. Dedicated
(2) to the lives and works of Scotland's great literary figures, in
(3) particular Robert Burns, Sir Walter Scott and Robert Louis Stevenson, the
museum contains rare collections (4) of memorabilia and manuscripts
relating to (5) the three. Displays in the museum (6) also include
material relating (7) to George Meikle Kemp, architect of the famous
Edinburgh landmark, the Scott Monument. The Writers' Museum (8) occupies the
historic Lady Stair's House, built in 1622 (9) by a prominent merchant
burgess of Edinburgh, Sir William Gray of Pittendrum. The house changed
hands (10) many times and in 1895 it (11) was purchased by the 5th Earl
of Rosebery, (12) who subsequently presented (13) it to the City of
Edinburgh for use (14) as a museum.