Always check for opening times or whether reservations are needed before heading out.

Museums

National Museum of Scotland.
Writers’ Museum.
Museum of Edinburgh.
People’s Story Museum.
Mary King’s Close.
Museum on the Mound – history of the Scottish currency.

Art Galleries

National Gallery of Scotland.
Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art.
Scottish National Portrait Gallery.
Edinburgh City Art Centre.
Royal Scottish Academy.

Uniquely Edinburgh

Dynamic Earth.
Palace of Holyroodhouse.
Royal Yacht Britannia (Leith).
Edinburgh Dungeon.
Tour the Scottish Parliament.
Camera Obscura and World of Illusions.
Jeffrey Street Whisky and Tobacco.
Afternoon tea at The Balmoral, at the Colonnades (The Advocates Library), or Prestonfield House.
The Chocolatarium.

Alcohol Related

The Scotch Whisky Experience.
Johnnie Walker, Princes Street.
Edinburgh Gin Experience.
Lind & Lime Distillery (Leith).
Pickering’s Gin at Summerhall Distillery.

Take black and white photographs
Edinburgh looks good in the rain and the streets will be much less crowded.