Museum Represents a museum WC Yes EventsForChildren No Place The town or city Edinburgh HearingLoop No IsIncludedThisYear Yes DisabledAccess No Activities <p>30-minute tours of New Register House and Archivists’ Garden, 10:30 – 15:30. Advance booking is essential, informing us of any special access requirements on tour routes. </p><p>Email: customerservices@scotlandspeople.gov.uk or</p><p>Telephone: 0131 314 4300 (Mon – Fri 09:00 – 12:00)</p><p><a href="https://www.nrscotland.gov.uk/research/visit-us/events-talks-and-visits" title="https://www.nrscotland.gov.uk/research/visit-us/events-talks-and-visits"><span>https://www.nrscotland.gov.uk/research/visit-us/events-talks-and-visits</span></a></p><p><strong>Please note</strong>, that only the tours must be booked in advance: visitors are welcome to drop in on the day to New Register House and engage with other activities available and NRS staff.</p><p><strong><span>Visitors are advised that the tours will entail a degree of walking and climbing stairs and are recommended to wear suitable footwear</span></strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><div></div><div></div> OpeningTime1 10:00-16:00 ArchitectName Robert Matheson OpeningDate1 28/9/2019 IsNewThisYear No ID Google Panorama ID 9698 Refreshments No Street The street address 3 West Register Street Postcode EH1 3YT Parking No DisabledWC Yes LimitedAccess Yes NotAccessible No Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource New Register House Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived edinburgh Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 1737 Type The nature or genre of the resource Museum Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. current,55.95374,-3.189876; Description An account of the resource <p>New Register House is one of Scotland’s most important buildings where National Records of Scotland provides some of its public services. It was designed by Robert Matheson as the home of civil registration in Scotland and opened in 1861.</p><p>Its centrepiece is the Dome, a large and striking circular chamber, over 27m (90 feet) high, which consists of five tiers of ironwork shelving and galleries. It’s of considerable interest as a piece of 19th century functional architecture and structural engineering.</p><p><strong>GLOBAL CONNECTIONS</strong></p><p>National Records of Scotland preserves the primary records for understanding all aspects of Scotland’s history, its people, government, economy and society. These records can inspire and engage communities across Scotland and the world, as their own heritage is revealed.</p><p><strong>ACTIVITIES INCLUDE:</strong></p><p>30-minute tours of New Register House and Archivists’ Garden, 10:30 – 15:30. Advance booking is essential, informing us of any special access requirements on tour routes.</p><p>Email: customerservices@scotlandspeople.gov.uk or</p><p>Telephone: 0131 314 4300 (Mon – Fri 09:00 – 12:00)</p><p><a href="https://www.nrscotland.gov.uk/research/visit-us/events-talks-and-visits" title="https://www.nrscotland.gov.uk/research/visit-us/events-talks-and-visits"><span>https://www.nrscotland.gov.uk/research/visit-us/events-talks-and-visits</span></a></p><p><strong>Please note</strong>, that only the tours must be booked in advance: visitors are welcome to drop in on the day to New Register House and engage with other activities available and NRS staff.</p><p>https://www.nrscotland.gov.uk/research/visit-us/events-talks-and-visits</p><p><span>Visitors are advised that the tours will entail a degree of walking and climbing stairs and are recommended to wear suitable footwear</span></p> Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1861