Industrial Museum of Scotland

Industrial Museum of Scotland was founded in 1854, it became the Edinburgh Museum of Science and Art in 1866, the Royal Museum of Scotland in 1904 and then in a merger with others became the National Museum of Scotland. While never part of the Geological Survey it housed Survey collections since the Industrial Museum of Scotland days.

History of the museum

Article regarding early Survey rock specimens on display in the Industrial Museum of Scotland

History of the British Geological Survey