Books are trips to other worlds! You read and wonder how such incredible stories, such intricacies of the plot could arise in the head of an ordinary person. After reading the book, you want to get to know the author better, to understand what inspired him, from whom he wrote the characters…

In Edinburgh, avid book lovers have the opportunity to get acquainted not only with the work but also with the life of three prominent figures of Scottish literature. The Writers' Museum in Edinburgh is dedicated to the lives of Robert Burns, Walter Scott, and Robert Louis Stevenson.

The old building contains personal belongings of writers, manuscripts, first and rare editions. If you use your imagination, you can imagine Walter Scott writing "Ivanhoe" on this printing press, and Robert Stevenson filling his pipe and sitting comfortably in a chair to think about a new Chapter of "Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde»…

If you think that the museum presents only items that legendary writers used for work, then you are mistaken. There is also something that delighted them when world fame was still very, very far away. For example, visitors can see a children's rocking horse and a chessboard by Walter Scott or find out that Stevenson loved to fish and travel. There is a collection of souvenirs that he brought back from his travels.

For fans of Robert Stevenson's work, it will be interesting to know that the museum has a cabinet thanks to which the prototype of the hero of the novel "The Strange story of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" was created.

Even if you have just found out about the existence of these writers from this article, it is still worth visiting this museum! You will learn many interesting and mysterious stories.

The museum employs people who are so passionate about Scottish literature that they are sure to make you love it too!