John Knox House

A permanent display in John Knox House, a medieval building on Edinburgh's High Street, spread over three floors and centred on the city's past and the people who lived there.

Visitors to this permanent display follow Scotland's turbulent history through a medieval townhouse on the Royal Mile. The rooms trace the people who once lived in the building, and the exhibition also covers Mary, Queen of Scots, whose story is part of the country's political past.

John Knox House is an exhibition space on High Street. It is the only medieval building still standing on the Royal Mile, which makes it a rare survival of the old street's architecture in the city centre.

The visit is arranged across three floors, so people can move through the house at their own pace. The display suits visitors interested in local history, in domestic life in earlier centuries and in the figures associated with the house.