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Cockburn Geological Museum

Museum in Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Cockburn Geological Museum

Summary

Cockburn Geological Museum is a museum[1].

Key Facts

  • Cockburn Geological Museum is located in City of Edinburgh[2].
  • Cockburn Geological Museum is in the country of United Kingdom[3].
  • Cockburn Geological Museum's instance of is recorded as museum[4].
  • Cockburn Geological Museum's instance of is recorded as university museum[5].
  • A. M. Cockburn is named after Cockburn Geological Museum[6].
  • Cockburn Geological Museum took place at Edinburgh[7].
  • Cockburn Geological Museum's postal code is recorded as EH9 3FE[8].
  • Cockburn Geological Museum is part of University of Edinburgh[9].
  • 1873 marks the founding of Cockburn Geological Museum[10].
  • Cockburn Geological Museum's coordinate location is recorded as {'globe': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2', 'altitude': None, 'latitude': 55.923888888889, 'longitude': -3.1746388888889, 'precision': 2.7777777777778e-05}[11].
  • Cockburn Geological Museum's official website is recorded as https://www.ed.ac.uk/visit/museums-galleries/geology[12].
  • Cockburn Geological Museum's sponsor is recorded as University of Edinburgh[13].
  • Cockburn Geological Museum's main subject is geology[14].
  • Cockburn Geological Museum's main subject is paleontology[15].
  • Cockburn Geological Museum's date of official opening is recorded as 1932[16].
  • Cockburn Geological Museum's street address is recorded as Institute of Earth Sciences, James Hutton Road, King's Buildings, Edinburgh, EH9 3FE[17].
  • Cockburn Geological Museum's historic county is recorded as Midlothian[18].

Body

Founding

1873 marks the founding of Cockburn Geological Museum[10].

Identity

Cockburn Geological Museum is part of University of Edinburgh[9].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . vocaleyes.co.uk. Retrieved . vocaleyes.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . vocaleyes.co.uk. Retrieved . vocaleyes.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . ed.ac.uk. ed.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . vocaleyes.co.uk. Retrieved . vocaleyes.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . ed.ac.uk. ed.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 7w ago · Libanp · 2026-05-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Official website → https://www.ed.ac.uk/visit/museums-galleries/geology
    Date of official opening → +1932-00-00T00:00:00Z
    Imported from → —
    Museum data service museum id → Cockburn Geological Museum
    + 18 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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