Exhibition
Maps: Memories from the Second World War
9 Mar 2025 – 4 Oct 2026
Regular hours
- Sunday
- 10:00 – 16:30
- Monday
- 10:00 – 16:30
- Tuesday
- 10:00 – 16:30
- Wednesday
- 10:00 – 16:30
- Thursday
- 10:00 – 16:30
- Friday
- 10:00 – 16:30
- Saturday
- 10:00 – 16:30
Address
- Castlehill
- Edinburgh
Scotland - EH1 2NG
- United Kingdom
Event map
Explore the creation and use of maps during the Second World War. Discover their use through personal stories, photography, and memorabilia.
About
Between 1939 and 1945 over 3 billion maps were produced for the Allied, Soviet and German forces. Used to navigate the jungles of south-east Asia or for devising an escape plan, the maps on display are now mementoes. Maps kept alongside medals and photographs to say ‘I was there.’
You'll find aerial photography, war diaries, and even a fashionable dress made from escape and evasion maps.
The exhibition introduces us to a Prisoner of War, an RAF pilot, a Brigadier and an army chaplain through the maps they kept as a memory of their war service.
