| Accreditation | Accredited |
| Accreditation_source | mm.mgs.150 |
| Address_line_1 | Canongate Tolbooth |
| Address_line_2 | 163 Canongate |
| Admin_hierarchy | /Scotland/City of Edinburgh (Scottish Council Area) |
| DOMUS_Subject_Matter | social history |
| DOMUS_identifier | 584 |
| Deprivation_index | 3 |
| Deprivation_index_crime | 1 |
| Deprivation_index_education | 2 |
| Deprivation_index_employment | 3 |
| Deprivation_index_health | 2 |
| Deprivation_index_housing | 1 |
| Deprivation_index_income | 4 |
| Deprivation_index_services | 7 |
| Geodemographic_group | Larger Towns and Cities |
| Geodemographic_group_code | 2ar |
| Geodemographic_group_name_long | 2ar-Larger Towns and Cities |
| Geodemographic_subgroup | Larger Towns and Cities |
| Geodemographic_subgroup_code | 2a1r |
| Geodemographic_subgroup_name_long | 2a1r-Larger Towns and Cities |
| Geodemographic_supergroup | Business Education and Heritage Centres |
| Geodemographic_supergroup_code | 2r |
| Geodemographic_supergroup_name_long | 2r-Business Education and Heritage Centres |
| Governance | Government-Local_Authority |
| Governance_source | mm.mgs.150 |
| Identifier_used_in_source_database | SC000138 |
| Latitude | 55.95129 |
| Longitude | -3.180749 |
| Name_of_museum | The People's Story |
| Notes | Year open inferred from SNA (p. 178). Temporarily closed from mid-2024 but reopening in December. |
| Postcode | EH8 8BN |
| Primary_provenance_of_data | domus |
| Region_country | Scotland |
| Size | large |
| Size_prov | domus |
| Subject_Matter | Local_Histories |
| Town_or_City | Edinburgh |
| Visitor_Numbers_Data | 4:104651:1997:domus |
| Year_closed | 9999:9999 |
| Year_closed_source | https://museumsandheritage.com/advisor/posts/public-outcry-forces-reversal-of-edinburgh-museum-closure/ |
| Year_opened | 1957:1957 |
| Year_opened_source | SNA |
| media | 0 |
| project_id | mm.domus.SC138 |