| Accreditation | Unaccredited |
| Accreditation_source | mm.mgsas.264 |
| Address_line_1 | The Ashworth Laboratories |
| Address_line_2 | Kings Buildings |
| Address_line_3 | West Mains Road |
| Admin_hierarchy | /Scotland/City of Edinburgh (Scottish Council Area) |
| Alternative_museum_name | Preston Collection |
| Alternative_museum_name_source | mm.mgs.258 |
| DOMUS_Subject_Matter | biology and natural history |
| DOMUS_identifier | 1603 |
| Deprivation_index | 9 |
| Deprivation_index_crime | 2 |
| Deprivation_index_education | 10 |
| Deprivation_index_employment | 10 |
| Deprivation_index_health | 7 |
| Deprivation_index_housing | 9 |
| Deprivation_index_income | 7 |
| 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 | University |
| Identifier_used_in_source_database | SC000295 |
| Latitude | 55.923949 |
| Longitude | -3.173115 |
| Name_of_museum | Natural History Collections, University Of Edinburgh |
| Notes | Lost accreditation 2016 |
| Notes_internal | Open by appointment only |
| Postcode | EH9 3JT |
| Primary_provenance_of_data | domus |
| Region_country | Scotland |
| Size | small |
| Size_prov | domus |
| Subject_Matter | Natural_world-Mixed |
| Town_or_City | Edinburgh |
| Visitor_Numbers_Data | 2:300:1998:domus |
| Year_closed | 9999:9999 |
| Year_opened | 1697:1697 |
| Year_opened_source | dfoundation |
| media | 0 |
| project_id | mm.domus.SC295 |