Newhaven Heritage Museum

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The Newhaven Heritage Museum was a museum located in the village of Newhaven, within the City of Edinburgh, Scotland. The museum detailed the history of the village, from its inception as a naval shipyard in the early 16th Century through the economic booms of the oyster and herring trades. The museum closed in February 2007 for work on the building but there are no plans for its reopening.

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