Edinburgh City Council's museums and galleries could be transformed if a radical shake-up developed by its culture and sports department goes ahead.
A revamped Museum of Edinburgh, the relocation of the Museum of Childhood and a new museum in Leith are among the plans.
The other main idea is to create an arts hub based on an extended City Art Centre, and a museums hub comprising the Museum of Edinburgh, the People's History Museum and the Museum of Childhood.
The proposals feature in the report, A New Future for the City's Museums and Galleries, which was agreed by the council's culture and leisure committee on 5 February.
Frank Little, the council's museums manager, said: "It is an ambitious plan, and it is important that we have gone to the council with the full scope of what we want to do."
He said Edinburgh is the only major city not to have had a major lottery-funded project for local authority museums.
A revamped Museum of Edinburgh, the relocation of the Museum of Childhood and a new museum in Leith are among the plans.
The other main idea is to create an arts hub based on an extended City Art Centre, and a museums hub comprising the Museum of Edinburgh, the People's History Museum and the Museum of Childhood.
The proposals feature in the report, A New Future for the City's Museums and Galleries, which was agreed by the council's culture and leisure committee on 5 February.
Frank Little, the council's museums manager, said: "It is an ambitious plan, and it is important that we have gone to the council with the full scope of what we want to do."
He said Edinburgh is the only major city not to have had a major lottery-funded project for local authority museums.
