Best moving experience

1 TEST DRIVE A FORMULA 1 RACING CAR

Connect Gallery, National Museum of Scotland, Chambers Street, Edinburgh
www.nms.ac.uk/connect

Everyone can feel like a Grand Prix driver in the Connect gallery's Formula 1 simulator game. In it, you can sit inside a Formula 1 car model and drive through such tricky spots as the Bridge of Doom and Nessy Nook, and past such national landmarks as the Eilean Donan Castle and Ben Nevis. You will also learn about the kind of control it takes to stay on the track and win the race.

2 WATCH SOLDIERS IN ACTION

National War Museum, Edinburgh Castle
www.nms.ac.uk/war

Throughout the summer at the National War Museum there is the chance to imagine what life was like for men on the battlefield. You can meet resident redcoats for marching and musket drills, see what life was like for Second World War Scottish soldiers or delve into the world of the 18th-century clan warrior with swordsmanship displays.

3 SAY AAAH AT THE ANIMALS

National Museum of Rural Life, Kittochside, East Kilbride www.nms.ac.uk/rural

Following the pattern of seasonal work, visitors can see ploughing, seed time, haymaking and harvest at the National Museum of Rural Life. You can also see our dairy herd being milked and see other livestock, such as sheep and chickens, being reared using traditional methods. Look out for new animals in late August and harvest time in September.

4 HEAD FOR THE HEIGHTS

National Museum of Scotland, Chambers Street, Edinburgh
www.nms.ac.uk

Don't miss the chance to see Edinburgh from the roof terrace of the National Museum of Scotland building on Chambers Street. The boat-shaped roof terrace offers panoramic views of Edinburgh, and has lots of seating to rest your legs after wandering around the exhibits. You can get a closer view through a telescope or simply admire the spectacular 360-degree cityscape.

5 PRESS THE BUTTONS ON THE TRAINS

National Museum of Scotland, Chambers Street, Edinburgh

Many people have fond memories of pushing the buttons to activate the model trains in the National Museum of Scotland, but you may not realise that you can still do it in 2008. A selection can be found in the Workshop of the World gallery, next to the impressive Ellesmere locomotive.There is also a new train experiment in the Connect gallery, with the chance to compare how a train on ordinary wheels matches a train on an air track.