National Museum of Antiquities
(1858-1985)
1859 – 1869 William T McCulloch
1869 – 1913 Joseph Anderson
1913 – 1919 Alexander O Curle (also director of
RSM 1916-1919)
1919 – 1938 John G Callander
1938 – 1944 Arthur J H.Edwards
1944 – 1945 Gordon V Childe
1946 – 1978 Robert B K Stevenson
1978 – 1985 Alexander Fenton
1985 NMAS and RSM amalgamated to
form National Museums Scotland
Industrial Museum of Scotland
(founded 1854)
1855 – 1859 George Wilson
1860 – 1864 Thomas C Archer
Edinburgh Museum of Science and Art (renamed 1864)
1864 – 1885 Thomas C Archer
1885 – 1900 Robert Murdoch Smith
1900 – 1903 Francis Grant Ogilvie
1903 – 1904 James J Dobbie
Royal Scottish Museum
(renamed 1904)
1904 – 1909 James J Dobbie
1909 – 1911 David J Vallance (acting)
1911 – 1916 Thomas Carlaw Martin
1916 – 1931 Alexander O Curle (also director of
NMAS 1913-19)
1931 – 1934 Edwin Ward
1934 – 1944 Thomas Rowatt
1945 – 1961 Douglas A Allan
1961 – 1971 Ian Finlay
1971 – 1984 Norman Tebble
1984 – 1985 Robert Anderson
National Museums of Scotland
(Royal Scottish Museum amalgamated with
National Museum of Scotland in 1985)
1985 – 1992 Robert Anderson
1992 – 2001 Mark Jones
National Museums Scotland
(renamed 2006)
2002 – Gordon Rintoul