The wide-ranging material includes archaeological finds,
military, numismatics, social history and applied arts, as well as
an extensive collection of dress and textiles. It is the largest
collection of its kind anywhere and aims to be a comprehensive
record of the life, times and achievements of the people of
Scotland at home and abroad.
The European collections are intentionally more select,
concentrating on fine examples of applied art. They provide a broad
picture of European, including British, achievements from about
AD1100 onwards.
The collections are divided into the following sections:
- Military History
- Scottish History
- Scottish Modern History
- European Decorative Arts
Scotland and Europe department
David Caldwell: Keeper of Scotland & Europe
Specific responsibility: Overall responsibility
for the departmental collections and general policy.
Research interests/expertise:
Medieval/Post-Medieval Archaeology: Arms & Armour, Islay.
Principal Curator, Scottish Material Culture Research Centre
(post vacant)
Specific responsibility: Co-ordinating research
activities in Scottish material culture and developing links with
organisations and institutes of higher learning.
George Dalgleish: Principal Curator, Scottish History
Specific responsibility: Overall responsibility
for collections and management of Scottish History pre-1900
section, within the Scotland & Europe Departmental
framework.
Research interests/expertise:
Scottish decorative arts, specifically Scottish silver, ceramics
and pewter; Jacobite collections.
Fiona Anderson: Senior Curator, Dress and Textiles
Specific responsibility: European and Scottish
textiles and dress collection from 1500 to the present. Liaison
point for collections displayed at Shambellie House Museum of
Costume.
Research interests/expertise:
Fashion from 1650 to the present, men's and women's tailoring,
Scottish textiles particularly tweed and tartan.
Dorothy Kidd: Senior Curator, Modern Scotland
Specific responsibility: Social and domestic
history and Scottish Life Archive
Research interests/expertise:
Contemporary collecting and documentation, oral history.
John Burnett: Principal Curator of Modern Scotland
Specific responsibility: Collections relating
to Scottish History since 1914.
Research interests/expertise: The
development of material culture in Scotland since 1914,
particularly in the period 1920-40, and particularly in Glasgow and
the surrounding region.
Stuart Allan: Senior Curator, Military History
Specific responsibility: overall responsibility
for collections of orders and medals, military weapons, uniform,
fine art, photographs and documents, c1600 onwards.
Research interests/expertise:
Scots and the Spanish Empire; irregular warfare 1939-45; mountain
warfare.
David Forsyth: Senior Curator, Scottish Social History &
Diaspora
Specific responsibility: Scottish social and
cultural collections from the early modern period up to c.1900 with
particular focus on the material culture and study of the Scottish
Diaspora.
Research interests/expertise:
Scottish emigration.
Godfrey Evans: Principal Curator, European Applied Art
Specific responsibility: overall responsibility
for the collections of European arms and armour, ceramics, glass,
furniture, metalwork and sculpture.
Research
interests/expertise: English and Continental
silver; the collections of the Dukes of Hamilton; Continental
sculpture; Scottish fireclay sculpture. Italy, France and
Russia.
Stephen Jackson: Senior Curator, Applied Art & Design
Specific responsibility: Furniture, woodwork,
treen, musical instruments, wallpaper, interiors, contemporary
design.
Research interests/expertise:
Scottish furniture; early-modern economic, social and cultural
history.
Elaine M Edwards: Senior Curator, National Museum of Rural
Life, Kittochside
Specific responsibilities: curation of the
country life collections including farming techniques & country
and domestic social life.
Research interests/expertise:
Social history from the Early Modern Period to the mid 20th
Century; Women's history; World War One.
Rose Watban: Senior Curator, Applied Art and Design
Specific responsibility: European Ceramics,
Glass and Jewellery and Contemporary Craft.
Research
interests/expertise: Contemporary crafts and
19th century ceramics.
Kate MacKay: Assistant Curator
Research Interests/Expertise: Scottish Modern
History
Alison Patterson: Assistant Curator
Research interests/expertise:
British and European ceramics and glass.
Jackie Moran: Assistant Curator
Research interests/expertise:
Scottish Medieval collections.
Lyndsay McGill: Assistant Curator
Research interests/expertise:
Post Medieval Scottish collections.
Kerry McMillan: Departmental Administrator
Can be contacted on 0131 247 4217 k.mcmillan@nms.ac.uk