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Our staff hold a wealth of knowledge and expertise. They can provide advice on collections, their identification, care and management to representatives from organisations holding a public collection in Scotland.
Our Natural Sciences collections cover both life sciences and earth sciences.
Our collections cover a broad range of scientific and technological material, and are amongst the most important in Europe.
Our collections represent Scottish material culture from the earliest times to the present day.
Our Global Arts, Cultures and Design collections include internationally important material from across the world.
Comprising multiple specialist teams, Collections Services provides conservation, collections care, collections management, digitisation, analytical science, and library services expertise across the museum.
Requests can be made by email to the relevant member of staff in our collections directorate. Our directory is organised to help you find the support and advice you are looking for. Our Guide to Collections Advice tells you what advice we can offer you and how.
If you need help to identify the member of staff who is most relevant to your enquiry, please get in touch.
Email partnerships@nms.ac.uk
