Masks
These masks are based on creatures you can find in our Natural World galleries at the National Museum
of Scotland.
Be fierce as a bear when you wear this grizzly mask. Colour it
in, cut it out, add some string - grrr!
Feel the call of the wild with this fearsome mask. Colour it in,
cut it out, add some string and get ready to howl at the moon!
Fan of dinosaurs? Return to the Jurassic Age with this scary
dino mask. Colour in the dinosaur's head, cut him out and add some
string then start hunting down your prey!
Don't fancy turning into a bear, a wolf or a dinosaur? Then why
not draw your own picture on our blank mask?
The Lewis Chessmen
The Lewis Chessmen live in the National Museum of Scotland. You
can find out more about who they are and
where they came from here.
Make your own Lewis chessman King and Queen.
Colour in the famous Lewis Chessmen from the National Museum of
Scotland.
Objects in the National Museum of Scotland
Find out more about everything there is
to see in the National Museum of Scotland here.
Colour in this Formula 1 racing car, which you can find in the
Connect gallery at the National Museum of Scotland.
Colour in a picture of the Ellesmere steam engine, from the
National Museum of Scotland.
Fascinating Mummies
Our Fascinating Mummies exhibition is
open from 11 February until 27 May 2012 at National Museum of
Scotland. You can use these sheets with you when you visit the
exhibition, to help you remember what you saw.
Colour in your own mummy. You can base your colours on the
mummies in the exhibition, or make up your own colour scheme!
Choose one object from Fascinating Mummies that you'd like to
include in a class exhibition.
There are lots of stories about mummies. Some are true but
others are made up. Can you tell which stories are fact and which
are fiction?
What does your mummy need on its journey to the Afterlife? Draw
three objects that you would place in the mummy's tomb.