- Animal World
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From frozen ice caps to sweltering deserts, from the deepest oceans to far into the sky and everywhere in between – animals have amazing ways of moving around, eating, having babies, fighting and protecting themselves. Explore the Animal World, and find out how each animal’s body is adapted to its own unique way of life.
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- Earth in Space
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What is out there? Where do we fit into the Universe? People
have always been fascinated by what lies beyond our planet.
Technology helps us investigate these big questions. Scientists use
evidence from Earth and space to understand more about the Universe
and the origins of life.
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- Living Lands
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Landscapes shape us as much as we shape them. They influence what we believe in, what we make and what we own. From the North American arctic to the deserts of Australia, the peoples in this gallery lead contemporary lives, but their traditional values are based on a deep connection to the land – lands mapped, known and even created by their ancestors.
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- Patterns of Life
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Patterns of Life explores the dynamic interaction between people and their possessions. Drawing on our collections from Africa, the America, Asia and the Middle East, it exhibits objects across the cultures from these regions used every day or on special occasions. Visiting this gallery you will be able to share similarities and differences in people’s lives around the world.
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- Imagine
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Imagine a place where you can create your own story, make music with your friends, dress up for a party or bring a dragon to life! Or would you rather build your own fantasy landscape with castles, animals and trees? Find all this and more in Imagine.
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- Discoveries
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Discover the legacy of Scots whose ideas, innovations and leadership took them across the world. Innovators and inventors, diplomats, military leaders, adventurers or the celebrities of their time: intriguing objects reveal the stories of their lives and achievements in Scotland and around the world.
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- Art and Industry
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The development of new technologies and new materials influences the way things are designed and made. This gallery explores applications of the most innovative technologies, materials and methods of manufacture, often combined with traditional skills, from 1850 to the present day.
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- Grand Gallery
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With its soaring pillars and high windows, the light-filled atrium of the Grand Gallery provides a spectacular start to your museum visit. The Gallery will display nine large items that highlight Scotland’s contribution to the world and reflect the vast diversity of our collections.
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- Connect
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Get hands on uncovering science secrets in our Connect gallery. Explore creativity, discovery and innovation in five fantastic themed areas: space travel, energy and power, genetics, robotics and transport.
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- Scotland
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Welcome to Scotland in history! Kingdom of the Scots takes Scotland from the time when it emerges as a nation through to 1707, and the Union of the Scottish and English parliaments. Go down to Level 0 for Beginnings and Early People, to explore prehistoric Scotland.
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