Things to see at the National Museum

All our collections have tales to tell.

For generations, we’ve collected key exhibits from all over Scotland and beyond: Viking brooches, Pictish stones, ancient chessmen, medieval oak carvings and ornate quaichs; from Queen Mary’s clarsach to Sir Jackie Stewart's F1 car, steam engines and spectacular silver to manuscripts donated by Ian Rankin and the Proclaimers.

This section guides you through our galleries, from the origins of Scottish history to the present day, the earliest cultures to space age science, prehistory to pop culture. What will you discover?