About the Project
Creating a 21st century museum experience.
The Royal Museum Project is a £46 million initiative to
transform the magnificent Victorian building and its facilities
into a must-see attraction for people from Scotland and around the
world.
The re-development will see storage areas transformed into
public space, dated displays completely transformed and access
improved through-out, so everyone will be able to share in the new
Museum.

Why are we doing this?
The benefits of the Royal Museum Project will be to:
- Display thousands of new treasures – 80% of the objects on
display will be shown for the first time.
- Create sixteen new galleries totalling 7,000m2.
- Increase public spaces by 50%.
- Add 800m2 of special exhibition space.
- Provide a new learning centre, trebling the space for education
in the Museum
- Make it easier to access the Museum, through a new welcoming
arrivals hall at street level, and to reach all floors and
galleries with new glass lifts and escalators
- Improve the facilities for visitors, including a new cafe and
better shop.
Where have all the exhibits gone?
Now that the project is under way, over two million items have
been carefully catalogued, packed and moved into our purpose-built
storage facility - the National Museums
Collection Centre.
Soon, visitors to this centre will be able to go behind the
scenes on a guided tour to experience this rich treasure house and
watch our expert team of conservators at work.
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