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Project news

Keep up-to-date with the progress of the Royal Museum Project.

Honorary Fellowship for Museum curator

Tue, Mar, 2 2010

Natural Sciences curator Dr Andrew Kitchener receives an Honorary Fellowship of the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland.

Building on success

Fri, Feb, 26 2010

Check on the progress of the Museum building work, now more than half way through its 116 week programme.

Museum joins the fight against the illegal ivory trade

Fri, Feb, 12 2010

Find out about the Museum's involvement in a new ivory age test that will help clamp down on illegal trading.

Victor Gama instruments put to the test

Thu, Feb, 4 2010

This week, Edinburgh school children get their hands on four unique instruments destined for the new galleries.

Shetland fiddle takes to the stage

Wed, Jan, 13 2010

Find out more about the first live performance of a fiddle specially commissioned by National Museums Scotland.

Facing the Sea

Fri, Dec, 11 2009

Explore life on the islands of the Pacific Ocean through objects, photographs, stories and hands-on interactives.

Waka workshop success

Tue, Dec, 1 2009

Find out how artist and sculptor George Nuku brought his skills to children and adults in North Edinburgh.

Animal art

Thu, Nov, 26 2009

Find out how our Treasured creatures became artists' models for the weekend.

Our Museum tops poll

Fri, Nov, 20 2009

The Royal Museum building has come top of a recent poll to discover the best-loved buildings in the Lothians and Borders.

Conserving our collections

Wed, Nov, 11 2009

Our new video gives a fascinating insight into the conservation work going on behind the scenes.


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