Skip to main content
  • Visit
  • What's on
  • Collections
  • Discover
  • Schools
  • Our impact
  • Support us
  • Your account
  • Basket
  • Shop
  • Search
  • Become a Member

Site Menu.

  • Search
  • Become a Member
  • What's on
  • Discover
  • Your account
  • Basket
  • Shop
  • Become a Member
Two children doing crafts at a table.
Schools resources

Colour in the collections

You are here:

  1. Home
  2. Schools resources
  3. Colour in the collections

From butterflies and elephants, to pipers, stags and mammoths, this selection of colouring sheets will spark any imagination.

Choose from a selection of colouring sheets for you to download and colour in wherever you are!

  • Line drawing of a fish

    Animals from the collections

    Colour in your favourite animals from our Natural World galleries.
    Download colouring sheet
  • Lind drawing of a stag standing in some grass with mountains in the background.

    Stag postcard

    Send greetings from Scotland with a postcard to colour in and send to friends or family.
    Download postcard
  • Line drawing of a bagpiper in traditional dress playing bagpipes next to a river.

    Bagpiper postcard

    Send greetings from Scotland with a postcard to colour in and send to friends or family.
    Download postcard
  • Line drawing of a formula 1 racing car.

    Formula 1 car colouring sheet

    Colour in this Formula 1 racing car, which you can find in the Explore gallery at the National Museum of Scotland.
    Download colouring sheet
  • Line drawing of a steam engine.

    Steam engine colouring sheet

    Colour in a picture of the Ellesmere steam engine, from the National Museum of Scotland.
    Download colouring sheet
  • Viking colouring sheets

    Colour in these Viking warriors drawn by artist Jon Hodgson.
    Download

You might also like

  1. Schools resource

    Meet the Vikings digital session - accompanying resources

    A range of themed learning resources and activities to accompany our digital sessions on the Vikings.
    Find out more
  2. A horse adorned with a personalized rosette.
    Schools resource

    Museum Maker: Make a champion’s rosette

    Celebrate the champions you know – family, friends or even pets - by making them a personalised rosette!
    Find out more
  3. A stylish owl badge crafted from a fizzy drink can.
    Schools resource

    Museum Maker: How to make an owl badge

    We’ve teamed up with upcycling experts Ostrero and artist Bryony Knox to create a design for a cool owl badge – made from a fizzy drinks can! Try it out today.
    Find out more

Visit

  • National Museum of Scotland
  • National Museum of Flight
  • National Museum of Rural Life
  • National War Museum
  • National Museums Collection Centre

Useful links

  • About us
  • Jobs and volunteering
  • Press
  • Venue hire
  • Picture library
  • Contact us

Connect with us

  • YouTube
  • Instagram
  • Facebook
  • Twitter

Subscribe to our newsletter

Sign up here
Back to topTop

Secondary links

  • Privacy
  • Cookies
  • Website accessibility
  • Terms of use
  • Ticketing terms and conditions
  • Website carbon management

Small Print

National Museums Scotland ©2025. Charity Number: SC011130.

Website by Supercool.