This creative project opened up our African collections as an inspirational resource for students at Edinburgh College of Art.

Collections in City of Edinburgh, East Lothian, Midlothian and West Lothian.

Explore past research projects at National Museums Scotland.

Touring exhibitions are a great way to share collections across the country and develop partnerships between venues.

On 11 September 2018 we held our first knowledge exchange workshop at the National Army Museum with a group of curators from different regimental museums across the United Kingdom.

National Museums Scotland is establishing an international network of scholars to explore the role of silver in the emergence of the early medieval kingdoms of Europe. This network has been made possible thanks to an award from the UK Arts and Humanities Research Council.

Our reach across Europe reflects the multi-disciplinary nature of our collections.

This project, funded by a Carnegie Trust Research Initiative Grant, is undertaking research into African collections acquired from Scottish travellers, missionaries and explorers, focusing on the period between 1870 and 1930.

From just an hour to a full day programme, students can explore technology or be inspired by history with our newest exhibitions and collection of aircraft.

Learn how to say colours in Mandarin, explore the museum collections virtually and create your own Chinese object card.