Navajo and Pueblo jewellery from the Southwest United States is denoted by its use of turquoise and silver.

Finely decorated household items of solid silver were a status symbol under the Pahlavi dynasty.

Discover our Ancient Egypt, East Asia and Ceramics galleries.

These sumptuous galleries showcase the best of decorative art, design, fashion and style.

A giant T.rex guards our Natural World galleries, where we ask the big questions: how does the world work? What do we know about it? What is our place in the universe?

Our Scottish galleries guide you from the Palaeolithic era to the present day, from the earliest cultures to space age science, prehistory to pop culture.

How can you travel around the world without leaving Scotland? By visiting our World Cultures galleries.

Communications, transport, industry, engineering, energy and medicine: how have scientific and technological inventions changed our lives?

Your journey from Scotland to the world begins in the Grand Gallery, one of Scotland's most beautiful spaces.

This beautiful 19th century woodblock print by the acclaimed artist Utagawa Kunisada features the actor Kawarasaki Gonjūrō I.

Explore our collection of wonderful miniature Japanese sculptures that served functional and aesthetic purposes.

This 19th century writing box displays the height of the Japanese lacquer artist's skill.

This delightful 18th-century Japanese hanging scroll celebrates the New Year.

National Museums Scotland is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr Sam Alberti as its new Director of Collections.

Wing your way to one of Scotland's top days out at East Fortune Airfield.

Investigate the Pacific material in Perth.

The Making Circles schools project invited children to be inspired by National Museums Scotland’s collections to create new Circular Economy products.

Explore highlights of our Japanese collection, from tiny netsuke to cutting edge designs, superb ceramics to Ainu artefacts.

Explore the catalogues of museum collections surveyed for the research project Baggage and Belonging: Military Collections and the British Empire

This project brought together specialists from the fields of anthropology and military history to appraise the state of research into non-European military collections.

This partnership project uncovers stories of Pacific collections in Scotland.

Ours is one of the most important collections of scientific and technological material in Britain.

Explore how missionaries made a significant impact on gathering the materials featured within the Tibetan collections at the National Museum of Scotland, with their materials peaking between 1890-1904.

Sarah Worden is Curator of African Collections with a particular interest in textiles and the role of clothing and dress in the expression of identity.

Dr Qin Cao is Curator of the Chinese collections, including those of the Himalayan and Mongolian regions, and the Korean peninsula.

This collaborative research partnership with the National Army Museum reappraises motivations for military collecting. It investigates cultures of collecting by members of the British armed forces while on campaign and garrison duty in Africa and India during the late 18th and 19th centuries.

At National Museums Scotland we aim to share our collections and expertise as widely as possible through research, loans, advice and training.

Our World Cultures collections include internationally important material from across the globe.

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

Explore the amazing collections of National Museums Scotland through films, animations and podcasts.

Our Art, Design and Fashion collections provide a broad picture of European, including British, achievements from AD1100 onwards.

Friederike Voigt is Principal Curator with responsibility for the West, South and Southeast Asia collections and Head of Asia Section.

Our archaeological and Scottish collections cover Scottish material culture from the earliest times to the present day.

At National Museums Scotland, we care for collections of national and international importance, preserving them, interpreting them and making them accessible to as many people as possible.

Collections in Moray, Aberdeenshire and Aberdeen.

Explore past research projects at National Museums Scotland.

A fascinating example of a military relic can be seen in the collections of the Royal Engineers Museum in Chatham, Kent.

Find out more about our edited volume, published by Manchester University Press.

National Museums Scotland offers a range of research facilities.

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.

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

Explore the legacies of the British archaeology in Egypt and the dialogue being created around these collections.

The scope of the library collection reflects the strengths and variety of the Museums’ collections.

Collections in Dumfries and Galloway and Scottish Borders.

Collections in East Lothian, West Lothian and Edinburgh.

Dr Sam Alberti is Keeper of Science and Technology.

Have fun with our collections whether you’re at home or outdoors.

Collections in Stirling, Perth and Kinross, Dundee, Angus, Fife and Falkirk.

Collections in Angus, Clackmannanshire, Dundee City, Falkirk, Fife, Perth and Kinross and Stirling.