A unique, full-length mummy shroud, which is over 2,000 years old yet is still in remarkable condition, has been discovered in National Museums Scotland’s collections.

Sharing new and interesting stories about Chinese, Japanese and Korean collections in Scotland.

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Dr Margaret Maitland is Principal Curator of the Ancient Mediterranean, and Head of the Mediterranean, Africa, Americas, and Oceania Section.

Stephen Hewitt is a Research Associate within the Entomology Section.

New to the National Collection showcased the latest additions to our collections, including objects that will feature in ten new galleries in 2016.

Welcome to a world of learning with National Museums Scotland

Curator Fiona Ware and Dr Dan Harries from Heriot-Watt’s Institute of Life & Earth Sciences introduce some of Scotland’s finest marine habitats and discuss the importance of the museum’s specimen collections to monitoring changes in our seas.

Pupils can explore technology or be inspired by history with our newest exhibitions and collection of aircraft.

There are over 20,000 wood engraving blocks in the W. & R. Chambers Collection at National Museums Scotland. Over 7,000 of these blocks were created to print the illustrations in Chambers’s Encyclopaedia, which was first published in 1859.

Two pieces of tusk in our collection show that some woolly mammoths made their home in Scotland, while another provides early evidence of mammoths in North America.

Dr Sam Alberti is Keeper of Science and Technology.

Get to know Scottish literary icon Robert Burns through remarkable objects in the collections of National Museums Scotland.

Join us to learn how to sketch using our incredible collections as inspiration.

Sankurie Pye is Curator of Invertebrate Biology.

Part 6 of the Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007 provides immunity from seizure for cultural objects which are loaned from overseas to temporary public exhibitions in approved museums or galleries in the UK where the conditions are met when the object enters the UK.

A variety of objects relating to the life of Scotland's bard can be found in National Museums Scotland's collections.

Fraser Hunter is Principal Curator of Prehistoric and Roman Archaeology.

Search the partner museum collections by Pacific region.

Our wide-ranging exhibition programme brings prestigious objects and artworks from around the world to audiences in Scotland, as well as showcasing our international collections.

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.

Vicen Carrió is the Conservator and Preparator of paleontological material.

Bob McGowan is Senior Curator of Vertebrates and specialises in birds.

Alison Morrison-Low is a Research Associate.

Sue Beardmore is the John Ellerman Project Curator, based in the Department of Natural Sciences.

Davide Foffa is a Research Fellow funded by the Royal Commission of the Exhibition of 1851.

Graham Rotheray is a Research Associate with the Entomology Section and specialises in the biology of higher flies, especially hoverflies.

Yves Candela is Curator of Invertebrate Palaeobiology.

We offer advice and support to museums across Scotland, enhancing and developing collections subject expertise through training, targeted projects and partnerships.

Antje Denner is a Research Associate to the Department of World Cultures.

Reptiles, amphibians and fishes are mostly kept as spirit specimens in ethanol or formalin.

Discover how brass and copper once featured as mediums of exchange, status and power in Africa through highlights of the museum’s 19th and early 20th century collections from west and central Africa.

Nick Fraser is head of the Department of Natural Sciences and specialises in vertebrate palaeontology.

Use these seven yoga based poses to move, stretch and get energised, inspired by our collections. You can do each one on its own or all seven together in a 'yoga flow'.

This display highlights a small selection from our Scottish History & Archaeology collections, showing how research and collecting at National Museums Scotland is reshaping understandings of Scotland in the past, and reflecting the Scotland of today for future generations of museum visitors.

Dr Godfrey Evans is Principal Curator of European Decorative Arts.

Dr Tacye Phillipson is Senior Curator of Science.

Discover the life of the National Bard through the collections of National Museums Scotland.

Louise Innes is a Research Associate.

Sarah Stewart is Assistant Curator of Palaeobiology.

Dr Stig Walsh is Senior Curator of Vertebrate Palaeobiology.

Jerry Herman is Senior Curator of Vertebrates and specialises in mammals.

In 2018, the internationally renowned metalsmith Simone ten Hompel was commissioned by National Museums Scotland and The Glenmorangie Company to create a new artwork inspired by our curatorial research and the Museum’s collection of metal artefacts from early medieval Scotland.

Journey through a brief history of the early bicycle and discover some of our modern cycling treasures.

We have about 123,000 bird specimens and other items, comprising mainly skins and egg sets, and fewer skeletons and spirit specimens, giving a broad representation of species from around the world.

This curatorial research project aims to find out more about the contexts of collection, production and use of the National Museums Scotland African barkcloth collection.

A touring exhibition examining Scotland’s contribution to Egyptology through the lives of three remarkable people.

This project reassessed military collecting through a pilot study of two British military campaigns, the Seven Years' War in North America (1754-63) and the Younghusband Mission to Tibet (1903-04).