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

Discover how engineers are working to make air travel less damaging to the environment with this museum trail.

The National Museum of Scotland is housed in magnificent buildings. Find out about its striking architectural details below, and explore them further on your next visit to our Museum.

The National Museum of Scotland has become the first museum or gallery in Scotland available for exploration online via Google Arts & Culture’s Museum View experience.

The Library is based in the National War Museum within the walls of Edinburgh Castle.

Your journey of discovery starts here.

Within the walls of Edinburgh Castle, the National War Museum tells the story of Scotland at war.

Explore life in the countryside at our five-star museum, farmhouse and historic working farm.

Between 29 November and 2 January we invited you to get creative and make art inspired by National Museums Scotland’s incredible collections and sites. There were 5 weekly themes to act as prompts for the challenge and get you thinking. As an extra twist, this year the themes were homophones– words that sound the same but have a different meaning, such as peace and piece. The Museum Art challenge was open to everyone - no experience necessary!

Only 89 Twin Pioneers were ever built – and you can see one in the National Museum of Flight.

See the world's first delta winged bomber on display at National Museum of Flight, East Fortune Airfield.

Our beautiful Clydesdale horses are one of the star attractions at the National Museum of Rural Life

More than 10 million objects make their home at the National Museum of Scotland. Discover the secrets of our treasures with this unique five-part series.

In 2016, we celebrated 150 years since the magnificent building that houses the National Museum of Scotland first opened to the public. Explore the Museum’s history here.

At the National Museum of Rural Life we have a significant collection of 20th-century harvesting machines in our large machinery store.

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Discover objects on loan to the new Trimontium Museum in the Scottish Borders

National Museums Scotland are delighted to welcome back the University of Edinburgh Short Courses – a great way to explore our collections and their wider history with experts.

National Museums Scotland has been awarded a grant by the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) with the National Maritime Museum, London to enable organisations around the UK to work with community groups to explore experiences of empire, migration, and life in Britain through their collections.

Join curator Lydia Prosser for a guided virtual tour of our Kingdom of the Scots gallery at the National Museum of Scotland.

Plan the perfect trip to the National Museum of Flight

Our library services support the research and learning needs of Museum staff, visitors, and the wider external research community.

Long before the French Revolution, the Scots had invented and were using the beheading machine known as the Maiden. It was used to execute criminals and political opponents of the crown from 1564 to 1710.

The National Museum of Flight is open and tickets are available to book online.

The Wester Kittochside Farm at National Museum of Rural Life was owned and run by the Reid family for more than 400 years.

Join Chief Chebe as he takes you on two African storytelling adventures at the National Museum of Scotland.

This striking fusion of styles, traditions, and Scottish and Ugandan cultures is designer José Hendo's sustainable fashion statement for our times.

Known as the ‘jump jet’, the Harrier was the world’s first vertical take-off combat aeroplane to enter operational service. The Harrier at the National Museum of Flight is the oldest in existence.

Uncover the landscape of L’Éden, a set of 20 rolls of 19th-century scenic wallpaper and discover how this spectacular wallcovering has been conserved by the Museum.

Acclaimed historian and broadcaster Michael Wood joined Dr Adrián Maldonado, Glenmorangie Research Fellow, to discuss Adrián’s new book, 'Crucible of Nations: Scotland from Viking Age to Medieval Kingdom'. The book reassesses the museum’s Viking-age collections, uncovering an exciting new vision of Scotland’s diverse and creative past.

What inspires you in our museums? Get creative and join our month-long online art challenge at National Museums Scotland!

The de Havilland Comet was the world's first commercial passenger jet aircraft.

2019 marks the 100th anniversary of the first transatlantic flight from Britain to the United States. On 2 July 1919 Airship R.34 departed from East Fortune Airfield, landing on Long Island, New York 108 hours later.

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

Delve into our animated adventures and explore the world around us from unique perspectives.

Discover more about the history of collecting Tibetan objects at National Museums Scotland, peaking during 1890-1930 with the Younghusband Expedition.

Discover how air has been used in modes of transport from airships to hot air balloons and how different species make use of air to travel through flight and gliding.

On 28 November 2018, colleagues from our Advisory Board met at the National Museum of World Cultures in Leiden to discuss how the project has progressed since our last meeting.

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