• Yellow patterned jacket, with black and white accents, on a manequin.
    Exhibitions

    A Fashion Odyssey: Jean Muir, Bill Gibb, Zandra Rhodes

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    A Fashion Odyssey explores the work of three trailblazing British fashion designers - Jean Muir, Bill Gibb, and Zandra Rhodes.
  • Portrait of Mary, Queen of Scots dressed in a pink doublet lined with gold and pearls, looking stoically ahead against a blue background.
    Exhibitions

    Mary, Queen of Scots: Renaissance and Resistance

    12 June - 14 November 2027
    Few figures in Scottish history have captured the imagination like Mary, Queen of Scots. We are familiar with the story of her life, its dramatic events, and its sad ending on the executioner’s block. More than 440 years after her death,…
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  • Exhibitions

    The Art of Commemoration

    5 December 2026 - 14 January 2029
    'The Art of Commemoration' explores the story behind the Scottish National War Memorial, one of the most important 20th century buildings in Scotland.
  • A roman mask
    Exhibitions

    Roman Scotland: Life on the Edge of Empire

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    'Roman Scotland' will tell new stories of Roman occupation and reshape our understanding of Scotland’s relationship with the Roman world. 
  • An array of bronze age weapons including a brown shield with a hole in the centre, a dark grey spearhead and a stack of green and grey short swords against a black background.
    Exhibitions

    Scotland's First Warriors

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    'Scotland's First Warriors' reveals the origins and impact of conflict in prehistoric Scotland.
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