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Virtual National Museums Scotland

We may have shut our physical doors, but there are lots of ways you can experience our collections virtually. If…

• By Georgina Brooke
• 24th March 2020

Conversations and conservation in glass

Over the last 18 months National Museums Scotland has been conducting the Dan Klein Conservation Project, a wonderful collaborative project…

• By Sarah Rothwell
• 16th March 2020

Tyrannosaurus rex was no senseless killer

• By Dr Stig Walsh
• 4th March 2020

Edinburgh: The Tyrannosaur City

• By Dr Steve Brusatte
• 25th February 2020

An elegantly simple solar energy solution

• By Ellie Swinbank
• 25th February 2020

Through a looking glass

• By Stefka Bargazova
• 24th February 2020

Sharing a Warp with Archie Brennan

• By Lisa Mason
• 13th February 2020

A peek inside the Museum’s silver chest

• By Sarah Rothwell
• 3rd February 2020

Parasites exhibition: A Biology teacher’s thoughts

• By Jacquie Grocott
• 30th January 2020

The Big Garden Birdwatch

• By Julie Gibb
• 24th January 2020

Brian the Lion, Oswald the Cat and the World’s Oldest Football

• By Sue Beardmore
• 16th January 2020

WITH Coastal Style: Researching the Capulana in Mozambique

• By Dr Sarah Worden
• 13th January 2020

Rethinking the Dark Age: the multiple voices of early medieval Britain

• By Dr Adrián Maldonado
• 17th December 2019

Bonding bugs and broken bits: the conservation of five modern glass art objects

• By Thea Christophersen
• 16th December 2019

Starting small: visiting natural science collections across Scotland

• By Sue Beardmore
• 13th November 2019

Ring of glass: a crystal clear challenge

• By Lydia Messerschmidt
• 3rd November 2019

The mystery of the modern shabtis

• By Dr Dan Potter
• 28th October 2019

Mad, bad and a pleasure to know: The unlikely friendship of Sir Walter Scott and Lord Byron

• By Kirsty Archer-Thompson
• 20th October 2019