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Behind the buttons

One of the greatest attractions at National Museums Scotland is its working models, such as the Paddle Steamer Engine. It is…

• By Jim Penman
• 17th February 2018

Weddings at the National Museum of Scotland

Valentine’s Day has reached us again, and love is well and truly in the air at the National Museum of…

• By Lucy Fallis
• 14th February 2018

Keeping the records straight

• By Eve Morley
• 11th February 2018

A trunk with a tale

• By Dorothy Kidd
• 8th February 2018

Beginning with bees…

• By Ashleigh Whiffin
• 5th February 2018

Creating a 1950s dressing up box

• By Emma Thomson
• 3rd February 2018

Lots and lots of silver part 5: Installation of an exhibition

• By Stefka Bargazova
• 29th January 2018

Northern Modernist Jewellery in Finland

• By Sarah Rothwell
• 28th January 2018

Sharks, satellites and science

• By Dr Tacye Phillipson
• 22nd January 2018

Researching Northern Modernist Jewellery in Stockholm

• By Sarah Rothwell
• 20th January 2018

Five things you might not know about working as a textile conservator

• By Maria Armstrong
• 17th January 2018

Reluctant scientist ignores age-old advice: ‘Never work with children or animals’

• By Susie Anderson
• 1st January 2018

Brachiopods and bouchons

• By Yves Candela
• 29th December 2017

Lots and lots of Scotland’s Early Silver: Nine massive chains

• By Stefka Bargazova
• 28th December 2017

A Polish Christmas in exile

• By Vicky Brown
• 25th December 2017

Fossil Fish to Saguaro Twist: An Interview with Nick Fraser on Wildlife Photographer of the Year

• By Hannah Farquharson
• 19th December 2017

The first Christmas card

• By Anne Maren Krongvold Nilssen
• 17th December 2017

Collecting Contemporary Energy: Murchison Flare Tip

• By Dr Haileigh Robertson
• 14th December 2017