Archive

On the edge: COP 15 and disappearing species

With COP 15 taking place in China this month, Principal Curator of Vertebrates Andrew Kitchener explores the case of the…

• By Dr Andrew Kitchener
• 22nd April 2022

A great slaughter: The extinction of the Carolina parakeet

The Carolina parakeet is the poster bird for our Audubon’s Birds of America exhibition. Assistant Curator of Vertebrate Biology, Zena…

• By Zena Timmons
• 14th April 2022

Women’s Identity, Textiles and Heritage (WITH): Coastal Style in Mozambique – reflections and online gallery

• By Dr Sarah Worden
• 7th April 2022

Replacement parts and being human

• By Clare Hyatt
• 5th April 2022

The Monster Files: Letters about alleged monsters

• By National Museums Scotland
• 1st April 2022

A badge of honour

• By Sarah Rothwell
• 29th March 2022

Cups, saucers and women’s right to vote

• By Claire Blakey
• 22nd March 2022

Connecting collections through ‘The Congruence Engine’

• By Alison Taubman
• 18th March 2022

The Iqbalnama: celebrating the life of Sardar Iqbal Singh

• By Elizabeth Guest
• 6th March 2022

Take to the Skye: New pterosaur discovery

• By Dr Nick Fraser
• 22nd February 2022

Joan Faithfull’s Mull pottery

• By Dr Ailsa Hutton
• 11th February 2022

Trade, taste and tea bowls: uncovering Chinese ceramics in our collections

• By Dr Qin Cao
• 9th February 2022

The Roaring Game: Scotland’s curling stone island

• By Bob Gooday
• 8th February 2022

Snow Hunter: Collecting Scotland’s vanishing ice

• By Dr Sarah Laurenson
• 2nd February 2022

Concepts Have Teeth: Blackfoot objects at National Museums Scotland

• By Various authors
• 24th January 2022

The Traprain Treasure silver replicas

• By Lyndsay McGill
• 14th January 2022

Festive reflections: 7 personal objects that help us find meaning

• By National Museums Scotland
• 22nd December 2021

Seventeenth century silver: the Rosemary and Ron Haggarty donation

• By Lyndsay McGill
• 17th December 2021