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Old Norse whalers

For three years I have been participating in a research project funded by the National Science Foundation in the USA.…

• By Dr Andrew Kitchener
• 11th August 2019

Holy buckets! Insular identities in the Viking age

The small jewel case was marked Machrins, the name of a Viking cemetery on Colonsay, so it immediately caught my…

• By Dr Adrián Maldonado
• 9th August 2019

If you can’t stand up, stand out: in conversation with Izzy Keane

• By Georgina Ripley
• 6th August 2019

Repairing an impossible bottle: taking inspiration from surgical techniques and puppeteers

• By Margot Murray
• 2nd August 2019

Highs and lows of conserving a Highland Bagpipe

• By Thea Christophersen
• 31st July 2019

Music, Land and People: Runrig and Highland History

• By Dr David Worthington
• 28th July 2019

Call of the Wild: the enduring appeal of Scotland

• By Lord Thurso
• 25th July 2019

A microscope that tells the story of a remarkable woman

• By Julie Gibb
• 23rd July 2019

Bees, brownies and Body Beautiful: my Art & Design work experience

• By Rachel Helen Smith
• 16th July 2019

The mystery of concealed shoes

• By Molly Lambourne
• 7th July 2019

Stereocard souvenirs of Wild and Majestic Scotland

• By Peter Blair
• 3rd July 2019

Remembering a Passion for Glass

• By Sarah Rothwell
• 28th June 2019

In Conversation with Jamie Windust

• By Georgina Ripley
• 25th June 2019

The Bronze Age Lost and Found: An Ancient Spearhead Carried into the Battle of Flodden?

• By Matthew Knight
• 24th June 2019

How Scotland’s children are designing a better future

• By Mary Michel
• 19th June 2019

From ancient Egypt to feeding ants: a week’s work experience

• By Ruby Hartley-Oliver
• 10th June 2019

Darwin in Edinburgh 1825-27

• By Rosemary Mann
• 7th June 2019

Volunteering at the National Museums Collection Centre

• By John Hutchinson
• 6th June 2019