On the Isle of Lewis in Scotland’s Outer Hebrides, peat—that spongy stuff found in bogs and made of partly decomposed vegetation and organic matter—has long been a vital resource for heating, cooking, ...

Anna Groundwater, a curator at National Museums Scotland, talked about the particular appeal of pieces related to Mary, Queen of Scots. Jewels dating to the Scottish Renaissance can help convey ...

A new public appeal has been formally launched to help safeguard and transform National Mining Museum Scotland, which is home ...

A 90ft long, inflatable sculpture of a bacterium has been suspended from the ceiling of the National Museum of Scotland’s grand gallery. The artwork, by Bristol-based Luke Jerram, represents ...

In a significant break with tradition, National Museums Scotland has adopted a new procedure and policy for the potential repatriation of certain items it has in its collection. Since 1866, the ...

Archaeologists pieced together an “ancient jigsaw puzzle” of more than 100 artifacts and reconstructed a Roman piece of armor in Scotland, according to the National Museums of Scotland. Photo (c) ...

Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. As a museum lover who just happens to love theatre as well, I knew that I had to ...

Google's Street View technology can be used to view some amazing art, whether it's behind the walls of the Palace of Versailles in France or the Guggenheim Museum in New York. As the BBC reports, the ...

The positions in the table below reflect the National Museums Scotland's position overall, domestically, within their sector, and in various subject areas based on their Share. Each position links to ...

The streets of Scotland’s capital are magical for kids, with national museums to explore, extinct volcanoes to climb and the looming spectre of Edinburgh Castle to fire the imagination. At Christmas, ...