The acquisition was announced four years after metal detectorist Mariusz Stepien uncovered the hoard in a field.

Suzy Pope If Edinburgh Castle and Holyroodhouse Palace don't quench your thirst for some Scottish history, take a trip to the National Museum of Scotland. The museum houses a collection of tens of ...

The National Museum of Scotland has opened the final three galleries of an £80m redevelopment of the 152-year-old institution. Over the past 15 years, the Edinburgh museum has added 29 new ...

The National Museum of Scotland is due to reopen after an unprecedented five-month closure due to the coronavirus pandemic. The reopening of galleries will be phased, with the entrance hall and ...

The tabard was worn to the Coronation of George IV and tells a story of the changing relationship between Scotland and the British monarchy.

An expert at the National Museum of Scotland said it was the first hoard of James III farthings to be found since 1919. Metal detectorists need to ask for permission from landowners to search on ...

Image: A horse-drawn sledge in Balerno c.1903. Pic: National Museums Scotland Pioneering photographer Lady Henrietta Gilmour took up the craft after the birth of her seventh and last child in 1889.

Museums Galleries Scotland, the national development body for the sector, has appointed DUNCAN DORNAN as its new chair of the ...

Scotland’s oldest public museum has received a funding boost with a £249,000 grant from The National Lottery Heritage Fund. The Hunterian at the University of Glasgow will now be able to carry ...

"We are very pleased that thanks to National Lottery players we are able to support this important project and invest in the future of The Hunterian collections and Scotland's oldest public museum.

While my nephew went round, I thought about when I was a kid, and used to visit the museum. That was back when attractions ...