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National Museum of Scotland

At National Museums Scotland, we care for collections of national and international importance, preserving them, interpreting them and making them accessible to as many people as possible.
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Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Current events

Reclining Buddha, a pose which is sometimes used to depict the death of Siddhattha Gotama. Sculptures made of alabaster became popular and were made in large quantities in mid-19th Myanmar, A.1869.17. Courtesy of National Museum of Scotland
Theravāda Buddhism
16 Sep 2024 — 9 Mar 2025
Campaign for Nuclear disarmament protest, Glasgow, c1980s. Courtesy of National Museums Scotland
Cold War Scotland
13 Jul 2024 — 26 Jan 2025

Permanent events

Edouard Vuillard La causette [The Chat]
Art at the Turn of the Century
Permanent event

Past events

Tyrannosaurs. Courtesy of National Museum of Scotland
Tyrannosaurs
24 Jan 2019 — 4 May 2020
Parasites. Courtesy of National Museum of Scotland
Parasites
6 Dec 2019 — 19 Apr 2020
Wild and Majestic. Courtesy of National Museum of Scotland
Wild and Majestic
26 Jun — 10 Nov 2019
Body Beautiful. Courtesy of National Museum of Scotland
Body Beautiful
23 May — 20 Oct 2019
Robots. Courtesy of National Museum of Scotland
Robots
18 Jan — 5 May 2019
Embroidered Stories. Courtesy of National Museum of Scotland
Embroidered Stories
26 Oct 2018 — 21 Apr 2019
The Poppy. Courtesy of National War Museum
The Poppy
30 Mar 2018 — 27 Jan 2019
Rip It Up. Courtesy of National Museum of Scotland
Rip It Up
22 Jun — 25 Nov 2018
Scotland's Early Silver. Courtesy of National Museum of Scotland
Scotland's Early Silver
13 Oct 2017 — 25 Feb 2018
Bonnie Prince Charlie and the Jacobites. Courtesy of National Museum of Scotland
Bonnie Prince Charlie and the Jacobites
23 Jun — 12 Nov 2017
Age of Oil. Courtesy of National Museum of Scotland
Age of Oil
21 Jul — 5 Nov 2017
The Galloway Hoard. Courtesy of National Museum of Scotland
The Galloway Hoard
16 Jun — 1 Oct 2017
The Tomb. Courtesy of National Museums Scotland
The Tomb
31 Mar — 3 Sep 2017
'Spiritus' Centrepiece, 2010, Theresa Ngugen. Image © The Goldsmiths' Company
The Silversmith’s Art
18 Sep 2015 — 4 Jan 2016
Gathering Water Lilies by Peter Harry Emerson, 1886, platinum print © Howarth-Loomes Collection at National Museums Scotland
Photography: A Victorian Sensation
19 Jun — 22 Nov 2015
The 'Great Mogul' hunting crane with hawks, by the Mughal artist Hunhar (1740-50) Photography by John McKenzie
Indian Encounters
14 Nov 2014 — 1 Mar 2015 at National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh
Ancient Trees and Secluded Bamboo Grove by Tang Yin (1470-1524)
Ming: The Golden Empire
27 Jun — 19 Oct 2014 at National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh
Common Cause
11 Jul — 12 Oct 2014 at National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh
John Napier, © The University of Edinburgh
Power of Ten: Inventing Logarithms
28 Mar — 6 Jul 2014 at National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh
Dive buddy, Luis Javier Sandoval (Mexico), © Luis Javier Sandoval/ Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2013
Wildlife Photographer of the Year
17 Mar — 1 Jun 2014 at National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh
Going on display is a full-scale replica of an impressive Columbian mammoth, which would have stood around 4 metres tall, © Blue Rhino Studio
Mammoths of the Ice Age
24 Jan — 20 Apr 2014 at National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh
Three recreated early Christian hand bells, each made using a different method, on display in Creative Spirit: Revealing Early Medieval Scotland
Creative Spirit
25 Oct 2013 — 23 Feb 2014 at National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh
Peter Higgs, © National Museums Scotland
Hunting the Higgs Boson
27 Sep 2013 — 16 Feb 2014 at National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh
Kabuki. Japanese Theatre Prints
4 Oct 2013 — 2 Feb 2014 at National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh

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