National Museums Scotland is delighted that Bruce Minto, Miller McLean and Jamie Troughton have been appointed as new Trustees. The appointments have been made by Fiona Hislop, Minister for Culture and External Affairs, and are for a term of four years.
National Museums Scotland will contribute nearly £3 to the Scottish economy for every £1 invested by the Scottish Government when the redeveloped National Museum of Scotland in Edinburgh opens next summer, according to a new report published today.
Linking in with the Curriculum for Excellence, National Museums Scotland has developed two programmes of activity, one for Primary schools and one for Secondary schools.
National Museums Scotland has appointed Beck Interiors Ltd to carry out the fit-out of galleries for the £46.4 million Royal Museum Project.
A new partnership which will see items such as woodworking, blacksmith and cobblers’ tools, sewing machines and typewriters sent from Scotland to communities in Africa has been launched at the National Piping Centre in Glasgow.
A generous donation of £1 million from Scottish businessman Dr Walter Scott has brought funds raised to date to over £44 million.
National Museums Scotland has been recognised as an Independent Research Organisation (IRO) by the Arts and Humanities Research Council.
The Victorian part of the much-loved National Museum of Scotland is undergoing a £46-million transformation, re-opening summer 2011. Join us at VisitScotland Expo 2010 for a sneak peek and a chance to win a fantastic prize in our business card draw.
Brides past and present will receive free entry to a new exhibition set to open at the National Museum of Costume near Dumfries this Friday 9 April, providing they arrive wearing their wedding dress.
The story of the aircraft that created the original “jet-set” is to be told as part of a new exhibition the National Museum of Fligh, East Fortune, near Edinburgh.