Tours
Don't know where to start? Our tour guides can help.
Our knowledgeable guides will take you on a fascinating tour of
our collection highlights. There are also themed tours on offer,
which change on a daily basis, and short tours for families.
Treasured tours
Date: Every Tue and
Fri
Time: Tue 15:00 / Fri
12:00
Duration: 1 hr
Cost: Free!
Venue: Meet in
Hawthornden Court
Find out more about our Treasured: Wonderful Things, Amazing Stories
exhibition with a fascinating tour from one of our
guides.
Scottish collections tours
Date: Daily
Time: 14:30
Duration: 1 hr
Cost: Free
Venue: Meet in Hawthornden Court
Themed tours
Date: Daily
Time: 14:30
Duration: 1 hr
Cost: Free
Venue: Meet in Hawthornden Court
Themed tours in March 2010
Mon1: The Stewarts: Bruce to Bonnie Prince
Charlie
Tues 2: Ordinary People and Every Day
Things
Wed 3:Jacobites
Thurs 4: Deadly Weapons
Fri 5: Railways and Locomotives
Sat 6: Scottish Country Life Through the
Ages
Sun 7: The Printed Word
Mon 8: Romans in Scotland
Tues 9: Mary Queen of Scots
Wed 10: A Woman's Place?
Thurs 11: Kingdom of the Gaels
Fri 12: Scots, Ships and the Sea
Sat 13: Treasures from the Past
Sun 14: Bagpipes and Other Musical
Instruments
Mon 15: Scotland Transformed
Tues 16: Craftsmen of Scotland
Wed 17: Scotland's First People
Thurs 18: Scotland's Ancient Flora
and Fauna
Fri 19: Scotland's Industrial
Revolution
Sat 20: Scottish Snuff Boxes
Sun 21: The Heraldry Trail
Mon 22: Steam Engines
Tues 23: Scottish Country Life Through
the Ages
Wed 24: Paintings in the Museum
Thurs 25: Scots and the Empire
Fri 26: Early People Gallery
Sat 27: Saints and Sinners
Sun 28: The Industrial Revolution
Mon 29: Scotland Transformed
Tues 30: Victorian Life
Wed 31: Bagpipes and Other Musical
Instruments
Family tours
Date: Every Sat
Time: 14:00
Date: Daily
Duration: 15 mins
Cost: Free
Venue: Meet in Hawthornden Court
Family Tours in March 2010
Sat 6: The Plesiosaur and other Ancient
Animals
Sat 13: How to Dress a Samurai
Sat 20: Hoof and Horn
Sat 27: The Sloth
Please note that these titles may
change at short notice.
Access: touch or signed (BSL) tours
Visitors with special access needs are very welcome at National
Museums Scotland. To arrange special tours and handling sessions
for visually impaired visitors at the National Museum of Scotland,
or to book a BSL interpreter, telephone 0131 247 4041 or
email f.caines@nms.ac.uk.
Please give at least two weeks' notice of your visit.