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Project news

Keep up-to-date with the progress of the Royal Museum Project.

Royal Museum Project update

Royal Museum Project update

Tue, Aug, 10 2010

Find out how the building work is progressing on site in our latest video.

Exhibition fit-out team on board

Exhibition fit-out team on board

Mon, Jul, 19 2010

Beck Interiors Ltd have been appointed to carry out the fit-out of the 16 brand new galleries.

Take the tour

Take the tour

Tue, Jun, 22 2010

Dr Gordon Rintoul, Director of National Museums Scotland shows us round the Royal Museum Building in our new video.

Storytelling in the Museum

Storytelling in the Museum

Tue, Jun, 1 2010

Find out how we're celebrating National Family Week and Refugee Week, and preparing for the opening of a new gallery.

Hear the Shetland fiddle played live

Hear the Shetland fiddle played live

Thu, May, 27 2010

Our new video captures the vibrant sound of the Sheltand fiddle, played live in Lerwick.

Major gift brings fundraising total to over £44 million

Major gift brings fundraising total to over £44 million

Mon, May, 24 2010

Scottish businessman Dr Walter Scott has made a generous donation of £1 million to the Royal Museum Project fund.

Egyptian treasures on loan

Egyptian treasures on loan

Fri, Apr, 30 2010

Iufenamun, National Museums Scotland's mummy priest, is going to East Ayrshire.

Honouring the ancestors

Honouring the ancestors

Wed, Apr, 14 2010

Discover evocative African objects destined for the new World Cultures galleries.

National Museums Scotland at Expo 2010

National Museums Scotland at Expo 2010

Thu, Apr, 8 2010

National Museums Scotland is attending Expo 2010 to highlight the re-opening of the National Museum of Scotland in 2011.

Activity behind the scenes

Activity behind the scenes

Wed, Mar, 17 2010

As the building work advances apace, find out what else is going on as we prepare for 2011.


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