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Videos

Learn more about the Royal Museum Project, take a virtual tour of the new Museum and find out how work is progressing.

Royal Museum update

See how the building works are progressing and meet our Royal Museum Project Director and Balfour Beatty’s Project Manager.
Royal Museum update

Royal Museum building tour

Take a guided tour of the construction works with National Museums Scotland Director Dr Gordon Rintoul and see how the building is taking shape.
Royal Museum building tour

The Shetland fiddle

Hear the Shetland fiddle commissioned for the new Performance and Lives gallery played live by some of Scotland's finest young musicians.
Shetland fiddle.

Conserving our collections

Find out more about the painstaking work carried out by our conservation team as they prepare major objects for the new Museum. See the Maori waka, Egyptian coffins, meteorites and more.
Conserving our collections

Virtual tour

Watch our virtual tour of the revamped Royal Museum, illustrating how the £46 million Royal Museum Project will transform this iconic building into a museum for the 21st century.
Take the virtual tour

Culture Minister's visit

On 19 August 2009, Culture Minister Mike Russell made a visit to the Royal Museum building, and cemented in the final stone of the newly created West Wing entrance.
Culture Minister's visit

Making a world of difference

Get an insight into this exciting project and find out how things are progressing. See what happens when the animals and other exhibits move out and construction work begins.
Making a world of difference

Within these walls

Dr Gordon Rintoul, Director of National Museums Scotland, explains why Gareth Hoskins Architects were selected as architects for the Royal Museum Project.
Within these walls