National Museums Scotland news

The UK Government has earmarked almost £1.3m (US$1.7m, €1.5m) towards a scheme that aims to involve young people in heritage, through a new grant to ... More

The European Museum of the Year 2020 will be won by one of 61 nominated institutions now announced by the European Museum Forum. Among those ... More

The UK's Art Fund has announced the latest winners of its New Collecting Awards, chosen to help rising star curators to build collections for their ... More

The National Museum of Scotland in Edinburgh has completed the final phase of an £80m (US$103.5m, €91.3m) transformation, leading to what it says is the ... More

The winners of this year’s Museums + Heritage Awards for Excellence have been announced, with shortlisted projects celebrated and recognised across the museums, galleries, heritage ... More

The winners of this year’s Museums + Heritage Awards for Excellence have been announced, with shortlisted projects celebrated and recognised across the museums, galleries, heritage ... More

Employees of the National Museum of Scotland in Edinburgh are challenging bosses who say they are not to sit down on their shifts. While most ... More

Hadrian’s Cavalry, a multi-site exhibition that will look at the lives and times of the Roman army’s horseback troops, will feature the UK’s largest ever ... More

The Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland (RIAS) will today officially launch its 2016 Festival of Architecture with Hinterland, a night-time public art event held ... More

The Heritage Lottery Fund has announced its support for the next phase of a Development Plan to transform the National Museum of Flight, located at ... More

The story of the Arctic Convoys will be told at a new exhibition opening 28 May at the National War Museum in Edinburgh. Using never ... More

Twenty successful museum applicants have been announced for Museums Galleries Scotland's Intern Programme for 2013/14. The programme is aimed at graduates from a range of ... More

National Museum of Costume at Shambellie House, New Abbey, Dumfries and Galloway, is set to close due to lack of public funding and low visitor ... More

The National Museum of Scotland has developed a new mobile app with Pocket-Proof. The Museum Explorer iTunes app for iPods and iPhones challenges visitors to ... More

Edinburgh's National Museum of Scotland is set to create eight new galleries after securing initial support towards a £4.85m grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund ... More

Image: London's new Design Museum will open in 2015 The Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) has announced investment totalling £15.9m towards four major museum redevelopment schemes ... More

Image: Paul Elliott is the recipient of a CBE A number of individuals from across the UK leisure industry - including the sport, heritage and ... More

The National Museum of Scotland has attracted a record-breaking 2 million visitors in the 10 months since its reopening last year. The museum completed a ... More

National Museums Scotland (NMS) and The Holburne Museum in Bath, Somerset, were declared joint winners of the 2012 Museums and Heritage award for Permanent Exhibition. ... More

Scotland's economy has benefited from an additional £89.9m since the March launch of the Surprise Yourself campaign, according to national tourism agency VisitScotland. The £3.5m ... More

Edinburgh's new-look National Museum of Scotland has officially reopened to the public today (29 July), following the completion of a major £47.4m refurbishment programme. National ... More