The Scots, like the Irish, are a small but globalized nation; the philosophers of Enlightenment were also the engineers, soldiers and emigrants of Empire. Edinburgh is small—you can see the ocean and ...
Fans of the Victoria & Albert Museum (V&A) in London who can’t get enough of its art, design, performance and other displays of human creativity are in luck. When the opening of the new Victoria & ...
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“Body Beautiful: Diversity on the Catwalk” opens next May at the National Museum of Scotland. It’s an exhibition devoted to exploring fashion from the point of view of inclusivity and body positivity, ...
EDINBURGH, Scotland (RNS) — Just off of Royal Mile in Old Town Edinburgh, in a 17th-century stone building on Chalmers Close, is a new museum that, though dedicated to a part of history most Scots ...
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On the Isle of Lewis in Scotland’s Outer Hebrides, peat—that spongy stuff found in bogs and made of partly decomposed vegetation and organic matter—has long been a vital resource for heating, cooking, ...
In a significant break with tradition, National Museums Scotland has adopted a new procedure and policy for the potential repatriation of certain items it has in its collection. Since 1866, the ...
When it comes to powerhouse museums, England typically gets the lion’s share of attention in the U.K. But this summer, Scotland is shaking things up with a flurry of museum news designed to lure ...
The unicorn may be a mythical beast, but centuries’ worth of art and literature have made it quite real. An endless parade of Medieval tapestries, ancient Greek texts, Renaissance paintings, ...
Some museums are opting for new language to describe the preserved individuals in their collections who were once living humans. Coffin base and mummy of senior priest Iufenamun at the National Museum ...
Sir Mark Jones is back from leave and has addressed staff at HES during a deeply troubled time at the organisation.