National Museum of Scotland
Edinburgh · founded 1998
The National Museum of Scotland (Scottish Gaelic: Taigh-tasgaidh Nàiseanta na h-Alba) in Edinburgh, Scotland, is a museum of Scottish history and culture. It was formed in 2006 with the merger of the new Museum of Scotland, with collections relating to Scottish antiquities, culture and history, and the adjacent Royal Scottish Museum (opened in 1866 as the Edinburgh Museum of Science and Art, renamed in 1904, and for the period between 1985 and the merger named the Royal Museum of Scotland or simply the Royal Museum), with international collections covering science and technology, natural history, and world cultures. The two connected buildings stand beside each other on Chambers Street, by the junction with the George IV Bridge, in central Edinburgh.
- Visitors a year
- 2.3MVisitors a year
- Founded
- 1998Founded
What to see
Lewis chessmen
1200.
At the museum · Photo by National Museums Scotland, CC BY-SA 4.0
Monymusk Reliquary
750.
At the museum · Photo by National Museums Scotland, CC BY-SA 4.0
Cramond Lioness
In the museum’s collection.
At the museum · Photo by kim traynor, CC BY-SA 2.0
Lamont Harp
1500.
At the museum · Public domain via Wikimedia Commons
Torrs Pony-cap and Horns
In the museum’s collection.
At the museum · Photo by kim traynor, CC BY-SA 2.0
miniature coffins
In the museum’s collection.
At the museum · Photo by Kim Traynor, CC BY-SA 3.0
Plan your visit
Hours
Published on the museum’s own site. Confirm on www.nms.ac.uk/national-museum-of-scotland before you travel.
Getting there
Chambers Street.
On their own site
Opening hours, tickets and current exhibitions are on the museum’s own site.
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