Standing between two racks of whale bones in the National Museum Collection Centre in Granton, Professor Andrew Kitchener, Principal Curator ...

Joao Pedro Correa Costa was eight years old when his parents travelled to Glasgow for Brazil’s World Cup warm-up match against Scotland. It was June 1966 and weather was so bleak the clouds almost ...

It features five detailed walking trails, so you can follow in the footsteps of the city’s finest, including Robert Burns, Walter Scott and Diana Gabaldon, as well as a section that’s dedicated to the ...

The painting of Scotland's national bard was discovered in March last year during a house clearance.

The painting, which fetched tens of thousands of pounds at auction last year, was lost for more than 200 years.

A 370 million-year-old fossil found in Scotland is an entirely new form of life which towered 26ft tall, scientists have confirmed.

A 410-million-year-old fossil of a giant prehistoric organism which once loomed over north-east Scotland has been added to ...

Gothic monuments, riverside restaurants and the Royal Mile: here's how to make the most of a short break in this Scottish ...

On New Year’s Day children and families can party on down at The National Museum of Scotland on Chambers Street. Sprogmanay is an afternoon of entertainment with ceilidh bands and children’s ...

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