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Conservators At The National Museums Scotland Recently Finished Reconstructing An "Incredibly Rare" Segment Of A Roman Soldier's Armor That's 1,800-Years-Old
For several weeks, conservators at the National Museums Scotland have been working tirelessly to reconstruct a 1,800-year-old segment of a Roman soldier’s armor that had been broken into a ...
Social media creator sacked for typos & not posting anything for a month WINS £22,000 payout for ‘unfair dismissal’
A SOCIAL media creator sacked for making typos and not posting anything for a month has won a £22,000 payout. Anita Briggs produced digital content for the National Museums of Scotland for 16 ...
Curating Covid: story of the pandemic told at museum
Face masks, from medical-grade face coverings to hand-sewn fabric creations, were part of everyday life during the pandemic. Now designs from around the world are part of a new exhibition, Injecting ...
The Scottish Sun4d
UFO hunter slams Scots museum bosses over rejecting bizarre exhibit
“I wanted to donate these trousers to the National Museums of Scotland. Sadly, they refused. I’m very disappointed.” Bob said officials had apologised via email and said they “already had ...
The Jerusalem Post Blogs1mon
Peebles hoard unearthed after 3,000 years finds home at National Museums Scotland
The National Museums Scotland has acquired the Peebles Hoard, a collection of over 500 Bronze Age artifacts that remained hidden underground for 3,000 years. Discovered in 2020 near Peebles in the ...
BBC6y
National Museum of Scotland goes virtual in online first
Culture lovers can now view the National Museum of Scotland's collections from their homes. It is the first museum or gallery in Scotland that can be toured virtually via Google Arts and Culture's ...
The Art Newspaper16d
How National Galleries of Scotland aced the sustainability transition
The Edinburgh institution is leading the way for cultural institutions to reduce their environmental impact with a deeply-embedded, long-term strategy ...
London Evening Standard1mon
Large ‘tail vanes’ enabled pterosaurs to take to the air, scientists announce
It is exciting to now see a critical feature of the pterosaurs' anatomy so beautifully displayed Dr Nick Fraser, National Museums Scotland Dr Jordan Bestwick, post-doctoral research fellow at ...
HR Magazine15d
Underperforming social media worker wins £20,000 in tribunal
A social media worker, who only created six posts in a month compared with a colleague’s 73, won £22,210 in an unfair dismissal case as she was not given enough warning of her potential dismissal.
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It's madness not to charge entrance fees to our museums and galleries
In 2023, over two million people visited the National Museum of Scotland; 1.2 million went to the Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum while 816,000 visited the City of Edinburgh Galleries and Museums.
U.S. News & World Report16d
25 Best Things to Do in Edinburgh, Scotland
Hoisted high atop Edinburgh, as if monitoring the city below, Edinburgh Castle is not only one of Scotland's most recognized ... guns in medieval Europe), the National War Museum, the Great ...