Major exhibition opens in Edinburgh this weekend, Monkeys: Our Primate Family
National Museum of Scotland, Chambers Street, Edinburgh
28 June–30 November 2025
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Prized treasure from the Galloway Hoard to go on show for the first time in Kirkcudbright
A unique rock crystal jar found as part of the Galloway Hoard will go on public display for the first time later this year. The Galloway Hoard: Rock Crystal Jar will open on 8 November 2025, at Kirkcudbright Galleries, near where the Hoard was first discovered.
A big opportunity to feel small: colossal creatures descending on UK in giant exhibition
- Immersive showcase of giant prehistoric animals opens at Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery on 2 August before moving to Scotland in January 2026
- Visitors will encounter awe-inspiring creatures that roamed the Earth after the extinction of the dinosaurs
- Exhibition also highlights need to protect current natural giants such as elephants and whales.
Tickets for major summer exhibition Monkeys: Our Primate Family go on sale on Earth Day
Tickets for the biggest exhibition of primate behaviour ever staged go on sale today, Earth Day, Tuesday 22 April.
Mystery of the Arnish Moor Man explored in new exhibition
Objects recovered from a mysterious 250-year-old burial on Arnish Moor on the Isle of Lewis, star in a new exhibition, opening today. The exceptionally well-preserved knitted bonnet and personal belongings of a young man, on loan from National Museums Scotland, are displayed for the first time in a generation at Kinloch Historical Society.
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Museum on the move: step aboard the National Museum of Scotland’s new tram
Edinburgh tram passengers will have the chance to climb aboard a ‘mobile museum’ from today [24 July] as a new tram launches with special National Museum of Scotland livery.
Calculator used by Scottish scientist to help NASA achieve first manned moon landing donated to National Museums Scotland
Ahead of the anniversary of the first moon landing, a mechanical calculating machine used by a Scottish scientist in support of the mission has been donated to National Museums Scotland.
Local treasures revealed ahead of Archaeology Day at the National Museum of Rural Life
The team from Treasure Trove Scotland are inviting members of the public to bring their finds to be assessed as part of a family-friendly Archaeology Day at the National Museum of Rural Life on Saturday 19 July.
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