Recreate your favourite museum objects and places using the LEGO you have at home!

With the introduction of rationing, the threat of air raids, and the loss of so many workers through conscription, daily life looked and felt very different for people at home in Scotland during the Second World War.

Discover how these amazing glass models have been educating and inspiring visitors for almost 150 years.

Discover the story of National Museums Scotland, from our 18th century beginnings to the present day.

Discover amazing science from inside your own home as we explore the elemental themes of the Edinburgh Science Festival 2020.

Images of people taking part in aspects of everyday life at home and and on the front line during the Second World War from the Scottish Life Archive and the collection.

This dashing tartan frock coat may have been worn by Bonnie Prince Charlie during his ill-fated time in Scotland.

More than 10 million objects make their home at the National Museum of Scotland. Discover the secrets of our treasures with this unique five-part series.

The National Museum of Scotland is housed in magnificent buildings. Find out about its striking architectural details below, and explore them further on your next visit to our Museum.

The National Museum of Scotland has become the first museum or gallery in Scotland available for exploration online via Google Arts & Culture’s Museum View experience.

Explore life in the countryside at our five-star museum, farmhouse and historic working farm.

Discover objects on loan to the new Trimontium Museum in the Scottish Borders

Within the walls of Edinburgh Castle, the National War Museum tells the story of Scotland at war.

Wing your way to one of Scotland's top days out at East Fortune Airfield.

In this series, get to know people from across our museums, the spaces they work in and the objects they are inspired by.

Your journey of discovery starts here.

Find out how this revolutionary telescope was invented, and how it found a home at the National Museum of Scotland.

This bold and vibrant woollen pile rug once furnished the Edinburgh home of Sir Robert Murdoch Smith, the director of this museum from 1885 to 1900.

This tent was a home-made 'mini' vigil travelling stall used by members of the Democracy for Scotland campaign.

Explore treasured artefacts passed down through generations, providing a personal insight into the lives of those at home and on the front lines.

Discover how the skull of a 40ft whale, which captured the heart of the nation, has become a permanent feature at the National Museum of Scotland.

This Persian leopard is a male that was born at Bristol Zoo in 1994. He eventually found a home at Wilhelma Zoo in Stuttgart, Germany where he died at the advanced age of 17 years old.

Discover how this unique piece of Scottish printing heritage found a new home at the National Museums Collection Centre – bringing with it a sprinkle of Harry Potter magic!

Two pieces of tusk in our collection show that some woolly mammoths made their home in Scotland, while another provides early evidence of mammoths in North America.

Download our fearsome Viking colouring sheets or have a go at making bread the Viking way.

The destruction of Hamilton Palace, the grandest stately home in Britain, was one of the greatest losses to national heritage ever to happen in this country. This is the story of how Scotland’s biggest treasure trove was won and lost.

Join curator Anna Groundwater for a guided virtual tour of life in Renaissance Scotland at the National Museum of Scotland.

Our working farm at the National Museum of Rural Life is home to Ayrshire, Aberdeen Angus and Highland cattle, Tamworth pigs, sheep, hens and Clydesdale horses.

The Making Circles schools project invited children to be inspired by National Museums Scotland’s collections to create new Circular Economy products.

1939 saw the start of a conflict that would change Scotland and the world. Discover Scottish stories related to different aspects of the Second World War - life on the Home Front, the development of technology driven by the conflict, and personal memories of some of the people who lived through it.

Join curator Margaret Maitland for a guided virtual tour of our Ancient Egypt Rediscovered gallery.

This exceptionally rare table carpet was found at Glamis Castle, the home of the Earls of Strathmore and Kinghorne, in the 1970s. Evidence suggests that it was probably commissioned especially for the family.

A bug safari is a great way to discover lots of insects and other invertebrates. You can go on a bug safari in your home, garden, or out on a walk.

In this video, artist Sophie Orton shows how to make your own dragon sock puppet from things you have at home. This video was created by artists Katie and Sophie Orton.

This historic Bruce-Oosterwijck pendulum sea clock played an important role in the long quest for a practical way of determining longitude at sea; a problem that made sea voyages incredibly hazardous.

Get hands-on with craft ideas inspired by our collections.

Home to over 90,000 species, Scotland’s land, seas and skies support a wide range of native mammals and birds, amphibians, reptiles and over 50,000 different invertebrates. The collection at National Museums Scotland has examples of some of the iconic, at risk and once extinct birds and mammals native to Scotland.

In the 17th and 18th centuries, Scotland did not have the health provisions that we have today and physicians were few and far between. Discover what remedies and cures and beliefs people used to treat illnesses and why some were more effective than others.

Resources for both at home and on site to help you with your visit

Plan the perfect trip to the National Museum of Rural Life

Plan the perfect trip to the National Museum of Flight

This page contains a range of dinosaur themed activities for P2-4. The activities can be used alongside our Digital Schools Session or to support classroom or home learning.

This page contains a range of ancient Egyptian themed activities for P3-4. The activities can be used alongside our Digital Schools Session or to support classroom or home learning.

This page contains a range of dinosaur themed activities for P2. The activities can be used alongside our Digital Schools Session or to support classroom or home learning.

This page contains a range of biodiversity themed activities for P4-7. The activities can be used alongside our Digital Schools Session or to support classroom or home learning.

This page contains a range of dinosaur themed activities for P5-7. The activities can be used alongside our Digital Schools Session or to support classroom or home learning.

Make the most of your visit with our museum highlights. Your rural adventure starts here!

This page contains a range of Fantastic Flying Forces themed activities for P5-7. The activities can be used alongside our Digital Schools Session or to support classroom or home learning.