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  1. A person is looking at a framed picture. The picture looks like a square block of pink from a distance, but on closer inspection it's a stream of code for a virus.
    Exhibition

    Injecting Hope: The race for a COVID-19 vaccine

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    Injecting Hope is a free exhibition at the National Museum of Scotland, that presents the science behind the COVID-19 vaccine.
    Coming soon

    National Museum of Scotland

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  2. Event

    Tractor Tots

    Fri 20 Sep 2024 – Mon 10 Feb 2025
    Tractor Tots is a bookable series of playful sensory singalong sessions for under-fives and their adults at the National Museum of Rural Life.
    Tickets available

    National Museum of Rural Life

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  3. An adult helping a child with a science experiment
    Event

    Find Out Fridays

    6 Sep – 20 Dec 2024, every Friday afternoon during term time 13:30 – 16:00
    Taking a different theme and activity each week, our Engagement team will share some of the fascinating facts and surprising stories behind our collections.
    Free

    National Museum of Scotland

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Discover our collections

  1. Twelve bronze objects, including some rounded fittings with concentric circle designs and a rattle pendant.
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    What is the Peebles Hoard?

    The Peebles Hoard is a spectacular collection of bronze, leather and wooden material. Dating to the Late Bronze Age (c.1000-800 BCE), it contains several hundred elements from a complex set of objects. A complete sword in a wooden scabbard…
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  2. Set of miniature wooden coffins with wooden dolls inside.
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    An unsolved mystery: the coffins found on Arthur's Seat

    Satanic spell, superstitious charm or echo of Edinburgh’s grisly underworld history? We examine the strange tale of these tiny coffins, discovered on Arthur’s Seat almost 200 years ago.
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  3. A watercolour painting of a rural scene, where a group of people are sat enjoying refreshments in a field, with harvested bales tied up with string all around them.
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    The Autumn harvest in 8 rural snapshots

    Seasons of the year have always shaped how communities and people live. Farming and rural life was driven by the changing of the seasons. While the technology employed to do the work has changed, the tasks done in each season have largely…
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  4. Mannequins wearing colourful clothes on display in a museum
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    Developing new mannequins for our fashion displays

    Our displays are evolving to reflect different bodies and to tell new stories. Find out more about our process and where we plan to go from here.
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