National Museums Scotland
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Our museums
National Museum of Scotland
Open daily, 10:00 - 17:00
Free entry
Chambers Street, Edinburgh, EH1 1JF
National Museum of Flight
Nov - Mar
Weekends only, 10:00 - 16:00
Paid entry, Members free
East Fortune Airfield, East Lothian, EH39 5LF
National Museum of Rural Life
Open daily, 10:00 - 17:00
Paid entry, Members free
Philipshill Road, East Kilbride, G76 9HR
National War Museum
Oct - Mar
Open daily, 09:45 - 16:45
Free entry with paid entry to Edinburgh Castle
Castlehill, Edinburgh, EH1 2NG
What's on
- Exhibition
Injecting Hope: The Race for a COVID-19 Vaccine
–Injecting Hope is a free exhibition at the National Museum of Scotland, that presents the science behind the COVID-19 vaccine.Coming soon - Event
Tractor Tots
Fri 20 Sep 2024 – Mon 10 Feb 2025Tractor 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 - Event
Find Out Fridays
10 Jan – 27 Jun 2025, every Friday afternoon during term time 13:30 – 16:00Taking a different theme and activity each week, our Engagement team will share some of the fascinating facts and surprising stories behind our collections.Free
Discover our collections
- Discover
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… - Discover
Early Modern Scottish belief in 10 objects
These 9 key objects help paint a picture of belief and devotional practice in Scotland. By showing how people used and interacted with these objects, we get a glimpse into the everyday experience of faith in early modern Scotland. In late… - Discover
10 stories of disability history in the collections
Disability History Month begins in November each year. But all year round we care for and interpret objects connected to the lives and experiences of D/deaf, disabled and neurodivergent people, past and present. This list highlights… - Discover
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.
