National Museum of Scotland
With thousands of amazing objects across multiple galleries, the Museum offers you a world of discovery all under one roof
Visitor information for National Museum of Scotland
Admission details:
Free entry
Opening hours:
Open daily, 10:00 - 17:00
Closed 25 Dec. Open 26 Dec, 12:00 – 17:00. Open 1 Jan, 12:00 – 17:00.
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.Free - Event
Museum Socials
Fri 17 Jan - Fri 18 April, third Friday of the month, 10:30 – 12:00Our Museum Socials are designed for people living with dementia, their relatives, friends, carers, and supporters.Free - 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
Stories from the 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
8 women in Scotland who shaped the history of science
Many of the scientific endeavours featured in our collections are the work of women with a connection to Scotland. - Discover
A runic revelation: Who owned the Galloway hoard?
With any hoard, some of the most common questions are about who buried it, and why. Usually, Viking-age hoards of silver are a mix of anonymous ornaments, often hacked into pieces. If we’re lucky, there may be coins which at least help us… - Discover
9 ways to welcome winter in rural Scotland
Explore stories of winter in rural Scotland through tools, machinery, craft objects, and paintings from the rural history collections.
