National Museums Scotland (NMS; Scottish Gaelic: Taighean-tasgaidh Nàiseanta na h-Alba) is an executive non-departmental public body of the Scottish Government. It runs the national museums of Scotland.

National Museums Scotland
Taighean-tasgaidh Nàiseanta na h-Alba
Non Departmental Public Body overview
Formed1 October 1985
Preceding agencies
  • National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland
  • Royal Scottish Museum
JurisdictionScotland
HeadquartersChambers Street
Edinburgh
EH1 1JF
Employees401
Minister responsible
Non Departmental Public Body executives
  • Bruce Minto OBE, Chairman of the Board of Trustees
  • Dr Chris Breward, Director of National Museums Scotland
Child agencies
Websitewww.nms.ac.uk Edit this at Wikidata
Footnotes
Charity registered in Scotland (No.SC01113)

NMS is one of the country's National Collections, and holds internationally important collections of natural sciences, decorative arts, world cultures, science and technology, and Scottish history and archaeology.

List of national museums

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Other collections

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The main storage building at the National Museums Collection Centre, at Granton in Edinburgh, opened in 1996. It is open to the public for guided tours. A new storage building has been constructed, which houses the textile and costume collections, including the Jean Muir Collection of 20th century costume and accessories.

The National Museum of Costume was located at Shambellie House, in New Abbey, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. In January 2013, National Museums Scotland announced that the National Museum of Costume was to close and the site would not reopen for 2013.[1]

Trustees

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National Museums Scotland is Scotland's national museum service, governed by a board of trustees. It is a non-departmental public body, funded by the Education and Lifelong Learning Directorate of the Scottish Government.

Notable items in the national collections

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Hearth by Andy Goldsworthy, commissioned for the Early Scottish Peoples exhibit under the management former NMS Keeper of Archaeology, Dr David Clarke.

The official website lists the following exhibits as being the highlights of its collections:[2]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "National Museum of Costume to close" (Press release). National Museums Scotland. 4 February 2013. Archived from the original on 12 August 2013.
  2. ^ "Our collections - Highlights". National Museums Scotland. Archived from the original on 12 February 2010. Retrieved 1 October 2009.
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