Museum

A guitar once thought to have been lost for over 50 years, owned by The Rolling Stones, has been discovered as part of a collection at a New York art museum.

Stolen Rolling Stones' guitar found at New York Museum

The museum sheds light in an important part of Scotland’s industrial past.

Museum launches major fundraising campaign to secure its future

Couple forced to call police after they were locked in Madame Tussauds for four hours

'I had to wee in bin': Terrified woman 'trapped' in Madame Tussauds

Faisal Saleh, executive director of Palestine Museum, which will open in Edinburgh on Saturday.

Watch this: First look at The Palestine Museum in Scotland

1939 Vauxhall Ten-Four H type saloon

Scottish family donate classic car Lakeland Motor Museum

Drum Street in Gilmerton is home to the ‘subterranean chambers of a remarkable cave’ thought to have been inhabited up to 300 years ago. Situated around ten feet below the surface, the Cove consists of a 40-feet long passage with an unusual series of rooms and passages on each side. It became a tourist attraction in 2003.

10 quirky hidden gems to discover in Edinburgh this April

Jim Slaven said if the museum were to close it would "be an act of social vandalism”

The People’s Story Museum reopens following temporary closure

The People's Story museum opened in 1984, focusing on Edinburgh's working class history

Questions raised after museum closes without councillors' approval

Mark Cranston who has built an amazing collection of bricks.

I have a collection of 4,000 bricks...each one tells a story

Three brandy glasses during Ararat factory tour

I tried brandy in Armenia - and it has made me a convert

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Closing The People’s Museum would be cultural vandalism - Susan Dalgety

Much-loved social history museum faces prolonged closure

Work begins to restore iconic Nelson Monument

German Observation Tower on south coast cliffs, Guernsey

Visit Guernsey to discover underground bunkers and WW2 history

The best towns and cities for a Staycation including Liverpool

Volunteers plan to transform 70-year-old ship into floating museum
The SS Explorer has been berthed in Leith docks since 1996 but remains largely unknown to many - but a group of dedicated volunteers would like to change this.
Neil Johnstone

Plans to transform historic ship into floating Leith museum

The Nelson Monument is set to open

Historic landmark and museum reopens for first time since Covid

Victoria Scone, from Ru Paul's Drag Race UK series

Early start for Festival Fringe preview shows - Karen Koren

Married couple Janet and John Ford, who own Tudor World, are at loggerheads with Joe Rukin, who runs Sinister Stratford ghost tours.

Turf war breaks out between Stratford-upon-Avon ghost tour guides

All the way from the jungles of Chiang Mai, Northern Thailand, this international kids comedy duo will be oozing enthusiasm all over the Edinburgh Fringe. Glom Glom and the Musical Monster Millipede’s action packed interactive adventure show is smashed full of comedic pieces, singalongs, interactive obstacles and guaranteed giggle fits for cool kids and carers alike. Step, if you dare, through the portal of metamorphosis and experience this beautiful yet unique immersive musical.
Suitable for 0+ (2 -12). 11am, August 2-14.

Top 10 kids Fringe shows at Gilded Balloon

Taylor Swift Eras Tour: Who is Presley Cash?

Buckingham Palace

King Charles drops major hint about future of Buckingham Palace

The UK’s biggest tourist traps have been named – and one of Edinburgh’s most famous streets has grabbed the unwanted top spot.

Edinburgh street named the UK's biggest tourist trap

An exceptionally rare Chinese box and cover from the 15th century Ming period has been discovered in a dust-filled cabinet in the attic of a family home, where it had been stored and left untouched since the owner’s death in 1967.

Old tin found in attic turns out to be Chinese Ming Dynasty treasure

Two Just Stop Oil supporters were arrested at the Herbert Museum in Coventry while demanding that the government stop all new UK fossil fuel projects and calling on employees and directors of UK cultural institutions to join in civil resistance against the governments genocidal policies.

Just Stop Oil protestors tackled to ground after storming dino exhibit

The Natural History Museum has released a list of new animal and plant species found in 2022

Scientists release list of new animals and plants found in 2022
The Natural History Museum has released a list of all the new animal and plant species they discovered in 2022.
Chelsie Sewell

The National Museum of Scotland on Chambers Street in Edinburgh. Picture: Scott Louden

Museum bosses seek help in unearthing details about 1,500 skeletal remains

Goldbergs department store in Edinburgh, with a Closing Down Sale sign up in February 1990

Lost Edinburgh stores and venues - your views online

The Museum of Edinburgh will host several of the events marking the 1822 Royal Visit.

George IV events start this weekend

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Ocean Terminal transformation - your views online

Jennifer Dodds and Bruce Mouat

City Olympians are an inspiration (just like my ancestor) – Angus Robertson

Will signs such as these be springing up in more hospitality venues?

Vaccine passports are a form of discrimination - Readers' Letters

A familiar haunt is arriving soon in the Museum. Photo: Nintendo.

Animal Crossing: New Horizons 2021 Update: When and what is it?

“I made far too many of these this year, but lightly toasted with some smooth peanut butter helped get us through lockdown." - Banana bread donated to The Young Foundation’s #Museumof2020 by Ajeet Jugnauth

Museum of 2020

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Doors Open Day goes digital for 30th anniversary

Museum’s search for best football fan memorabilia

Jacqueline Watt and Ron Burnett

Virtual art club keeps isolation at bay during lockdown

One Night in the Museum airs on Wednesday night.

'I'd make it get dizzy' - schoolkids describe how they would fight a dinosaur ah...

Sadie's snowsuit was stuck to the super glue in the baby changing facilities at the National Museum of Scotland. Pic: Libby Fairbairn.

Edinburgh mother baffled by 'twisted' vandals who left super glue on baby changi...

The facial reconstruction that depicts Bonnie Prince Charlie in later years. PIC: Hew Morrison.

Bonnie Prince Charlie’s face redrawn using Jacobite leader’s death mask

Edinburgh Castle. Picture; JPIMedia

Edinburgh tops list of Scotland’s most popular tourist sites

Bonnie Prince Charlie's chair pictured before and after the restoration. PIC: Contributed.

Bonnie Prince Charlie’s chair to go on show in the Highlands

The Writer's Museum at Makars' Court in Edinburgh. Pic: Ian Georgeson

Claims Edinburgh’s services could be provided from ‘tents in the Meadows’ under ...

Edinburgh City Council HQ

Â£41m slashed from Edinburgh Council budget as 300 jobs set to go

Children's author and former teacher Gill Arbuthnott with her latest book, A Secret Diary of the First World War. Based on the real-life diary of James Marchbank (left) - a 14-year-old boy from Dalkeith

Incredible WW1 Dalkeith boy soldier's story re-told to children

Escape the festival: Style makes Glasgow a hit

The Royal Air Force Aerobatic Team

Win one of five family tickets for AirShow '18

The expanded Kilmartin Museum in Argyll will bring the prehistoric treasures of Kilmartin Glen (pictured) to a wider audience. PIC: Creative Commons/Flickr/Christian Hacker.

Scotland's centre of excellence for archaeology in Â£3.2m win

The Royal Arch was a Dundee landmark for more than 100 years. PIC: Dundee City Council.

Would Dundee's lost Royal Arch be demolished today?

In pictures: Date set for re-opening of Edinburgh's Museum of Childhood

The exhibition of early Scottish silver will tour Scotland. Picture: Neil Hanna

Secrets of Scotland's origins to be unearthed

The Writers' Museum has bucked the trend.

Move to extend museum opening times as revenue left endangered

The insiders -AE Qing Lin - Wildlife Photographer of the Year

Award-winning wildlife photographs gather at Museum of Scotland

The Museum on the Mound. Picture: Callum Bennetts/EN Licence

Historic banking museum on the Mound to remain open