Museums

Magician and Punch and Judy entertainer Martin Scott Price at his Blackpool Puppet Museum

Secrets of puppet museum hidden under coastal guest house revealed

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

Museum set to reopen after outcry over temporary closure

The Edinburgh skyline as viewed from Calton Hill

Edinburgh named in top 5 most desirable place to live in UK

Culture director to leave amid museum closure row

Clash at Scottish Parliament over People's Story closure

The beautiful views of Istanbul

I spent a packed weekend in Istanbul and it was a treat for the senses

Campaign to save museum from seven-month closure

Museum proposed to close in council search for savings

I stayed at a canal-side hotel in the Dutch capital, Amsterdam, and I could not recommend staying here enough. (Photo: NationalWorld/Isabella Boneham)

The perfect canal-side hotel in Amsterdam - close to top attractions

The front cover of the Lauriston Castle Visual Guide created by Edge Group Scotland Ltd

Edge Group Scotland Ltd helping make history accessible

The Ampersand Hotel has a grand frontage.

Review: The Ampersand Hotel lives up to its enviable location

German Observation Tower on south coast cliffs, Guernsey

Visit Guernsey to discover underground bunkers and WW2 history

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Family activities to do for £5 or less this May half-term

The best towns and cities for a Staycation including Liverpool

I visited the delight that was The Hague in the Netherlands, next door neighbour of Amsterdam - and a charming city full of history and culture that you need to visit. Picture: Isabella Boneham

Why you should visit the charming city next door to Amsterdam

Many parents are searching for ways to keep the kids entertained during the six-week holiday period - without having to break the bank

The top 10 tips for an affordable summer with the kids
Parents have revealed their top 10 tips for a fun summer with the kids - which don't cost the earth.
Oliver Lewis

The Cloud Gate sculpture, popularly known as the bean, with Chicago's skyline

‘I went to Chicago for five days and it was better than New York’

The gold aureus celebrating the conquest in AD 43 was uncovered among the ruins of a suburb five kilometres north of the archaeological site in southern Italy’s Campania region.

Roman coin plucked from ashes of Pompeii sells for thousands

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

David Bowie as the Thin White Duke

David Bowie archive featuring 80,000 items to be made public

The City Art Centre is one of the main council-owned galleries in Edinburgh. Picture: Greg Macvean

Council chief wants museums, galleries and venues to become ‘warm’ refuges

The 10 british cities with top-rated cultural attractions

Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh from the Meadows, where sheep once grazed. PIC: George Washington Wilson Museums.

Auld Reekie uncovered in box of 19th Century photographs

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New exhibition explores the world of children’s literature at The Museum of Childhood
Growing Up with Books, Museum of Childhood, 1st June – 9th December 2018, Free Entry
From the never-ending adventures of Peter Pan, shipwrecked tales from Robinson Crusoe to mysterious personal insights and hidden messages from previous book owners, Growing Up with Books will chart a magical journey through centuries of children’s books. The new exhibition which opens on 1st June at The Museum of Childhood, will provide a free shared experience for children and adults to recount and discover those timeless tales which first prompted a lifelong love of reading and inspire a new generation to discover the many wonders waiting to be discovered through children’s books.
The exhibition has been developed over the course of a two year project through a collaboration between Scotland’s Early Literature for Children Initiative (SELCIE) at the University of Edinburgh and the Museum of Childhood, focusing on the many hundreds of books which have been donated to the museum over the years. Growing Up with Books will include a selection of the 15,000 books in the Museum collection, from the 18th Century through to the 20th Century, featuring some well-known and much loved characters and tales, as well as many new discoveries, including personal messages from those who have previously owned and loved the books.
The new exhibition which is free to enter, will provide residents and visitors to Edinburgh of all ages to enter into a world of books and stories, discovering (or rediscovering) a lifelong imaginative journey. Curated into five themes: Learning to Read, Worlds of Knowledge, Shaping Identities, Worlds of Imagination and The Lives of Children’s Books, visitors will be taken on a journey through the various wonders which lie in wait behind the pages of th

Making the most of our culture during lockdown - Donald Wilson

Lileen Hardy and children gardening at St Saviour's Child Garden

Celebration of historic Edinburgh women for International Women’s Day

Glasgow Life, the operators of many of the city's best-known attractions, like Kelvingrove, say financial help is needed to avoid 'the worst of outcomes.'

Growing crisis for Scotland's museums amid warnings some 'may never reopen'

Museums & Galleries Edinburgh have officially launched Auld Reekie Retold, the largest collections inventory project ever undertaken in the organisation’s history.

Project launched to catalogue 200,000 fascinating Edinburgh artefacts
A pendant for a bizarre Victorian club that only permitted men who were 6ft tall is among the fascinating items included in an ambitious project to catalogue and relocate more than 200,000 historic artefacts stored across the city.
David McLean

With the UK still under lockdown, many are wondering when shops, hairdressers, pubs and gyms could begin to reopen again, after restrictions were put in place on 23 March (Photo: Shutterstock)

When will gyms open in Scotland? Date fitness centres can reopen as lockdown rul...

These are the rules that pubs and restaurants could be implementing in Scotland when they reopen (Photo: Shutterstock)

Rules for pubs and restaurants in Scotland

Scots will be allowed to venture back inside pubs in Edinburgh's Grassmarket from Wednesday

Edinburgh pubs, restaurants and hairdressers open

Ocean Terminal in Edinburgh is among shopping centres re-opening today. Picture: Scott Louden.

When can I get my hair cut and go to the dentist?

Public gatherings in Scotland are still not permitted

When weddings resume? Date ceremonies will be allowed in Scotland

Scotland looks set ot move into phase three of its lockdown strategy (Getty Images)

This is when Nicola Sturgeon’s next lockdown review is taking place - and when p...

This is what you need to know about Cineworld reopening (Photo: Shutterstock)

Cineworld announces plans to open all cinemas in July - here’s everything you ne...

Nicola Sturgeon announces phase one of lockdown restrictions

Nicola Sturgeon reveals when eating out, pubs and outdoor activities can resume

One of artist Antony Gormley's "6 TIMES" statues in the Water of Leith, Edinburgh, wears a protective face mask as the UK continues in lockdown to help curb the spread of the coronavirus.

How to be part of an 'Edinburgh during coronavirus' museum collection

Here's how to visit the Paris Catacombs and go on Disney theme park rides online

Is it a ghost at the window? Picture: Drew McAdam

'Ghost' seen in window of Edinburgh landmark causes stir on internet

Edinburgh residents with dementia are “delighted” with the National Museum of Scotland's new tours specially designed to help people with the condition access the cities exhibitions.

National Museums’ dementia-friendly social club proves a big hit

Professor Tom Gillingwater with some aboriginal skulls from the collection.

Edinburgh University to return nine human skulls from Sri Lanka in repatriation ...

Tessa Asquith-Lamb leads a descriptive tour for people with little or no sight of the Victoria Crowe exhibition at City Art Centre.

Edinburgh's art galleries launch 'descriptive tours' for blind and visually-impa...

Vicky Garrington, curator at Museum of Edinburgh with Mary Queen of Scots original letters.

Royal mile treasure trove of Mary Queen of Scots documents found

Edinburgh City Council HQ

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

How the proposed concert hall will appear from St Andrew Square.

Plans for city's first new concert hall in a century are unveiled

Buzz Lightyear is set to return to his display in the Museum of Childhood. Picture: contributed

Edinburgh's Museum of Childhood ready to reopen

Children and grownups across the city are set to enjoy the Festival of Museums

Festival of Museums: Steampunk ceilidhs, human anatomy and pirate adventures

Picture: Edinburgh's Usher Hall was one of the venues included in the joint statement.

Edinburgh venues back tourist tax proposals

Staff at the National Museum of Scotland in Edinburgh start a seven day strike action over wages. Picture: Hemedia

National Museum of Scotland workers strike over pay

Museum joins world’s best

Museums up for award

Lothians art funding slashed by councils

Revamp of cultural venues

Museums miss spend target

John Leighton: Every picture in transformed gallery tells story of Scotland

Museums’ big nights