National Museums of Scotland - List of National Museums

List of National Museums

  • The National Museum of Scotland, comprising two linked museums on Chambers Street, in the Old Town of Edinburgh:
    • The Museum of Scotland - concerned with the history and people of Scotland
    • The Royal Museum - a general museum encompassing global geology, archaeology, natural history, science, technology and art
  • The National Museum of Costume, at Shambellie House, New Abbey, Dumfries and Galloway
  • The National Museum of Flight, at East Fortune, East Lothian
  • The National Museum of Rural Life, at Wester Kittochside farm, in South Lanarkshire (previously the Museum of Scottish Country Life, previously the Scottish Agricultural Museum)
  • The National War Museum, at Edinburgh Castle

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