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An elegantly simple solar energy solution

I recently met Dr Faisal Ghani of Heriot-Watt University to accept his generous donation of a flat-pack solar energy collector…

By Ellie Swinbank
25th February 2020

Through a looking glass

While working at the National Museums Scotland I had the privilege to lead on the Dan Klein Collection Conservation project.…

By Stefka Bargazova
24th February 2020

Sharing a Warp with Archie Brennan

By Lisa Mason
13th February 2020

A peek inside the Museum’s silver chest

By Sarah Rothwell
3rd February 2020

Parasites exhibition: A Biology teacher’s thoughts

By Jacquie Grocott
30th January 2020

The Big Garden Birdwatch

By Julie Gibb
24th January 2020

Brian the Lion, Oswald the Cat and the World’s Oldest Football

By Sue Beardmore
16th January 2020

WITH Coastal Style: Researching the Capulana in Mozambique

By Dr Sarah Worden
13th January 2020

Rethinking the Dark Age: the multiple voices of early medieval Britain

By Dr Adrián Maldonado
17th December 2019

Bonding bugs and broken bits: the conservation of five modern glass art objects

By Thea Christophersen
16th December 2019

Starting small: visiting natural science collections across Scotland

By Sue Beardmore
13th November 2019

Ring of glass: a crystal clear challenge

By Lydia Messerschmidt
3rd November 2019

The mystery of the modern shabtis

By Dr Dan Potter
28th October 2019

Mad, bad and a pleasure to know: The unlikely friendship of Sir Walter Scott and Lord Byron

By Kirsty Archer-Thompson
20th October 2019

Who were the Galloway ‘Vikings’? The surprising story of the runes in the Galloway hoard

By Dr David Parsons
16th October 2019

Designing Diversity

By Georgina Ripley
15th October 2019

“Learn to make a right use of your eyes”: cataloguing a Victorian palaeobiology collection

By Sherri Donaldson
8th October 2019

And now in glorious Technicolor: the making of a digital colour reconstruction of the Umbrian Madonna and Child

By Diana de Bellaigue
5th October 2019