On the Isle of Lewis in Scotland’s Outer Hebrides, peat—that spongy stuff found in bogs and made of partly decomposed vegetation and organic matter—has long been a vital resource for heating, cooking, ...

Anna Groundwater, a curator at National Museums Scotland, talked about the particular appeal of pieces related to Mary, Queen of Scots. Jewels dating to the Scottish Renaissance can help convey ...

Get Access To Every Broadway Story Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. Artist Ilana Halperin explores notions of time ...

Archaeologists pieced together an “ancient jigsaw puzzle” of more than 100 artifacts and reconstructed a Roman piece of armor in Scotland, according to the National Museums of Scotland. Photo (c) ...

If you want to take a journey through Scotland in just one afternoon, it's absolutely worth visiting the National Museum of Scotland in Edinburgh. As cliché as it may sound, there really is something ...

Delegates from the Nisga’a Nation with the Ni’isjoohl Memorial Pole in the National Museum of Scotland on August 28, 2023; left to right: Laax̱ Yee (Bobby Clark), Shawna Mackay, Mmihlgum Maakskwhl ...

The streets of Scotland’s capital are magical for kids, with national museums to explore, extinct volcanoes to climb and the looming spectre of Edinburgh Castle to fire the imagination. At Christmas, ...