UK Government Scotland Office Minister Kirsty McNeill hailed Summerlee Museum as "fantastic" during a visit to the Coatbridge ...

Gothic monuments, riverside restaurants and the Royal Mile: here's how to make the most of a short break in this Scottish ...

From the cobbled, quaint and quirky to the elegant, sweeping and grand, from the history-drenched to the Instagram-primped, ...

Experts previously thought the first Scottish coins were minted in England, but this penny came from Edinburgh. National ...

The 900-year-old coin, which bears the image of David I, a 12th-century king, recently went into the possession of National ...

This rare silver penny, minted by King David I during the 1130s, bears an inscription that suggests it was struck in ...

On New Year’s Day children and families can party on down at The National Museum of Scotland on Chambers Street. Sprogmanay is an afternoon of entertainment with ceilidh bands and children’s ...

The earliest known coin minted in Scotland - almost 900 years ago - has been acquired for the nation after it was found by a metal detectorist. Did you know with a Digital Subscription to Edinburgh ...

Scotland now has its first curator of osteoarchaeology through a new project aiming to enhance the care of and research into the country’s archaeological human remains. Jess Thompson is responsible ...

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