National Museum of Scotland

The Museum of Scotland is a museum was opened in 1998 for Scottish history and culture in the Chambers Street in Edinburgh. With its opening in 1998, the new building was combined with the directly adjacent Royal Museum. Both museums together comprise the National Museum of Scotland, which is jointly owned by the National War Museum, the National Museum of Costume, National Museum of Rural Life and the National Museum of Flight at the National Museums of Scotland. The building was designed by Benson & Forsyth.

The Museum of Scotland contains the collections of the National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland and Scotland -related objects in the Royal Museum. Admission to the permanent collection is free.

Permanent exhibition

In the permanent exhibition are among other sculptures by Eduardo Paolozzi, the Monymusk Reliquary, ten of the Lewis Chessmen, a Union Jack and a flag of Scotland, both of which were flown at the Battle of Culloden, painting by Margaret MacDonald Mackintosh and sculptures by Andy Goldsworthy.

The exhibition is organized chronologically, in the basement Prehistory to the Early Middle Ages, on the ground floor, the development of the Kingdom of Scotland from the Middle Ages to the early modern period, in the overlying exhibition floors then the political and sozioökonimische transformation of Scotland in the age of industrialization, its further development in the Victorian era and early 20th century and in the top finally the last decades.

Architecture

The architecture of the building has been controversial from the start. Prince Charles retired in 1991, after the announcement of the winner of the tender his patronage of the building back. Originally the new building should be a complement to the adjacent built in the 19th century Royal Museum, but eventually a completely different design was chosen yet. The museum consists of geometric shapes, reminiscent of the architecture of Le Corbusier. But the architects built a also some references to Scotland, as has the construction of a broch -like tower and a castle- like appearance. The facade consists of Moray sandstone. In 1999 the building was nominated for the Stirling Prize.

The Monymusk reliquary, dated to circa 750

Monarch of the Glen, Edwin Landseer, 1851

Sculpture made ​​of whalebone by Andy Goldsworthy

Bronze figure of Eduardo Paolozzi

Celtic Harp

Cast the grave slab of Mary Stuart

Lewis Chessmen