![Model Zelda Smyth wears a Gareth Pugh dress hand-embroidered with black plastic drinking straws. The dress will go on display in Beyond the Little Black Dress at the National Museum of Scotland which opens on 1 July. Tickets for the exhibition go on sale tomorrow [3 March]. © David Eustace](https://cdn.prgloo.com/media/4618410406544022a9d1eaa0548dcdab.jpg?width=968&height=1452)
Rising Tide: Art and Environment in Oceania
Saturday 12 August 2023 to Sunday 14 April 2024
National Museum of Scotland, Chambers Street, Edinburgh
Admission: Free
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Declaration of Arbroath to go on Public Display for the First Time in 18 Years at the National Museum of Scotland
Saturday June 3 to Sunday 2 July 2023
Admission Free
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The Declaration of Arbroath will be displayed at the National Museum of Scotland this summer for the first time in 18 years. The display has been organised in partnership between National Museums Scotland and National Records of Scotland, who are custodians of the document. The famous document will be on show from 3 June to 2 July 2023.
New images by David Eustace are revealed as tickets for Beyond the Little Black Dress go on sale
Tickets for the National Museum of Scotland’s summer exhibition Beyond the Little Black Dress go on sale tomorrow, Friday 3 March, 2023.
18th century clan portraits go on display at the National Museum of Scotland
Two portraits of important members of the Chief of Clan Grant’s household are now on display in the National Museum of Scotland.
First recorded stranding of a short-finned pilot whale in the UK reported
A new study of a whale which stranded off the Pembrokeshire coast in 2012 has revealed it to be the first short-finned pilot whale ever to be found in British waters.
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Declaration of Arbroath goes on display for the first time in 18 years at the National Museum of Scotland
Saturday June 3 to Sunday 2 July 2023
Admission: Free
nms.ac.uk/declaration
#DeclarationOfArbroath
The Declaration of Arbroath goes on display at the National Museum of Scotland tomorrow for the first time in 18 years. The display has been organised in partnership between National Museums Scotland and National Records of Scotland, who are custodians of the Declaration. The famous document will be on show from 3 June to 2 July 2023.
Visitors to flock to National Museum of Rural Life’s Woolly Weekend
Spinning demonstrations, sheep shearing and the chance to meet some alpacas are some of the woolly treats in store for visitors to the National Museum of Rural Life, East Kilbride on Saturday 20 and Sunday 21 May when the attraction hosts its special Woolly Weekend event.
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