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Half Term How things fly. Photo © Andy Catlin (3) cropped

Flying high this half term at the National Museum of Flight

Discover how things fly at the National Museum of Flight this October half term. Thanks to the support of Postcode Lottery players, families can get ready for take-off with hands on activities running from Monday 12 to Friday 16 October. 

A tale of two Marys in a new exhibition at the National Museum of Scotland. Photo © Duncan McGlynn  (7)

Mary, Queen of Scots: Renaissance and Resistance

12th  June – 14th  November 2027 
National Museum of Scotland,  
Chambers Street, Edinburgh, EH1 1JF

DiSSCo first specimen hoverfly digitisation with curator Ashleigh Whiffin  at the National Museums Collection Centre credit Stewart Attwood

127 year-old fly launches major digitisation project in Scotland

As Scotland's Climate Week gets underway, a 127 year-old hoverfly is among the first insect specimens to be digitised as part of a major new project led in Scotland by National Museums Scotland and Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh.