![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)
Declaration of Arbroath to go on Public Display for the First Time in 18 Years at the National Museum of Scotland
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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
nms.ac.uk/declaration
#DeclarationOfArbroath
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.
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