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Artist George Nuku puts the finishing touches to the installation of the artwork Bottled Ocean 2123, an imagined underwater landscape made from recycled plastic. The work will go on show in the exhibition Rising Tide: Art and Environment in Oceania, which opens on August 12 at the National Museum of Scotland. Image credit: Stewart Attwood

Artist George Nuku puts the finishing touches to the installation of the artwork Bottled Ocean 2123, an imagined underwater landscape made from recycled plastic. The work will go on show in the exhibition Rising Tide: Art and Environment in Oceania, which opens on August 12 at the National Museum of Scotland. Image credit: Stewart Attwood

Declaration of Arbroath 3 credit Mike Brooks © King's Printer for Scotland, National Records of Scotland, SP13-7

Declaration of Arbroath 3 credit Mike Brooks © King's Printer for Scotland, National Records of Scotland, SP13-7

Two portraits of important members of the Chief of Clan Grant’s household are now on display in the National Museum of Scotland.

The oil paintings by Richard Waitt were commissioned in 1713 by Alexander, the Laird of Grant, as part of a larger series depicting prominent clan members.

Piper and Champion portraits (credit Duncan McGlynn)

Tickets for the biggest exhibition of primate behaviour ever staged go on sale today, Earth Day, Tuesday 22 April.

To mark the occasion, Louie the orangutan swung by the Grand Gallery at the National Museum of Scotland to meet Scottish primary school pupils Azalea Moghrabi aged eight and Marley B

(3) Azalea Moghrabi (8) and Marley Beamish (7) with Louie the Orangutan at the National Museum of Scotland. Photo © Duncan McGlynn

Curator Sophie Goggins with a sculpture of the Oxford-AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine in glass by Luke Jerram. The artwork is on display in Injecting Hope, a new exhibition at the National Museum of Scotland today.

Photo © Stewart Attwood

2. Curator Sophie Goggins with a sculpture of the Oxford-AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine in glass by Luke Jerram. Photo © Stewart Attwood (2)

Lewis chess piece takes a festive turn decorating the National Museum of Scotland's Christmas tree © Duncan McGlynn-2

Lewis chess piece takes a festive turn decorating the National Museum of Scotland's Christmas tree © Duncan McGlynn-2

Pupils from Kamehameha school in Hawai'i and Glasgow's Gaelic High School meet at the National Museum of Scotland (Credit Stewart Attwood)

Pupils from Kamehameha school in Hawai'i and Glasgow's Gaelic High School meet at the National Museum of Scotland (Credit Stewart Attwood)

Edinburgh school pupil Connie Blacklaw (8), checks out a Dolly the Sheep-themed trail at the National Museum of Scotland, part of the programme for Maths Week Scotland, which starts today (Monday 25 September)-3 credit Duncan McGlynn

Edinburgh school pupil Connie Blacklaw (8), checks out a Dolly the Sheep-themed trail at the National Museum of Scotland, part of the programme for Maths Week Scotland, which starts today (Monday 25 September)-3 credit Duncan McGlynn

Curator Dr Ali Clark with the Bottled Ocean 2123 installation by George Nuku, part of a new exhibition, Rising Tide: Art and Environment in Oceania which opens Saturday 12 August at the National Museum of Scotland (credit Stewart Attwood)

Curator Dr Ali Clark with the Bottled Ocean 2123 installation by George Nuku, part of a new exhibition, Rising Tide: Art and Environment in Oceania (credit Stewart Attwood)

Artist George Nuku working with young people from the Pilton Youth and Children's Project and Granton Youth on components for the artwork Bottled Ocean 2123, an imagined underwater landscape made from recycled plastic. The work will go on show in the exhibition Rising Tide: Art and Environment in Oceania, which opens on August 12 at the National Museum of Scotland. Image credit: Neil Hanna.

Artist George Nuku working with young people from the Pilton Youth and Children's Project and Granton Youth on components for the artwork Bottled Ocean 2123, an imagined underwater landscape made from recycled plastic. The work will go on show in the exhibition Rising Tide: Art and Environment in Oceania, which opens on August 12 at the National Museum of Scotland. Image credit: Neil Hanna.

Laura Marsh, conservation intern with Te Tai (dance headdresses) by Kaetaeta Watson and Louisa Humphry, recycled plastic straws (2022) © Duncan McGlynn

Laura Marsh, conservation intern with Te Tai (dance headdresses) by Kaetaeta Watson and Louisa Humphry, recycled plastic straws (2022) © Duncan McGlynn

Declaration of Arbroath 2 credit Mike Brooks © King's Printer for Scotland, National Records of Scotland, SP13-7

Declaration of Arbroath 2 credit Mike Brooks © King's Printer for Scotland, National Records of Scotland, SP13-7