Review 2018 Visitors enjoy Rip It Up: The Story of Scottish Pop, the summer exhibition at the National Museum of Scotland. © Chris Scott Reaching further

With over 3.1 million visits across all our museums, and nearly 2.2 million visitors to the National Museum of Scotland, we have enhanced our position as one of the most popular museum groups in the world. © Neil Hanna The past year has been an extremely We are very proud that through our Work continues on time and on busy and productive one. Our drive to National Strategy we have continued budget to complete the fourth and improve and diversify the experience to build upon and grow our successful final phase of our £80 million, 15 for our visitors, share our collections as collaborations with museums across year redevelopment of the National widely as possible and to expand our Scotland. The range of support that we Museum of Scotland. During the knowledge of the objects in our care offer them, from sharing our collections course of this transformation, the is visible through the many facets of to supporting outreach activity and Museum has more than trebled its our work: capital projects, acquisitions, building skills and expertise, has audience and has achieved national exhibitions, learning activities, public been enhanced through funding and international recognition, being programming, digital innovation, from a number of sources. In 2018 voted the top UK museum outside national reach and academic research. this included the national tour of London by TripAdvisor users, and in the the exhibition Scotland’s Early Silver, Top Twenty in Europe. The opening in Following last year’s acquisition of the supported by The Glenmorangie February 2019 of three final galleries Galloway Hoard, we were delighted Company, to Lews Castle in Stornoway focusing on our world-class collections to further strengthen the national and the newly opened Kirkcudbright from ancient Egypt and East Asia and collections with the acquisition of a Galleries in Dumfries and Galloway. of the Art of Ceramics will be a fitting British Aerospace Hawk T1A, previously finale to this hugely successful project. flown by the Royal Air Force (RAF) We were also pleased to agree a Aerobatic Team, the Red Arrows. long term partnership with Dumfries Achieving our ambitions would This iconic aircraft, now on display at and Galloway Council to display simply not be possible without the the National Museum of Flight, was some of the Galloway Hoard in the generous support of our many donors, donated by the Ministry of Defence Kirkcudbright Galleries. This will allow supporters, partners and volunteers. through RAF Heritage as part of the this exceptional Viking-age Hoard, We are enormously grateful for their RAF100 anniversary and, as the only which was acquired by National continued and much valued support. Red Arrow Hawk T1A on public display Museums Scotland last year with the Finally, we would like to thank our staff in the UK, has unique appeal for visitors help of many supporters and donors, for all of their hard work, energy and to the Museum. to be enjoyed by the local community passion. Without their commitment for many years to come. We welcomed European Space and enthusiasm, none of this would Agency Astronaut Tim Peake to the Further afield, our first major ever be possible. National Museum of Scotland to unveil international touring exhibition, the display of the Soyuz spacecraft Monkeys! A Primate Story, has now which he used to return to Earth as opened at the Queensland Museum Bruce Minto OBE, Chairman part the Principia Mission to the in Brisbane, Australia following a Dr Gordon Rintoul CBE, Director International Space Station in 2016. hugely successful run at the Royal The Museum was the only Scottish Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences venue of a UK tour. in Brussels.

European Space Agency Astronaut, Tim Peake at the unveiling of his Soyuz spacecraft display at the National Museum of Scotland. 663,295 61,837 digitised school and objects group visits

4,437 objects loaned to 128 venues 283,528 participants in learning activities © Neil Hanna © Chris Scott © Andy Catlin

3,141,442 visits

2,223,484 website visits

173,000 social media followers © Andy Catlin New for 2018

Dunfermline band Dancing on Tables perform in the Energise gallery at the National Museum of Scotland as part of a project with Napier University to engage with young audiences alongside

Rip It Up: The Story of Scottish Pop. Asoltanei Stefan © Theodor Increasing visitor attendance Engaging exhibitions

We once again achieved significant The centenary of the end of the First Art of Glass examined the diverse work year on year growth in visits, reaching World War was marked by the opening of 15 established and emerging glass our highest ever combined total across of The Poppy: A Symbol of artists. Presented in partnership with our four museums – over 3.14 million. Remembrance at the National War The National Centre for Craft & Design, The National Museum of Scotland, Museum. Featuring loans from Poppy the exhibition explored how artists are the National War Museum and the Scotland and the Lady Haig Poppy embracing the medium of glass in National Museum of Rural Life all saw Factory, the exhibition explores the innovative ways, challenging the their highest ever attendance. The origins of the symbolism of the poppy perception of it as merely a material for National Museum of Scotland from the famous poem, In Flanders creating functional objects. The artists welcomed over 2.18 million visits, taking Fields by John McCrae and its adoption featured in the exhibition are based it to the top spot as the most visited as a symbol of remembrance. The around the UK, from isolated rural attraction in the UK outside London. exhibition includes examples from 1921, studios to busy urban locations and The National Museum of Flight when the first ‘poppy day’ took place in their work uses glass in a wide variety achieved nearly 78,000 visits. The Britain, and from 1926, when the first of ways, from neon to stained glass. National War Museum attracted over poppies were made in Scotland at the The first major exhibition on the subject, 770,000 visits and the National poppy factory established in Edinburgh Rip It Up: The Story of Scottish Pop Museum of Rural Life enjoyed success by Lady Haig. brought together nearly 500 objects, with just under 102,000 visits. On loan from London’s Natural History many on loan from some of the biggest Museum, the world-renowned Wildlife names in Scottish pop, and featuring Photographer of the Year exhibition the voices of the artists and their music. celebrated the diversity of the natural Rip It Up also heralded a major world, from intimate animal portraits to partnership with BBC Scotland, which astonishing wild landscapes. The saw the creation of accompanying TV exhibition is the result of the most and radio series. The results have been prestigious photography event of its a resounding critical and reputational kind, providing a global platform that success, with UK national print and showcases the natural world’s most broadcast coverage, four and five star astonishing and challenging sights. reviews and ringing endorsements from many high-profile contributors to the exhibition.

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1 Pilgrim, the Bald Eagle, and his handler visit the Wildlife Photographer of the Year exhibition, as part of a special viewing

© Neil Hanna for the media. Glenmorangie partnership Really enjoyed visiting Festival focus @NtlMuseumsScot today The continuation this year of our The National Museum of Scotland longstanding partnership with The and seeing the amazing partnered with the variety of Festivals Glenmorangie Company has enabled ‘Art of Glass’ and on offer in the city. We celebrated the us to create the exhibition Scotland’s ‘Modernist Jewellery’ 30th year of the Edinburgh Early Silver and take it on a national International Science Festival in April tour. The exhibition showcases the exhibitions. with interactive activities, workshops, latest fruits of our innovative ten-year There was also an shows and talks. A highlight was Event research partnership with Horizon, an enormous balloon Glenmorangie. It shows both recent enormous balloon installation in the Grand Gallery by discoveries and new research into vortex...(Always a plus) renowned artist Jason Hackenwerth. existing collections, tracing the history The Museum also hosted the opening @Xefortanzo of silver as the premier metal of status weekend of the Edinburgh from its use along the Roman frontier International Children’s Festival in May. and its reuse through to the coming of In August, visitors enjoyed three weeks the Vikings. The exhibition has toured of Free Fringe Music themed around to Lews Castle, Stornoway, the newly our summer exhibition, Rip It Up: The opened Kirkcudbright Galleries in Story of Scottish Pop. Musicians from Dumfries and Galloway and to Duff our regular partner Live Music Now House in Banff, Aberdeenshire where it were joined by students and graduates will be on display until March 2019. from Edinburgh Napier University’s Popular Music Course to present a varied mix of Scottish pop, traditional Scottish songs and instrumental sets. The Museum After Hours events were again all sold out, showcasing 39 Fringe acts across three consecutive Friday nights, ranging from gravity-defying acrobatics to the six singing wives of Henry VIII performing for us before 1 heading off to London’s West End. Our successful relationship with fringe producers Gilded Balloon presented 27 days of inspiring and diverse programming at the Museum, showcasing the very best in comedy, theatre and children’s shows.

1 Dr Adrian Maldonado, the Glenmorangie Research Fellow at the opening of the Scotland’s Early Silver exhibition at Kirkcudbright Galleries in Dumfries and Galloway. © Neil Hanna 2 3 © Neil Hanna © Chris Scott

Awesome night Q & A with an astronaut Year of Young People @nationalmuseums scotland #ripitup In May, European Space Agency Rip It Up: The Story of Scottish Pop Astronaut Tim Peake visited the presented us with the opportunity to opening! Head along to National Museum of Scotland to unveil form an innovative partnership with the exhibition to see the his Soyuz spacecraft. The spacecraft – Edinburgh Napier University’s School of history of Scottish pop in which he returned to Earth as part of Arts and Creative Industries and the Principia Mission to the Business School. Working across and our @edinburgh International Space Station – went on disciplines, a group of students were napier student film Time display at the National Museum of tasked with promoting the exhibition & Place! Look out for Scotland as part of a national tour. to a target audience of their peers. Helping with the unveiling were pupils Their response to the brief was Future #futurefeatures from Dunipace Primary School in Features, in which current and online too! Falkirk, who were also given the emerging young musicians were filmed opportunity to put their space-based in the National Museum of Scotland @edinburghnapierplacements questions to the astronaut himself. performing and being interviewed about their views on Scottish pop music. The results were used in a digital and social media advertising campaign throughout the run of the exhibition, reaching over 66,000 people.

2 One of the sold-out 3 Tim Peake enjoying his Q & A Museum After Hours session with pupils from Dunipace events in the Grand Gallery. Primary School, Falkirk. Across the country Our commitment to making an impact beyond the walls of our museums continues to be fulfilled through our National Strategy.

Our core national activity – object decorate a community robe. More than loans, touring exhibitions and 100 people participated, many of them This afternoon our collection skills development to new to the Museum. Both robes went Collections Officer, Alli, museums across Scotland – has this on display as part of an exhibition, year been enhanced by a programme Dress to Impress, which highlighted joined a group from of activity focused on the themes of objects from both National and local various museums to two of the upcoming new galleries at collections from the East Asian cultures learn about the the National Museum of Scotland: of Korea, Japan and China. ancient Egypt and East Asia. Supported unwanted guests we by the National Lottery through the might find in our Heritage Lottery Fund, we have been collections, and what we working in partnership with three museums, helping them to review and can do to prevent them. reveal their own East Asia collections. Thanks for the excellent At Perth Museum and Art Gallery a rare training session 19th-century Korean robe was discovered. Working with an artist, their MacLean © John @NMSPartnerships! learning team collaborated with a @ArgyllsMuseum variety of local groups to create and

Great turnout and great discussion for our #EarlySilver public lecture at @kbtgalleries tonight! @amaldon 1 A pupil from Perth High School displays the community robe she helped to create as part of the exhibition, Dress to Impress at Perth Museum and Art Gallery. © Perthshire Picture Agency 1 The National Strategy

In 2017–18 our work in action across Scotland included:

115 museums were supported through At least one National training, loans, Programme activity acquisitions, touring reached each of and community Scotland’s 32 local engagement projects. authorities.

24,977 people engaged through outreach programmes beyond our museums.

Craig Sinclair, Science Engagement and Outreach Assistant, runs a STEM engagement workshop at St Patrick’s Primary School, Dumbarton as part of the Powering Up project. five venues. in visitorsacross increase of30% with anaverage visited by 23,279people touring exhibition was The Fossil Hunters workshops. 60 renewable energy participating in reached 1,623people national programme funded Powering Up Our ScottishPower authorities across Scotland. organisations in17local the collections of29 develop andenhance £367,740, helpingto a total purchase price of Fund for Acquisitions with supported by theNational 48 acquisitions were organisations. provided to 75 experiences were 377 training 15 new venues. including loansto across Scotland, organisations loaned to107 3,895 objects were

© Ian Jacobs Photography International collaboration

Monkeys on tour

Monkeys! A Primate Story, the first visitors enjoyed the exhibition during major exhibition created by National its ten month run. The next stop is Museums Scotland to tour Queensland Museum in Brisbane, internationally, continues to impress Australia where it opened in September visitors around the globe. Featuring 60 2018, before it transfers on to the spectacular new taxidermy specimens Museu de les Ciències Naturals in and skeletons of monkeys, apes, lemurs Barcelona, Spain in 2019. and bushbabies, it also contains a range of interactives, films, models and The international touring carefully selected photographs. At the exhibition, Monkeys! A Primate Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Story on display at the Royal Sciences in Brussels, over 115,000 Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences in Brussels. 1

International gold research ICOM Conference American Foundation for National Museums Scotland In partnership with colleagues at More than 85 representatives from National Museums Wales, we secured museums around the globe came The American Foundation for National funding from the Arts and Humanities together at the National Museum of Museums Scotland makes an Research Council to establish an Scotland for Working Locally, Thinking invaluable contribution through its international research network to learn Globally, the 6th Working continued support for our work. more about gold in prehistoric Britain. Internationally Conference, organised In 2017, funds raised by the American The network brings together by the International Council of Foundation supported the ongoing archaeologists, archaeometallurgists, Museums (ICOM UK) and National transformation of the National geologists, geochemists and practising Museum Directors’ Council (NMDC). Museum of Scotland, helped us make goldworkers to find out more about Fiona Hyslop, Cabinet Secretary for significant acquisitions such as the how the metal was obtained, how Culture, Tourism and External Affairs, Viking-age Galloway Hoard, and objects were made and how skills to welcomed delegates and gave the supported groundbreaking art and extract and work gold were passed on. keynote address. The conference, archaeology research projects. June supported by the British Council, 2018 marked the successful launch of a focused on how museums can engage new US Patrons programme, celebrated effectively internationally, while at a reception in New York attended by maintaining relevance for both more than 40 friends and supporters of domestic and international audiences. the American Foundation.

1 A basket-shaped hair ornament, one of a pair found in an Early Bronze Age grave at Orbliston, Moray, is one of the key objects being researched as part of an international gold research project. Making the collections accessible

STEM Engagement Museum Socials

The strength of our Science & beyond the walls of our museums. Our monthly events for anyone Technology collections makes them an This year, we developed new affected by dementia and their outstanding resource for creating partnerships with the National Mining relatives, friends and supporters go meaningful connections between the Museum Scotland, New Lanark World from strength to strength. The Museum public and themes of Science, Heritage Site, and the Denny Ship Socials sessions, which have attracted Technology, Engineering and Maths Model Experiment Tank to act as over 250 participants, are relaxed and (STEM). A key Scottish Government locations for our outreach programme. informal, featuring a range of activities and industry priority, STEM Almost 500 primary school pupils from inspired by our collections and lots of engagement has become a major Midlothian, South Lanarkshire and tea and cake. A highlight was a session focus for our education initiatives as West Dunbartonshire visited their local inspired by Rip It Up: The Story of we aim to encourage and enable museum to learn about wind, solar and Scottish Pop with guest musicians from children and young people to engage hydro energy, and completed the Live Music Now Scotland. in STEM learning activities across all programme with a visit to the of our museums. Energise gallery at the National Museum of Scotland. Through Powering Up, a project funded by the ScottishPower Foundation, we are able to deliver STEM activities through our schools outreach programme and digital channels to engage hard-to-reach audiences 1

1 Visitors enjoy joining in with activities at a Museum Socials session. © Neil Hanna 2

2 Google Arts & Culture’s Museum View allows visitors to take a digital tour of the National

Museum of Scotland from © 2018 Google anywhere in the world.

Google Museum View Open all hours Getting to know Myrtle

The National Museum of Scotland has Early Doors events enable autistic There is a new member of the team at become the first museum or gallery in children and their families to enjoy the National Museum of Rural Life. A Scotland available for exploration galleries, exhibitions and activities model dairy cow has been introduced online via Google Arts & Culture’s outside the National Museum of at the farm to help visitors get to grips Museum View experience. The Scotland’s busy public opening hours. with dairy farming by trying out their Museum’s galleries have been captured This year 150 people took part in events milking skills. Painted in the digitally in high resolution in to engage families with our characteristic red and white markings partnership with Google Arts & Culture, forthcoming Exploring East Asia and of our award-winning Ayrshire herd, which works with institutions around Ancient Egypt Rediscovered galleries. we asked our followers on Facebook the world to make cultural and They also explored the exhibition and Twitter to #NameOurCoo. The historical places and material Scotland’s Early Silver and the Natural result was unanimous and Myrtle accessible online. Users can move World galleries, inspired by the Wildlife has now become a firm favourite at through the Museum’s permanent Photographer of the Year exhibition. the site. galleries at the click of a button, viewing around 20,000 objects on display. In addition to making our galleries accessible for everyone to #NameOurCoo explore online, over 1,000 objects from our collections and their stories have Myrtle is a gorgeous been added to the Google Arts & flower of Beltane; Flora is Culture online collection. something you put on your toast. Exercise your democratic right on this incredibly important matter!

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1 The rare 1917 wash stand by Charles Rennie Mackintosh.

2 Wooden Sneachda skis made by Lonely Mountain Skis of Birnam, with pyrography engraving of rutting stags, 2018.

Building the collections

Red Arrows Hawk Mackintosh washstand Collecting contemporary objects The acquisition of a British Aerospace With generous support from Art Fund Hawk T1A has significantly enhanced and the National Museums Scotland Scotland’s National Collections have our aviation collection. The Hawk, Charitable Trust, we have acquired a been built up over hundreds of years. which was flown by the Royal Air rare and important wash stand by Just as the curators of the past Force (RAF) Aerobatic Team the Red Charles Rennie Mackintosh. A highly collected objects that represented the Arrows, is the only Red Arrows Hawk significant example of Scottish times they lived in, we have a on display in any UK museum. The 20th-century design, the piece was responsibility to the curators of the iconic aircraft was donated by the added to the permanent displays at future to collect items reflecting Ministry of Defence through RAF the National Museum of Scotland to political, cultural and social change in Heritage and is on permanent display mark the 150th anniversary of 21st-century society. This year we at the National Museum of Flight. Mackintosh’s birth. Forming part of a welcomed a new addition to our Built in 1980, the aircraft was used bedroom set, it is made from Science & Technology collection – one by the Red Arrows from 1985 until mahogany and inlaid with mother-of- of the largest in recent years – the flare 2012. It sits alongside Concorde, an pearl. Dating from 1917, the wash stand tip from the recently decommissioned aircraft with which the Red Arrows is a rare example of Mackintosh’s later Murchison Oil Platform. For our Scottish displayed on many occasions, most work and was made by skilled ‘enemy History & Archaeology collection we notably when Concorde and the intern’ cabinet makers at the Knockaloe acquired a pair of contemporary Red Arrows flew in formation over Internment Camp on the Isle of Man. Sneachda skis and a Gaelic-English Edinburgh on 1 July 1999 to mark the road sign from the Isle of Skye. opening of the Scottish Parliament. The newly acquired Hawk is the very one flown on that day by team leader, ‘Red 1’, Wing Commander Simon Meade who was reunited with his aircraft as it went on display. © Neil Hanna

Flight Officer Scott Bagshaw from the RAF helps to get the Red Arrow Hawk T1A ready for display to the public. A mummified man is carefully conserved ahead of going on display in the new Ancient Egypt Rediscovered gallery.

Behind the scenes at the museum 1 2 © Stewart Attwood © Stewart Attwood © Stewart

New conservation studios Volunteers

Central to the delivery of our strategic Volunteers have long played an replacing chillers with new high vision, the National Museums important and appreciated role at efficiency plant, leading to a reduction Collection Centre continues to grow as National Museums Scotland, giving of approximately 1000 tonnes of CO2 an active and vibrant hub for their time and passion to support us since last year. collections access, research, storage in our work, and bringing with them and the long term preservation of our new experiences, perspectives and A biobank for the future collections. This year we opened a insights. In the last year our Volunteer £3.4 million extension to our existing Programme supported almost 450 Our collection of frozen animal tissue conservation and collection science people in a range of opportunities samples is playing a pivotal role in facilities, increasing our capacity to across the organisation. One focus this establishing a UK-wide hub where conserve, research and prepare year has been on widening access to researchers can access animal tissue to collections for exhibition and loan the collections through increasing our extract DNA for use in research and projects as well as our growing offer of guided tours, including our conservation planning. Thanks to a programme of national and youngest ever Volunteer Guide who, grant from the Biotechnology and international touring exhibitions. at just 17 years old is taking visitors on Biological Sciences Research Council, Gaelic tours at the National Museum the CryoArks Project will create an of Scotland, and the training of online database of tissue samples, three British Sign Language the development of a common Volunteer Guides. standard for their storage and the 1 Principle Curator, opportunity for comparative research. Dr Andrew Kitchener Improved sustainability A -80°C freezer will be installed at the examines tissue samples National Museums Collection Centre to be included in the We are proud to have retained Green to ensure the preservation of several online database for the Tourism Awards for all of our museums, thousand samples including those from CryoArks Project. with the National Museum of Rural Life endangered species such as the and the National Museum of Flight Sumatran rhinoceros and Kloss’ gibbon. attaining Gold Awards this year. We 2 Conservation Student, continue to work to reduce our carbon Amreet Kular and footprint through introducing new LED Conservator, Charles lighting and controls, the active Stable working in the new monitoring of energy meters and conservation studios at the National Museums Collection Centre. © Stewart Attwood © Stewart 1 Future plans

Cause for celebration Ready for take-off

In February 2019, we will open the final Planning has begun for the next stage new galleries in the £80 million, 15 year of development at the National transformation of the National Museum of Flight, an entirely new Museum of Scotland. This final phase hangar to be built on land right next to of restoration will unveil three entirely the Museum’s home at historic East new galleries with compelling and Fortune Airfield. The new building is inspiring interpretations of our Ancient needed to help us protect historically Egypt, East Asia and Ceramic important aircraft which are currently collections and a nationwide at risk because they are displayed programme of associated activity. outdoors. It would also provide a permanent home for the Museum’s The new galleries will enable even star attraction, Scotland’s Concorde, more internationally significant objects and give us the opportunity to to be displayed – over 40% of the significantly improve the experience for objects will be on permanent display visitors to the Museum by creating a for the first time in at least a new entrance with better public generation – further enhancing the facilities. visitor experience in the museum and ensuring that the full range of our This is the next step in the collections is represented in displays for development of the Museum, which the first time since 2004 when the started with the arrival of Concorde in restoration began. 2004 and has seen extensive investment in the site in recent years, This transformation has brought the including the creation of new National Museum of Scotland exhibitions in 2009 and the restoration tremendous national and international and redisplay of two original Second recognition and more than trebled its World War hangars in 2016. visitor attendance, making it one of the top 30 museums in the world. The whole project has been delivered on time and to budget.

1 Senior Curator, Dr Rosina Buckland prepares a newly commissioned gugunbok, a ceremonial court official’s costume from the 18th and 19th centuries to be included in the new Exploring East Asia gallery.

With thanks Our work is made possible by a community of supporters who are passionate about our museums. Our Members, Patrons and donors, those who sponsor our work, and the people who remember us in their wills, enable us to protect the remarkable objects in our care, and to reveal their stories to millions of people every year. In 2018, our supporters helped save incredible treasures for the nation, enabled painstaking conservation work and fascinating research, and helped us to create world-class exhibitions, sharing Scotland’s national collections with the widest possible audience. Thank you.

Our Supporters in 2017–18

Key Funders National Heritage Memorial Fund Individuals and Legacies The National Lottery, National Museums Scotland Sir Sandy and Lady Crombie through the Heritage Lottery Fund Charitable Trust The Dowager Duchess of Hamilton Scottish Government The Norfolk Caledonian Society Norma Drummond Players of People’s Postcode Lottery Sir Angus and Lady Grossart Members of National Robert O Curle Charitable Trust Sir Mark Jones Museums Scotland The Ross Girls Charitable Trust Caroline Macintyre Scottish Egyptian Archaeological Trust Emmanuelle Riehl Trusts and Other Organisations ScottishPower Foundation Leith and Maureen Robertson Antiquarian Horological Society Sir James Miller Edinburgh Trust Cyrille Rollin Art Fund The John Ellerman Foundation The Thomas Family Arts & Business Scotland The Margaret Murdoch The Estate of John Mitchell The Binks Trust Charitable Trust The Estate of Mary Elizabeth McArthur Edinburgh Decorative & The Misses Barrie Charitable Trust Fine Arts Society James Thomson The Pilgrim Trust Enterprise Holdings Foundation The Robertson Trust Esmée Fairbairn Foundation The Sir Victor Sassoon Chinese The Fan Circle International Ivories Trust Garfield Weston Foundation The Tekoa Trust The Henry Moore Foundation The Tulip Charitable Trust Jean and Roger Miller’s Charitable Trust The Worshipful Company of Weavers Mrs K M F Maxwell-Stuart’s William Grant Foundation Charitable Trust Mrs J M F Fraser’s Charitable Trust © Andy Catlin

A bird of prey demonstration at the Country Fair event at the National Museum of Rural Life.

Corporate The Negaunee Foundation James Ferguson Allander Print Ltd Professor Stephen Thomas and Mr Justice Angus Foster and Artemis Investment Management LLP Mrs Ellen Thomas Dr Fiona Foster Baillie Gifford & Co Jane Trevarthen-Traub Sir Charles and Lady Fraser Brewin Dolphin Ltd K T Wiedemann Foundation, Inc. Gavin and Kate Gemmell Dalradian Gold Ltd Kenneth and Julia Greig Diageo Patrons Lord and Lady Gordon of Strathblane The Glenmorangie Company Ltd Alan and Karen Aitchison Ronald and Mirren Graham Morton Ward Geoffrey and Mary Ball Lady Grant Shepherd + Wedderburn Patricia Barclay Alexander Gray Stewart Investors Malcolm Bowie Donald Hardie Mary Bownes and Mike Greaves J Douglas Home

The American Foundation for Richard and Catherine Burns Lord and Lady Hope of Craighead National Museums Scotland Lord and Lady Cameron of Lochbroom Sir Sandy and Lady Crombie Kate and Gordon Baty Corinne Cervetti and Adam Fowler James and Amanda Garden Prudence Carlson and family Carol Colburn Grigor CBE Flora Hunter Dan Casey and Dolores Connolly Colin Dempster and Deborah Thomson Jennifer, Marchioness of Bute The Decorative Arts Trust Janice Dickson Alan Johnston Howard and Ursula Dubin Foundation Cahal Dowds Robert Ker Gail T Kerr in memory of David Kerr Sir David and Lady Edward Barrie and Janey Lambie James B Luke Sir Gerald and Lady Elliot Brian and Tari Lang William C MacLeod Nick Felisiak Gavin Law and Joanne McLean-Law Professor Robert McCrie and Robert and Shona Lightbody Mrs Fulvia McCrie Roger Alexander Lindsay of Craighall James McLennan Lynda Logan William Samuel We also thank the many Elizabeth Lornie Barry and Helen Sealey people who have provided Duncan and Ellie Mackinnon Andrew and Alison Shepherd guidance, expertise and their Simon and Catriona Mackintosh Alan and Frances Steel time in support of the work of National Museums Scotland Fenella Maclean David and Alix Stevenson Miller and Anne McLean Katie Stevenson Board of Trustees Sir Hamish and Lady Macleod George and Moira Stewart Bruce Minto OBE, Chairman Ian and Elizabeth Marchant Ian and Flora Sword Ann Allen Chris and Gill Masters Nick and Katherine Thomas Professor Mary Bownes OBE Alexander and Elizabeth McCall Smith Mark Urquhart The Hon Adam Bruce Angus McLeod and Campbell Armour Judith and Ian Wall Gordon Drummond Malcolm McLeod Elizabeth G Whitelaw Christopher Fletcher James and Iris Miller Kenneth Wilkie Dr Brian Lang CBE Keith and Lee Miller Lord and Lady Wilson of Tillyorn Lynda Logan Sir Ronald and Lady Miller Sarah Whitley and Graham Whyte Dr Catriona McDonald Angus and Angela Milner-Brown Eilidh Wiseman Miller McLean Derek and Maureen Moss Bill Zachs and Martin Adam Professor Walter Nimmo OBE Malcolm and Muriel Murray Janet Stevenson Tom and Susan Murray James Troughton Nicola Pickavance Eilidh Wiseman Sir William and Lady Purves Ian Rankin and Miranda Harvey Shirley Richardson Ian Ritchie Paul Roberts and Stephanie Donaldson The Earl and Countess of Rosebery 1 Colin and Hilary Ross Ian and Fiona Russell

1 Lachlan Peel, a Gaelic tour guide takes visitors around the Animal World gallery at the National Museum of Scotland. National Museums Scotland Development Board We would like to record our special Enterprises Board Malcolm Offord, Chairman thanks to the Trustees of the Gordon Drummond, Chairman National Museums Scotland Colin Dempster Charitable Trust for their ongoing The Hon Adam Bruce Lynda Logan support of our work Aileen Lamb Bruce Minto OBE James Ferguson, Chairman Bruce Minto OBE Professor Walter Nimmo CBE The Hon Mrs Katheen Dalyell of The Binns Keith Pentland Leith Robertson Lady Elizabeth Edward Dr Gordon Rintoul CBE FRSE Lady Shona Stewart Jo Elliot Stephen Whitelaw Eric Young Kenny Greig Bruce Minto OBE Directors of the American Foundation for National Martin Sinclair Museums Scotland Christopher Gow Lynda Logan If you would like to know more A J C Smith about ways to get involved and support our work, please contact our development team on 0131 247 4095, or [email protected] 2 A young visitor gets 3 Contemporary artist, hands on at Wartime Pinkie Maclure watches Experience at the over photography of National Museum her work for the Art of of Flight. Glass exhibition.

2 3 © Andy Catlin © Andy Catlin The Fly Right Dance Company enjoy the applause for their nifty footwork at the Wartime Experience event at the National Museum of Flight. National Museums Scotland cares for museum collections of international importance, presenting and interpreting them for a broad audience.

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Cover image: A selection of items included within the displays of the summer exhibition, Rip It Up: The Story of Scottish Pop.

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