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Review 07 Touching Lives

National Museum of Scotland National Museum of Flight National Museum of Costume National Museum of Rural Life National War Museum National Museums Collection Centre It’s been a busy year. 1.4 million visitors were inspired by a packed programme of exhibitions and events at our five national museums. Our website attracted 4.1 million visits and 219,000 people took part in our learning activities. New exhibitions brought animated film, Islamic art, Commandos, contemporary craft and Highland culture to new and appreciative audiences. Our Airshow at the National Museum of Flight drew its biggest ever crowds and the home of the National Museum of Costume celebrated 150 years. We invested in Discovery Zones for children and a new exhibition on sport at the National Museum of Scotland, as well as fresh exhibits at the National Museum of Rural Life. Generous funding awards contributed significantly to the progress of our Royal Museum Project. This major initiative to transform the National Museum of Scotland into a 21st century attraction continues… New partnerships were established at home and abroad, and old connections further strengthened. We showed some of our best collections internationally and brought exhibits to Scotland for the first time. This is the story so far. Exciting new chapters are being written, as we seek Cover image Dressed for action – young visitors new ways to connect our collections with become palaeontologists for the day at our the lives of those who come to see them. Dino-Dig workshops. Review 07 1 Progress

This is a time of opportunity for National Museums Scotland, In this review, we celebrate our diverse achievements this year. with significant new challenges, clear aspirations, and ambitious We seek to find common ground with others to deliver high quality developments to report. The next few years are crucial as we move experiences to new audiences. We created Sporting Scotland forward with a far-reaching programme of development across our with SportScotland, established the first of our formal National museums and services, which will take us to a new level. Partnerships, and reached twenty-nine of Scotland’s thirty-two local authority areas with projects including two touring exhibitions – The Royal Museum Project will be our highest priority for the next The Cutting Edge: Scotland’s Contemporary Crafts and Fonn ’s few years. It will transform our largest site, the National Museum of Duthchas: Land and Legacy. Scotland, into a ‘must-see’ destination for visitors from Scotland and the rest of the world. It will reveal the strengths and treasures of our Internationally, we continued to build our global connections, such as collections and transform the quality of experience for all those who the collaborations with the State Hermitage Museum in St Petersburg visit us. and with Pixar Animation Studios. This enabled us to show material never seen in Scotland before, in the critically acclaimed exhibitions We could not undertake projects of this scale without significant Beyond the Palace Walls and Pixar: 20 Years of Animation. support. The Heritage Lottery Fund and the Scottish Government have awarded £34 million in funding to the Royal Museum Project, As the national museums service for Scotland, we touch the lives and demonstrating a powerful commitment to our vision. We have made thoughts of millions of people at home and abroad. We are going to excellent progress on fundraising for the further £12 million which we be busy and self challenging in raising our ambitions and in seeking need to complete the work. We are appreciative and very grateful to achievements of which we can all be proud. all those who have already offered their generous commitment and we continue to welcome the support of others. While this work progresses, we will maintain a dynamic programme of learning activities, exhibitions and events at all our museums. While much of the Royal Museum building closes for redevelopment at the end of April 2008, the other half of the National Museum remains open, with the opening of two new displays. Scotland: A Changing Nation is a new permanent gallery opening in summer 2008 which will take over the whole of the top floor of the building. In autumn, we will celebrate the Royal Museum collections with a new exhibition, enabling us to focus on some of our highlights and most treasured Sir Angus Grossart Dr Gordon Rintoul objects while galleries are closed for renewal. This will also be a trailer Chairman of the Director Board of Trustees for what we are striving to achieve when we reopen. At the National Museums Collection Centre in north Edinburgh we will unveil one of the largest purpose-built museum conservation facilities in the UK and open new storage facilities. We will also enhance our online presence, with better access to our collections and more interactive learning.

Visitors to the National Museum of Rural Life can travel in style between the museum building and the 1950s farm. Review 07 3 Building success

Fleming medal Tibetan armour Thunderbird With key funding awards in place the Royal Museum Project has The Royal Museum Project Many fascinating objects This Thunderbird mask now begun to transform our much-loved museum. will celebrate Scotland’s are currently in storage but and costume was used contribution to the world. the Royal Museum Project in traditional dance by In January 2007, we celebrated the announcement of two Objects on display will allows us to display them the Kwakiutl people of include the Nobel Prize for everyone to enjoy. Canada’s Northwest Coast. major capital awards for the £46.4 million Royal Museum Project. medal awarded to Sir Rare 16th century Tibetan This will also be displayed Total grants of £17.8 million from the Heritage Lottery Fund and Alexander Fleming in 1945 armour shown here was for the first time. £16 million from the Scottish Government allowed us to start for his discovery of penicillin. painstakingly conserved and implementing our plans to create a world-class flagship museum. will be displayed for the first time in the new galleries. It has been a year of intense activity as we develop exhibitions, refine building specifications, move hundreds of thousands of objects, create new storage areas, test our ideas with audiences and progress fundraising. The Project will create a national museum fit for the 21st century, reinventing facilities within the Royal Museum building to complement the modern part of our Chambers Street site. We will celebrate the discoveries of our past and ensure that Scotland’s national collections are a source of excitement, inspiration and education for generations to come. Sixteen new galleries will double the number of objects on display – many never seen before – and inspiring new learning zones will put education at the heart of the Museum. Access to the building will be improved with welcoming street-level entrances, lifts and escalators to enable all visitors to explore the full range of galleries. Visitors will also enjoy improved social spaces with updated cafés, shops and cloakroom facilities. The Project will significantly improve storage and conservation facilities at the National Museums Collection Centre. Work continues to prepare collections for relocation from the Royal Museum building and elsewhere to the Collection Centre. We have already moved 1.2 million objects and this year continue to catalogue, conserve where necessary, pack and re-store another 900,000 items. Two new buildings are nearing completion as part of the modernisation programme for the Collection Centre, situated at the heart of Edinburgh’s waterfront development. Increased public access will be provided ‘behind the scenes’ in 2009, once the new reception area, state-of-the-art conservation laboratories and storage building have opened.

One of our conservators With the revitalised museum opening in 2011, we need to secure works on ammonites which a further £12 million from a wide range of sources. Good progress are 160 million years old is being made towards this goal. If you would like to support (Middle Jurassic), at the the Project and help us make a world of difference, talk to the National Museums Collection Centre. Campaign Team on 0131 247 4095 or email [email protected] Animating stories

A major exhibition on the art of Pixar Animation Studios helped us Glass reflections Cow Parade Hospitality assured attract new audiences and interact with them in innovative ways. Reflections: A Decade We became the National Our enterprise company of North Lands Creative ‘Mooseum’ of Scotland NMS Enterprises Ltd Our reputation for presenting high quality exhibitions across a Glass marked the tenth to mark the arrival of our achieved Hospitality anniversary of the leading interactive cow, Cowpat!, Assured accreditation in wide-range of subjects was further enhanced this year with Pixar: contemporary glass centre as part of the Edinburgh- March 2007 for standard 20 Years of Animation. The National Museum of Scotland was the in Lybster, Caithness. wide Cow Parade. of service and business only UK venue outside London for this fascinating glimpse into the The exhibition featured The heat-sensitive bovine excellence. We are the world of contemporary animation. works by internationally- sculpture was covered first organisation in the acclaimed glass makers in thermodynamic paint, UK heritage sector to The exhibition, first seen at the Museum of Modern Art in New who have held residencies which transformed from attain such a level. York, revealed all the stages of development required to create such or led masterclasses at black to white when patted well-known characters as Toy Story’s Buzz Lightyear and Sulley from the centre. by visitors. Monsters, Inc. Character drawings, concept paintings, and over fifty 3-D resin figures revealed the artistry involved in the films, alongside two popular installations created especially for the exhibition: an eight-foot zoetrope and an audio-visual work entitled Artscape. Pixar films are among the most popular of all time, and the exhibition revealed pioneering new techniques which set the standard for the future. 52,000 people, from art students to families, visited the exhibition and our series of related events proved highly popular. Over 4,600 visitors attended special events from film screenings to animation workshops run by local animation studio Red Kite. Highlights included an After Hours event attracting over 600 people and a student animation competition with Edinburgh College of Art. Our dedicated Pixar website included our first-ever podcasts. The site drew over 120,000 visits and included an Animate Me page, allowing visitors to the site to create their own animation using National Museum figures and backgrounds. The media’s interest in Pixar: 20 Years of Animation, both locally and nationally, was extensive. Coverage included magazine covers, multi-page spreads, television and radio news and inclusion in critics’ choice lists in UK national newspapers. This was backed up by a wide-ranging marketing campaign which included SMS messaging and podcasts for student visitors. The exhibition was generously sponsored by Wolfson Microelectronics plc and managed by the Barbican Art Gallery, which is owned and funded by the Corporation of London.

Fans of animation uncovered the artistic secrets behind their favourite characters at our popular Pixar exhibition. Review 07 7 Linking legacies

Working in partnership allowed us to take the national collections New species National Fund Strategic partnerships to audiences across Scotland. The appearance of a new Local museums around In line with our strategic species of fly in a book by Scotland were able to objective to develop As a key contribution to Highland 2007, we formed a partnership Scottish Natural Heritage add 42 objects to their national partnerships, we attracted widespread collections with the support sign a formal partnership with the National Galleries of Scotland and the National Library coverage. The fly was of the National Fund for agreement with East of Scotland to develop a collaborative exhibition, Fonn ’s Duthchas: discovered and named Acquisitions, which is Ayrshire Council. This is the Land and Legacy. The exhibition was funded by the Scottish by National Museums administered by National first of three planned for Government and celebrated aspects of Highland cultural life, Scotland entomologist Museums Scotland. The the year, and we go on to both past and present. Dr Graham Rotheray. fund can make a great sign another with the deal of difference for local Western Isles Council. This special touring exhibition took its title from the Gaelic phrase museums trying to add to their collections. It now ‘Fonn ’s Duthchas’, whose range of meanings includes ‘land and often works with other legacy’. Our aim was to collectively bring a fresh, modern showcase funds, such as The Art for Highland culture to as wide a national and international Fund and Heritage Lottery audience as possible. Fund to maximise the support available. Iconic art, objects and manuscripts from each of the three national partner collections were brought together in new and imaginative ways with interpretation in both Gaelic and English. From pistol-packed sporrans to Gaelic text messaging, the creativity, tenacity and adaptability of Highland people was explored. The exhibition explored a range of themes, including language, arts, science, sport and the environment. Visitors were able to see, for example, how the romanticised Victorian view of the Highlands developed, and how modern communications methods have opened up new business opportunities. The Cutting Edge Traction engine Rock on The National Museum of Our newly restored We are a lead partner in The exhibition started its tour of Scotland at Inverness Museum and Scotland was the first to Marshall steam traction the ‘Rock On’ Scottish Art Gallery and helped launch Highland 2007. It went on to visit the host the touring exhibition engine appeared at the Geology Festival which National Museum of Scotland, Kelvingrove Art Gallery in Glasgow, The Cutting Edge: Royal Highland Show, to was takes place annually and Museum nan Eilean in Stornoway, reaching an estimated Scotland’s Contemporary great public interest. Our in September. The Crafts. Fourteen specially- research suggested that programme of events 30,000 visitors. commissioned works join the engine had been helps engage the public A satellite exhibition suitable for smaller venues extended its reach, Scottish crafts by thirty exhibited at the Show in Scotland’s geology in makers. The exhibition, when brand new a hundred fun and inspiring ways. as did a fully-illustrated book by Highland historian and commentator supported by the Scottish years before, in 1907. James Hunter. A web resource (www.nms.ac.uk/fonnsduthchas) Arts Council National includes a range of interactive and downloadable resources for use by Lottery Fund, tours to schools and others. All this creates a legacy for future audiences and three partner venues. has helped foster a continuing partnership with the Highland Council.

A fully illustrated book in Gaelic and English helped take the Fonn ’s Duthchas exhibition to wider audiences. Review 07 9 Connecting cultures

Our collaborative exhibition in Canada of indigenous artefacts Treasure Sacred Words Global access allowed source communities direct contact with their heritage. Five star reviews heralded The Ivy Wu Gallery at Museums With No the arrival of Beyond the the National Museum Frontiers enables We have one of the oldest and most extensive collections of 19th Palace Walls: Islamic Art of Scotland hosts Sacred international museums from The State Hermitage Words. The exhibition to jointly improve access century Dene material held in any museum. The Dene are an Museum at the National focuses on how early and to collections through indigenous people inhabiting the Canadian subartic, and the Museum of Scotland. contemporary calligraphy digital means. We are items in our care were collected by Scottish fur traders in the This exhibition and its conveys the sacred words one of 17 museums area between 1858 and 1862. We have built an excellent working accompanying publication of Buddhism and Islam. from 14 countries relationship with the descendants of those who traded with the brought to Scotland one Items on display include establishing a pilot of the world’s finest scrolls by contemporary database of 1,235 objects Scots, in particular the Dogrib Dene (or Tlicho in their own collections of Islamic art, Chinese Muslim titled Discover Islamic Art language) following a visit to Scotland in 2002. From this the some of it never before artist, Haji Noor in the Mediterranean. idea of an exhibition in the Northwestern Territories was born. seen outside Russia. Deen Mi Guangjiang. www.discoverislamicart.org It was timed to coincide In collaboration, we were able to take 40 objects from over 280 in with the 2006 UK Festival the collection back to their place of origin to form the exhibition of Muslim Cultures. Dè T’a Hoti Ts’eeda: We Live Securely by the Land. The exhibition opened at the Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre in Yellowknife, Canada in October 2006 and ran until August 2007. During this time it attracted 27,400 visits in a community of only 18,700. The exhibition outlined how the Dene collection came to the Museum via the Hudson Bay Company, and each object label included comments from the community. The exhibition with its tri-language catalogue and website is an excellent example of ‘knowledge repatriation’. Visitor surveys showed viewers appreciated the beauty, skill and careful workmanship of the artefacts, while those from the Dene community expressed feelings of pride in their culture, respect for the skills of their ancestors and appreciated the opportunity to see such rare items in a local museum. The comments book featured regular entries of ‘Mahsi Cho’ – the Dene expression for ‘thank you’, and new contemporary material has been gifted to our collections. The exhibition moved on to a showing in Ottawa and returns to Scotland for display at the National Museum in 2008.

Costumes, moccasins and hunting bags feature in the Dogrib exhibition which will open in April 2008 in the National Museum of Scotland. Review 07 11 Aiming high

Royal crown? Go forth Gallantry New donations and an ambitious programme of acquisitions help Acquired at auction, a An eye-catching railway The gallantry and service enhance access to our collections and research knowledge. copper pattern crown of advertising poster medals and flying ‘The Old Pretender,’ who featuring an image of logbooks of Air The arrival of Concorde at the National Museum of Flight and the would have been James the Forth Rail Bridge by Commodore Donald VIII of Scotland and Sir Frank Brangwyn MacDonell of Glengarry associated development of The Concorde Experience enabled us to James III of Great Britain. (1867–1956) was were recently added to the tell the story of supersonic passenger flight and saw visitor numbers This pattern anticipated purchased. The poster, collections. They include a rise by 116%. The Museum already housed a Comet, the world’s his return to Scotland and published in the 1930s, Distinguished Flying Cross first jet-powered passenger aircraft, but there were gaps in the story accession as King of Great was designed to promote gallantry award for his of civil aviation; 2006 brought four further important donations by Britain. It is likely to have travel on the LNER East operational command of been made in France in Coast route over the rival a Spitfire Squadron during British Airways to help address this. preparation for James’ LMS West Coast route. the Battle of Britain. 1715 invasion of Britain. One of the donated aircraft was a 1969 BAC1-11, a very successful British design which remained in production until 1984. Our example, Lothian Region, operated for 24 years on domestic and European flights. Visitors can step on board and experience what it was like to travel on aircraft of this age. We also received the nose and cockpit of a Hawker Siddeley Trident 1c, where visitors can step into the door of the cockpit and view the complex array of dials, switches and levers. Two further aircraft will be conserved over the coming years for future display: a 1953 Vickers Viscount, the world’s first turbo prop-engined airliner, and the front half of a Boeing 707, the first jet transport aircraft designed and built in the USA. These developments are part of a ten year plan which guides short and long term investment at the East Lothian site. New acquisitions are also key to the Royal Museum Project. As well as allowing us to display more objects of the highest quality which are currently in store, it provides the opportunity to seek out new material to interpret themes and intrigue our visitors. Two exceptionally large amethyst geodes from Rio Grande du Sol, Brazil, have been acquired for display in the new galleries. Standing over six feet tall, their sheer visual impact will be impressive, and these are objects which can’t be seen in any other museum in the UK. Planned acquisitions and loans also support our programme of special exhibitions. An important pair of 17th century silver wall sconces (above), designed to hold candles at Hopetoun House near Edinburgh, were acquired in 2006 with support from The Heritage Lottery Fund, The Art Fund and the National Museums Scotland Charitable Trust. These beautifully ornate items were made by one of Scotland’s finest silver craftsmen and are the only ones of their kind to survive. The sconces are currently on display in the National The team at the National Museum of Scotland and will take pride of place in the exhibition Museum of Flight keep all the aircraft, including the Silver: Made in Scotland, opening in January 2008. BAC1-11 shown here, in top condition. Sharing experiences

Our learning programmes open up access to our collections and reach Discovery Zones Online Museum Hat Day audiences beyond our museums. We have created four new Three new e-learning A new event at the Discovery Zones within the features have been National Museum of Learning is at the heart of everything we do at National Museums National Museum of developed for our website. Costume offered visitors Scotland. The new zones, A schools resource on the the opportunity to learn Scotland. Our learning programme alone reached 219,000 people in in four galleries across the Egyptians, a child-friendly from milliner Felicity the past year, more than ever before. These took place both within our Museum, feature over plane-building feature for Faichney how hats are museums and in schools and communities across Scotland. twenty free games, the National Museum of made and trimmed. costumes and interactives Flight and a community Victorian Hat Day New learning programmes were created for the National Museum of to help children and learning element are included personal hat Rural Life and the National Museum of Costume during 2006, which families bring the past now available at designs, games, songs helped attract over 62,000 school visits to our museums. The National more vividly to life. www.nms.ac.uk/kidsonly and picnics. Museum of Flight offered a new programme for secondary schools in collaboration with the University of Edinburgh, and the refurbished education room at the National War Museum now gives pupils and teachers the chance to step back in time to the 1940s for a vivid taste of life on the Home Front. Science remains a key learning theme and we created a wide ranging programme of events for the Edinburgh International Science Festival, drawing 20,000 visitors to dramatic shows, workshops and hands-on activities. Two new science shows were introduced to the Connect gallery, as part of a series of entertaining science events for new and repeat visitors. In communities, we worked with members of the Sahara Asian Women’s Group and their children from West Dunbartonshire to create an Islamic Garden for the roof of the National Museum of Scotland. This was their response to our summer exhibition, Beyond the Palace Walls and formed part of the Festival of Muslim Cultures 2006. Award-winning author Zoë Strachan was appointed as our first writer-in-residence at the National Museum of Scotland. She worked with adult learners to develop writing skills, taking inspiration from the museum’s collections. The project was a partnership with UNESCO City of Literature and CLAN (Community Literacy and Numeracy). Reaching audiences across Scotland, we have built touring learning resources for use in classrooms, local museums or community facilities. Each Museum on the Move resource includes real or replica objects, dressing up materials and a range of activities linked to key curriculum themes of Egyptians, Romans and Picts. The resource has already been rolled out in Angus with Dumfries and Galloway, Renfrewshire and Shetland to follow. You can view these and others on www.nms.ac.uk/outreach School pupils get first hand experience of life in 1940s These are just some of the highlights of our learning projects; many Scotland in our new Home more are featured throughout this review. Front themed education room at the National War Museum. Review 07 15 National Museums Scotland

National Museum National National Museum We care for museum collections of of Scotland War Museum of Flight Edinburgh Edinburgh Castle East Lothian national and international importance, (incorporating the Royal Museum and and present these to the public at our Museum of six centres. Scotland) Our wealth of treasures represents more than two centuries of collecting. Collections take in everything from Scottish and international archaeology to decorative and applied arts; from National Museum National Museum National Museums world cultures and social history to of Rural Life of Costume Collection Centre near East Kilbride near Dumfries Edinburgh science, technology and the natural world. We also provide advice, expertise and support to the museum community across Scotland. Our work includes fieldwork and research and often involves collaboration at local, national and international levels. A world-class museums service that informs, educates and inspires.

The Glovebirds sculpture, installed at the National Museum of Costume, aimed to develop Scotland’s storytelling heritage. National National Museums Programme across Scotland

Our national programme reaches communities across Scotland helping improve access to the museum’s collections for all Scots. We worked in 29 out of 32 Scottish local authority regions in 2006–07, delivering outreach projects, fieldwork, loans to museums and visitor attractions, touring exhibitions, talks and lectures, and contributing to national events. We have also worked with council, university and independent museums across Scotland to provide better collections care and increased access. This support takes many forms, from advising local museums on Scotland’s new Significance Scheme to providing training workshops.

National programme activity Loan locations 87 Talks and lectures 73 Outreach 33 Fieldwork 6 National events 5 Exhibitions 3 Total 207

Kilmartin, Argyll Benbecula, Angus Whithorn, Dumfries Birnie, Moray Knowledge exchange A pot from the Glebe Western Isles Museum on the Move: and Galloway Excavations since 1998 Workshops in collections Cairn is on display at Our Choice was an Picts is a mobile learning The 12th century have produced two hoards management and Kilmartin House Museum, exhibition at Museum resource which was Whithorn Crozier and of Roman coins and show exhibition development one of a number of nan Eilean supported by developed and launched other items were loaned this was a high status Iron were piloted across objects on long-term the Heritage Lottery Fund in Angus. Similar resources for a temporary display Age site. Excavation open Scotland. Positive loan to this award-winning ‘Young Roots’ scheme. are being developed to on early Christian history days, activities and an feedback from the local museum. Created by young people tour Scotland covering the at the Whithorn Story exhibition at Elgin 40 sessions offered aged 16 to 20, it included Egyptians and Romans. Visitor Centre. Museum have attracted means this programme objects on loan from the local schools and families. has been developed as national collections. an annual feature.

Review 07 19 International Panama Crusoe’s island Scots at war Roman fort Islamic art Masterplan advice Russian partner Egyptian treasure Doctor’s vision Vikings down under Projet JADE connections We worked with marine We participated in a joint We loaned bagpipes The Roman fort of Discover Islamic Art is We provided curatorial We have collaborated Key items from our We are collaborating with Lewis chessmen, jewellery We are participating in a During 2006, we hosted biologists from Heriot excavation and research and items from Scots Trimontium near the first virtual exhibition advice to National with the State Hermitage Qurneh burial collection six partners in the UK and and a gaming board from Europe-wide collaborative two museum curator Watt University and project with partners in regiments to Historial Newstead in the Scottish created by Museums With Museums of Kenya, Museum in St Petersburg toured the USA as part Japan to gather together Jarslhof were all loaned research project, funded exchanges with visits the Smithsonian Tropical Japan and Chile into de la Grande Guerre, Borders was one of the No Frontiers. We worked through an EU Support to mount two major of the major exhibition and digitise the disparate for a major exhibition on by the French Government, from the National Research Institute Alexander Selkirk’s stay Peronne in France for an most important centres with 17 museums and 14 Programme, in developing exhibitions in Edinburgh Hatshepsut: From collections of Scottish Vikings which took place examining the production, Museum Lusaka in to map the marine on Robinson Crusoe’s exhibition which took of the northern frontier partner countries in this a Masterplan for Nairobi including Beyond the Queen to Pharoah. doctor Neil Gordon Munro, in Australia in 2006. circulation and use of Zambia and the environment of Las Perlas island (1704–1709), place in the year of the in Britain and it has European-funded project Museum including Palace Walls in 2006. Venues included the 1863–1942. Munro Venues included the Neolithic artefacts made National Department Archipelago in Panama part of a tiny archipelago 90th anniversary of the produced an outstanding to improve access to galleries on human origins The partnership has Metropolitan Museum travelled to Japan in 1891 Auckland Museum and from jadeite and other of Antiquities in Bay. Part of the Darwin off the coast of Chile. Battle of the Somme: collection of artefacts. collections through digital and mammals. A new brought new material of Art in New York and and was Medical Director the Australian National semi-precious stones from Baghdad. Placements Initiative on Biodiversity, Fife-born Selkirk was the The Somme: A Worldwide Collaborating with means. Visit the site at museum building is due to to Scottish audiences the Kimbell Art Museum of Yokohama Hospital for Maritime Museum the Italian Alps. National and internships with the project will help inspiration for Daniel Region 1916–2006. scholars in the www.discoverislamicart.org open to the public at the but has also been a rich in Texas. 30 years. He retired to live in Sydney. Museums is co-ordinating North America and Panama develop eco- Defoe’s Robinson Crusoe. Netherlands and Wales, end of 2007. knowledge exchange. in an Ainu village, where input from UK and Ireland Europe helped spread tourism and disseminate The project was funded we are leading two he researched local culture in this three-year project. our knowledge, especially new research findings. by the National projects to catalogue and and treated many Ainu in conservation. Geographic Society. publish iron and leather patients. The aim of the artefacts from Newstead. project is to create a rich research resource for anthropologists, historians and folklorists.

Across the world Collaboration with partners internationally allows National Museums to share knowledge, learn from others, and promote Scotland abroad. Worldwide audiences continue to experience our collections through an international loans programme. We loaned 109 objects to nine countries across five continents from the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York to the World Art Museum in Beijing, China. Curators, conservators, archaeologists and scientists gave around 30 papers at international conferences and we published 102 books and research papers.

Review 07 21 At a glance

April 06 May June July August September October November December January 07 February March

Shambellie 150 54,200 Sporting Scotland Airshow ‘06 Summer celebration Behind the scenes New look Antiques Roadshow Hogmanay Highland 2007 Dolly Day All new An exhibition charting The Monster Creepy In partnership with Our Airshow returns to Over 700 supporters enjoy A Heritage Lottery Funded We launch a new brand The special junior version Our first programme We launch the national Valentine’s Day becomes The National Museum a century of fashion in Crawlies exhibition at SportScotland, we open the National Museum a glitzy summer party at ‘Young Roots’ project and new names for of BBC One’s Antiques of Hogmanay events in touring exhibition Fonn ’s Dolly Day as we celebrate of Rural Life is given a films marks the 150th the National Museum of our new Sporting Scotland of Flight on 29 July with the National Museum of brings ten young people some of our museums, Roadshow is filmed at the National Museum of Duthchas with partners the the tenth anniversary of new look for the coming anniversary of Shambellie Scotland attracts 54,200 gallery in the National record attendance. The Scotland celebrating the together to create a fantasy to improve understanding the National Museum Scotland proves highly National Galleries of the announcement of season with new exhibits, House, home to the visitors, 10% above our Museum of Scotland. day sees the Battle of critically acclaimed festival live action film. The Secret of our group, increase of Scotland. Presenter successful. A ceilidh in the Scotland and the National Dolly the sheep to the audio-visual films and National Museum of target and one of the It celebrates our country’s Britain Memorial Flight exhibition Beyond the Life of the Museum looks the effectiveness of our Michael Aspel is joined Main Hall attracts nearly Library of Scotland. The world’s media. We host the launch of the Farm Costume. The exhibition Museum’s top three sports and sporting greats, display, amongst others, Palace Walls, Islamic Art at what might happen to communications and by twenty experts for 400 people. exhibition begins its tour in a packed day of events, Explorer, a family-focused features costumes worn most popular exhibitions. past and present. From thrill the large crowds. from The State Hermitage someone trapped in the engage new audiences. Antiques Roadshow: Inverness before such as DNA workshops tractor ride taking visitors by stars including Nicole Formula One crash helmets Family activities on the Museum. The exhibition National Museum of We also initiate the first The Next Generation, continuing to Glasgow, and talks by curators from the Museum to the Kidman and Dame to tennis racquets, all ground ensure an action- was born from a rich Scotland after hours... phase of improvements aimed at young people Edinburgh and Stornoway. and vets, engaging a 1950s farm. Maggie Smith in films objects come with the packed day. partnership with the St The twenty-minute film to our new website, giving interested in knowing range of audiences in like The Others and personal stories behind Petersburg museum and gets public screenings digital access to more more about their contemporary science. Gosford Park. them. The Scottish Sports showcases the cream of and is made available of our collections and collections or family Hall of Fame is available Islamic art. on disc and at learning resources. heirlooms. The Museum online at www.nms.ac.uk/outreach is packed and the show www.nms.ac.uk/sports is aired at prime time over Christmas.

20,000+ Lifelong learning Jean Muir Inside Story Scottish music Archaeology Month Commando Country Teahouse culture Picasso Funding secured Online shop Sporting Greats More than 20,000 visitors We support Adult We acquire the work We help create a Our series of free We host a series of free Broadcaster Kate Adie An inter-cultural event Intense preparation We celebrate the A new online shop is A further eight Scottish attend the Edinburgh Learners’ Week with of top British designer multi-media exhibition lunchtime shows at the events at the National opens a new exhibition linked to our Sacred gets underway as we announcement of two developed and launched sporting heroes, International Science a host of free events at Jean Muir from her about Edinburgh’s National Museum of Museum of Scotland at the National War Words exhibition takes announce that we will major capital awards for featuring the most popular among them three Festival events at the the National Museum widower, Harry Leuckert. Saughton Prison, Scotland attracts new to support Scottish Museum exploring its inspiration from bring a major exhibition the Royal Museum Project. gifts and books from our Commonwealth Games National Museum of of Scotland and the The priceless collection working with inmates audiences. Renowned Archaeology Month. Scotland’s key role in calligraphy and the on Picasso to the National The Heritage Lottery Fund retail collections. Visit it at greats and footballer Ally Scotland. The 2007 National Museum of of over 18,000 items is and staff. Prisoners carry Scottish musicians Our events link with the forming Britain’s famous Chinese teahouse culture Museum of Scotland. confirms a £17.8 million www.nms.ac.uk/shop McCoist, are inducted into programme also extends Rural Life. Lifelong learners believed to be the largest out their own research showcase traditional Iron Age site at Birnie, Commando forces. of the 1920s and 1930s. Picasso: Fired with Passion, grant while the Scottish the Sports Hall of Fame science activities and joined curators to explore museum archive of a to tell the story of the Scottish music as part near Elgin, as family Commando Country Tai Chi, mahjong playing, created by the National Government backs the in a joint announcement workshops to other our collections with a fashion designer in the prison from the 19th of the Edinburgh Festival workshops, exhibitions looks at how remote the scent of Chinese Museums and only project with £16 million. with SportScotland. museum sites. different theme every world. A special exhibition to early 21st century. Fringe and to celebrate and talks explore mud Scottish properties were tea, music and dance appearing in Edinburgh, The interactive Sports day, from Egyptian queens will unveil the Jean Muir Highland 2007. maps, Birnie warriors transformed into special combine to create Cathay draws on the artist’s work Hall is available online to green design. collection in 2008. and Vikings. training centres during House Blend. from 1947 to 1961 and at www.nms.ac.uk/sports the Second World War captures the joie-de-vivre to teach new skills of of post-war Europe. sabotage, close combat and outdoor survival.

Review 07 23 Achieved 06/07 Financial summary

People

1.42 million visits to our museums

4.1 million web page visits

219,888 learning participants

62,328 schools visits

Collections

1,373 loans

102 academic publications

150 active research projects

Partners

3 national strategic partnerships

307 activities supporting Scottish museums Income £m Expenditure £m 207 activities across Scotland Grant in aid from the Scottish Government 19.9 Staff costs 12.6 Capital grants 4.9 Operational costs 8.3 Grants and donations 0.3 Capital expenditure 6.0 Building our future NMS Enterprises Ltd 0.4 Transfer to (from) reserves for Admissions 0.6 capital expenditure (0.2) Other income 0.6 60,409 kg of waste recycled by staff Total 26.7 Total 26.7

Copies of the full Annual Report and Accounts for National Museums Scotland and our Strategic Plan are available online at www.nms.ac.uk and on request from the Marketing & Development team on 0131 247 4352. Review 07 25 Royal Museum Project supporters Corporate members and sponsors The BEST Trust Aeolus With thanks The Binks Trust Artemis Investment Management Limited Dunard Fund Arts & Business Scotland Edinburgh Decorative & Fine Arts Society BT Scotland Mr James Ferguson Diageo Friends of National Museums Scotland Dundas & Wilson CS LLP The Gannochy Trust John Menzies plc Heritage Lottery Fund The Miller Group Ltd Mr and Mrs Michael Kennedy The Royal Embassy of Saudi Arabia Mr Simon King Scottish & Newcastle plc The Mortan Charitable Trust SP Power Systems National Museums Scotland Charitable Moscow Narodny Bank Trust William Grant and Sons Ltd Portrack Charitable Trust Wolfson Microelectronics plc Mr Ian Ritchie OBE American Foundation for the National The Ross Girls Museums of Scotland Scottish Government The American-Scottish Foundation The Stevenston Trust Professor J K Anderson Dr and Mrs Ian Sword Mr and Mrs Gordon Baty Mr James Thomson We would not be able to achieve all we do without our donors and Mr James Bishop The late Mr Norman Winterbottom Mr Cameron H Calder supporters, both at home and abroad. They play a vital role in our The Wolfson Foundation Ms Prudence E M Carlson success through their encouragement, assistance and generous Mr and Mrs Kenneth R Woodcock Ms June L Clarke contributions. The benefit is enormous in helping us deliver a world-class Patrons Ms Elizabeth A Corro museums service for Scotland. Mr and Mrs Geoffrey Ball Mr Henry Darlington Jr. Miss Patricia Barclay Dr Roualeyn Fenton-May The project to transform the Royal Museum building in Edinburgh is the Jennifer, Marchioness of Bute Mr and Mrs Eric N Ferguson main focus of our capital fundraising, and we are making very good Mr and Mrs Alex Callander Mr and Mrs Ray J Groves progress towards our £12 million goal. If you would like to find out more The Rt Hon Lord and Lady Cameron of Elizabeth and William Higgs about the Project, or discuss ways of supporting this exciting initiative, Lochbroom Rev Andrew M Jergens Sir James Cayzer Bt Mr David L Kerr please contact the Campaign Team on 0131 247 4095 or email Mrs Hilary Clark Mrs George Conrad McFarland [email protected]. You could help us make a world of difference. Mr and Mrs Douglas Connell Mr Donald R McIntosh Rt Hon Lord & Lady Cullen of Whitekirk Ms Meredith Moore This year we launched a new Patrons scheme, which complements our Mr & The Hon Mrs Tam Dalyell The Negaunee Foundation membership scheme and offers opportunities for exclusive connections Mrs Norma Drummond Other support for our work Rt Hon Sir David & Lady Edward to museum life. We have also re-launched our Corporate Membership Miss Patricia Barclay Sir Gerald and Lady Elliot scheme, giving companies a flexible choice of benefits in return for Mr Francis Brewis Mr and Mrs Patrick Gammell Mrs G M G Clayton their support. Mr and Mrs Gavin Gemmell Ms Sheila Colvin Lady Grant and Ms Victoria Grant Cruden Foundation Limited With further capital developments planned at the National Museum Mr Ivor R Guild CBE Mr David Dobie of Flight, and a range of exciting new galleries and exhibitions planned Rt Rev Richard F Holloway Mrs Cath W Forbes Mr and Mrs F P M Johnston at our five museums, continuing help from our supporters is more Friends of National Museums Scotland Mr and Mrs Michael Kennedy important than ever. Mr Ian Keillar Mr and Mrs Andrew Kerr Dr Brian Lang Mr Magnus Linklater and Baroness We also acknowledge the invaluable time and commitment given by Mr Roger A Lindsay of Craighall Linklater of Butterstone our many volunteers, from those who provide informative guided tours Miss Sheila Logie Mr and Mrs Patrick Macdonald Mr J C M & Mrs M Main to those who assist in documenting our collections. Professor Alexander McCall Smith CBE Miss Brenda McCaw and Dr Elizabeth McCall Smith During 2006–07, many aspects of our work, from museum The Miller Foundation Professor Malcolm McLeod CBE National Museums Scotland Charitable development and research to outreach work, received support from Mr and Mrs James Miller Trust donations, grants, sponsorship, legacies and membership subscriptions. Sir Ronald Miller CBE Mr Clive Priestley CB Mr and Mrs Thomas M Murray We would like to thank the following for their support: Mrs S M P Rae Miss May Nicol The Rt Hon Lord Selkirk of Douglas Mr and Mrs Nicholas Parker Sir John & Lady Shaw Sir William and Lady Purves Mr and Mrs George Stewart Mr Ian Rankin and Ms Miranda Harvey Mr and Mrs Peter Richardson and many other anonymous donors Mr Paul Roberts and Ms Stephanie We are fortunate to have the ongoing Donaldson commitment of our members, more than The Earl and Countess of Rosebery 7,000 individuals, who are an important Mr and Mrs Colin Ross part of the National Museums community. Mr Barry Sealey CBE and Mrs Helen Sealey To the members who give their time to the Sir John & Lady Shaw Membership Advisory Group and organise Baroness Elizabeth Smith of Gilmorehill other popular activities such as lectures and Mr and Mrs George Stewart the Christmas Art Competition and to those The late Miss Adèle Stewart who support our work annually with their Dr Mark Urquhart subscriptions and donations, we extend our Professor Veronica and Professor Simon grateful appreciation. Children at education van Heyningen workshops learn what they Mr Max Ward and Lady Sarah Ward could buy with a penny Mr and Mrs Robin Wight in 1939. Lord and Lady Wilson of Tillyorn Review 07 27 Finding out more

Do you want to get involved in what we do? Board of Trustees As you can see in this review, we like to engage as many people as Sir Angus Grossart CBE LLD DLitt Advocate FRSE DL MA LLB CA DBA possible in the work of National Museums Scotland. You can get FCIBS Chairman involved by visiting our museums, taking part in our events and James Fiddes OBE DUniv MA FRICS activities, joining our membership schemes, applying for a job, visiting our website, hiring our spectacular venues, seeing our Lesley Hart MBE MA MSc collections on loan elsewhere, sponsoring our activities, participating Michael Kirwan FCA in our outreach programmes, and more… Professor Michael Lynch PhD FRSE FSA (Scot) To see what National Museums Scotland can offer you, visit Christina Macaulay MA Until 31 March 2007 www.nms.ac.uk or contact the Marketing & Development team on 0131 247 4352 or email [email protected] Neena Mahal MA DCG Sir Neil McIntosh CBE JP DL What are we planning next? Professor Malcolm McLeod CBE MA Blitt (Oxon) FRSE The National Museums Scotland Strategic Plan sets out our major Dr Stuart Monro OBE BSc PhD CGeol FGS FHEA FRSSA objectives over five years and how resources are used to achieve Ian Ritchie CBE FREng FRSE FBCS CEng BSc them. The plan can be viewed at www.nms.ac.uk and hard copies are available on request. Ian Smith FFA FCIA Until 31 March 2007 Sir John Ward CBE CA FRSE FRSA FIET Do you need extra copies of this review? Iain Watt BSc FCIBS From 15 March 2007 Contact the Marketing & Development team for copies of this review or the full Annual Report and Accounts. Read them online at Corporate Management Team www.nms.ac.uk Dr Gordon Rintoul Director This review is available in large print, Braille or on CD. Fiona Bell Director of Estates & Facilities Management Mary Bryden Director of Public Programmes Our contact details Jane Carmichael Director of Collections National Museums Scotland Catherine Holden Director of Marketing & Development Chambers Street Andrew Patience Director of Finance & Resources Edinburgh EH1 1JF NMS Enterprises Ltd 0131 225 7534 Peter Williamson Managing Director [email protected] www.nms.ac.uk Photo credits Pg 11 Treasure © The State Hermitage Museum Pg 15 Discovery Zones © Kate Chandler, Hat Day © Paul Dodds © National Museums Scotland Pg 19 Kilmartin © Kilmartin House Trust / Brony Beckett Pg 21 Russian partner © The State Hermitage Museum National Museums of Scotland changed its operating name to National Museums Pg 22 Sporting Scotland © Paul Dodds, Airshow ‘06 © Ian Jacobs, Jean Muir © Paul Dodds, Scotland in 2006 as part of a wider programme of strategic change. We retain the 54,200 © Murdo Macleod name National Museums of Scotland for statutory purposes. Pg 23 Commando Country and Antiques Roadshow © Ian Jacobs, Picasso © Succession Picasso / DACS 2007,Sporting Greats © The Sunday Post