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The souvenir guide to the exhibition The Tomb: Ancient Egyptian Burial which was shown at the National Museum of Scotland in 2017.
From the Golden Age of Alexander III to Robert II, the first Stewart king, this book tells the history of Scotland between 1249 and 1371.
Artist Sue Jane Taylor has worked for over 30 years recording the lives of workers in the North Sea oil industry, and the offshore renewable energy industry. The book showcases her work and is also illustrated by relevant objects from the collections in the National Museum of Scotland.
Recorded oral interviews give an account of life in and around the town of Stranraer, in Dumfries and Galloway, south-west Scotland - part of a wider research programme, The Regional Ethnology of Scotland Project. Co-published with the European Ethnological Research Centre.
Showcases over a hundred treasures from the collections of the National Museum of Scotland.
A pioneering partnership between National Museums Scotland and The Glenmorangie Comany has supported a major programme of research into the archaeology of Scotland during the Early Medieval Period. Out of that has come this milestone book in Scottish archaeological publishing.
A up-to-date geological excursion guide to the Stirling and Perth area.
Looks at pirates and pirate stories with a Scottish connection. Part of the Scotties series of activity books for young readers.
Updated edition - the story of the Dundee mill girl turned missionary who became one of the most remarkable Scotswomen of any generation and the first woman to be depicted on a Scottish banknote.
A Scottie activity book for young readers for home and classroom use. The book looks at the plants and wildlife of the Scottish countryside, and discusses such topics as climate change and renewable energy.
In this souvenir book of the exhibition of the same name (National Museums Scotland 19 June - 22 November) you will meet the pioneers of photography and discover how the Victorian craze for the photograph transformed the way we capture images today and mirrors our own modern-day fascination for recording the world around us.
An account, by his great-great-grandson, of Professor Matthew Heddle (1828-97, a larger-than-life character and one of Scotland's most famous mineralogists.
The book showcases the dazzling collection of modern glass recently gifted to National Museums Scotland.
An account of Isabel Grant's experiences as an early innovator of folk museums. It illustrates a history of farming, fishing, crofting and domestic life.
Based on the exhibition at the National Museum of Scotland (11 July - 12 October) the book explores how military service by men of Scottish descent was related to other expressions of Scottish identity.
A timely look at John Buchan's much-loved pre-First-World-War novel - what inspired it, its themes and metaphors - and at how much of the author's own swlf and experiences are in it.
A new edition of this story of the Millennium Clock Tower in the National Museum of Scotland, its creation, creators and its magical inhabitants.
Exhibition book of essays and objects celebrating the 200th anniversary of the birth of the great African explorer and missionary doctor, the Victorian hero David Livingstone.
Co-published with the European Ethnological Research Centre, in the Flashbacks series. Andrew Ramage, the son of a farm servant, kept a diary over many years. Only three notebooks remain. They give an account of a man making his way in the world through a time of great social change.
Every Scots child was taught a pallid and uncontentious version of Queen Margaret's life, drawn from the hagiography written not long after her death. Eileen Dunlop has produced a book for the general reader, which aims at a more balanced, psychologically probing account of a remarkable life.
Inventor of logarithms, John Napier made one of the greatest advances in the history of mathematics. The 16th century Scot was also a remarkable astronomer. This new edition has been redesigned and has a new cover.
Field research in maritime culture undertaken by two Swedish researchers in the islands of the Outer Herbrides, Scotland, in 1934.
Aimed at children of 9-13 this is a history of Parliaments in Scotland from around 1200 to the present day.
Presenting a re-evaluation of the documentary sources, this study is based on the physical examination of weights and measures in the National Museums of Scotland and other collections.
This new edition of this popular title in the Scotties series gives a fascinating glimpse into life at the most northern edge of the Roman Empire. Through words and pictures find out about life in a Roman fort and much more.
Based on 'a national collection of a national instrument' in National Museums Scotland, the book puts the musicology of the bagpipe in its European context. There is no CD-ROM with this edition.
'Galoshins' was a folk drama performed in people's houses on New Year's Eve or Hallowe'en in the south of Scotland over a hundred years ago. These are oral reminiscences collected for the School of Scottish Studies Sound Archive.
An introduction to craft research - a new form of craft practice - with an alternative approach to developing craft and its economy in the 21st century.
Looks at Roman glass from indigenous sites to study the impact of Rome on Iron Age Scotland.
The book is based on a workshop held at National Museums Scotland and brings together key studies of 15 recent reconstruction projects, covering areas as diverse as physics, computing, horology, communication, transport and military.
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