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Museum preserves story of thriving 21st century whisky industry

The story of Scotland’s thriving whisky industry will be preserved for generations to come as a museum reveals its new collection of contemporary items. National Museums Scotland has acquired a range of bottled whiskies, packaging and related ...

20 May 2022 at 11:30

National News

Formation of world-famous Giant's Causeway may have taken just days, scientist says

The formation event behind Northern Ireland’s world-famous Giant’s Causeway may have taken just a few days rather than thousands of years, according to a new theory. The origin of the striking stones, which have attracted visitors from ...

06 Oct 2022 at 17:33

Galloway Hoard to go on display in Australia at start of international tour

A hoard of “exceptional” Viking-age objects discovered by a metal detectorist in Dumfries and Galloway in 2014 will go on display in Australia next year in the first stop of an international tour. Buried in about 900CE, the Galloway ...

22 Nov 2024 at 11:53

National News

Formation of world-famous Giant's Causeway may have taken just days, scientist says

06 Oct 2022 at 17:33

Lewis chess pieces redisplayed to allow visitors ‘in the round’ view

The “iconic” Lewis chessmen have been redisplayed in a case which allows visitors to see their backs for the first time. The display at the National Museum of Scotland in Edinburgh means people can now view the pieces “in the ...

31 Oct 2024 at 09:44

Christmas gift for the nation as Peruzzi’s The Nativity saved from export

A painting of the Nativity dating to the early 1500s has been saved from leaving the UK after it was acquired by National Museums NI. The work, painted around 1515 in Rome by the Italian artist Baldassare Tommaso Peruzzi, ...

24 Dec 2022 at 00:01

Imperial War Museum missing 500 objects ‘shouldn’t cause alarm’ – minister

More than 500 artefacts missing from the Imperial War Museum “shouldn’t cause immediate alarm”, a Government minister has said. Conservative MP Jane Stevenson grilled the industry and Government about the missing items ...

18 Oct 2023 at 15:28

Local News

Lough Derg crucifixes on display at the National Museum of Ireland

A selection of 21 penal crosses, ranging from the early 18th to the middle of the 19th century, that were likely carved and sold to pilgrims in the vicinity of St Patrick's Purgatory, Lough Derg, have been taken out ...

15 Sept 2022 at 15:33

Northern Ireland

Renoir painting a first for public collection in Northern Ireland

A Northern Ireland museum has secured the first French impressionist painting in a public collection in the region. The rare landscape by Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841-1919), L’Allee Au Bois, has been acquired by ...

12 Jun 2023 at 18:02

Scotland

Dolly the sheep’s fleece donated for display at national museum

A fleece from Dolly the sheep, the world’s first mammal cloned from an adult cell, has been acquired by National Museums Scotland. The fleece has been donated to the national collections by Dr William A ...

24 Dec 2023 at 00:01

Curators ‘delighted’ to add Chanel’s 1926 little black dress to exhibition

Curators are “delighted” to have secured a little black dress designed by Chanel in 1926 to open an exhibition on the success of the garment over almost a century. Beyond The Little Black Dress, which ...

10 Jun 2023 at 00:01

Rare WWI naval signal book found in Oxfam bookshop sells for four-figure sum

A very rare lead-lined naval signal book from the First World War has been bought by a museum after being found in an Oxfam bookshop. The General Signals Book, which is filled with confidential ...

20 May 2024 at 16:10

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