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Unearthed by a metal detectorist in 2014, 'the Galloway Hoard' is the richest collection of Viking-age objects ever found in Britain or Ireland. This book places the hoard in a wider historical context and showcases the conservation and research currently being undertaken on it.

In 1926, Coco Chanel designed a simple, short black dress described in American Vogue as 'the frock that the entire world will wear'. This lavishly illustrated book with contributions from experts explores interpretations of the 'LBD' throughout the 20th and 21st centuries.

The intricately designed hoard of Lewis Chessmen is one of the most significant archaeological discoveries ever made in Scotland. This account includes images of all 93 pieces and reports on new scientific research on how, where and when they were made.

Scotland's unique geography and topography provided a useful base for Allied military preparations during the Cold War. This book explores Scotland's critical position on the front line.

This lavishly illustrated book by Dr Godfrey Evans, Principal Curator of European Decorative Arts at National Museums Scotland, examines the enormous palace of the premier peers of Scotland, and the thousands of outstanding works of art acquired by twelve dukes over 250 years.

Offers a scholarly, narrative account of furniture-making in Scotland, from the sixteenth century to the twentieth, and disseminates much new research and specialist knowledge to a wide audience.

Oral history recordings of Peeblesshire textile mill workers taken between 1996 and 2004. Published in association with The Scottish Working People's History Trust and the European Ethnological Research Centre.

This illustrated book of the exhibition at the National Museum of Scotland 2 July-30 October 22 explores the history of anatomical study from the drawings of Leonardo da Vinci to the anatomist Robert Knox and the murderers Burke and Hare in Edinburgh in the 19th century.

A survey of National Museums Scotland's significant collection of Highland dress and tartan clothing, and an exploration of how such outfits became an integral part of Scottish identity.

One of the most significant collections of Viking-age and early medieval artefacts in the world is housed at National Museums Scotland. This book offers new perspectives on star objects, many never before seen in public, as part of the third The Glenmorangie Company Research Project.

James Hutton (1726-97), remembered as the founder of modern geology, was ahead of his time in his deductions about the way our planet functions. He was also an innovative farmer, a successful entrepreneur and a man with endless intellectual curiosity. This third edition has been thoroughly revised and expanded.

Highly illustrated - over 150 illustrations including 70 portraits, some never before published - history of Bonnie Prince Charlie and his parents plus the full story of his only child, Charlotte and her children.

This is a lavishly produced book on the eventful first thirty years of photography in Scotland: around 1840 - 70.

Highlights of National Museum Scotland's collection of nineteenth Japanese woodblock prints featuring kabuki performances - a combination of drama, dance, music, and acrobatics.

The book describes the use of steam power on Scottish road and field, and places National Museum Scotland's 1907 Marshall traction engine in its historical context with details of its construction, acquisition and restoration.

A timely oral history of berry-picking and other seasonal employments in Central Scotland.

Surveys the rare glass, vessels and objects that have been assembled by the Royal Museum, Edinburgh over the last 150 years, giving collectors and scholars an additional source through which to research and authenticate previous works of glass.

A facsimile edition of polymath Hugh Miller's notes recording his rambles around Scotland in the mid 1840s was published by NMS Publishing in 2003 - the first edition for over a century and long out of print itself. This reprint has minor amendments, a new cover and ISBN.

First published by NMS Enteprises Ltd - Publishing in 2007 and long out of print. This reprint has some minor amendments, a new cover and ISBN. Ross-shire-born polymath Hugh Miller (1802-56) was a social commentator and an inspiring, and still immensely readable, pre-Darwinian writer on fossils.

Facsimile edition of this classic book first published in 1841. Ross-shire-born polymath Hugh Miller (1802-56), self-taught stonemason, geologist and writer, was famous in his lifetime across the English-speaking world. In a pre-Darwinian era, Miller inspired an interest in geology and science in general with his writings on fossils.

A unique and illuminating collection of witness testimony to the horror, and humour, of the Great War, by veterans mainly from the north-east of Scotland. A co-publication with the European Ethnological Research Centre.

Published to celebrate the centenary of the discovery of the Traprain Hoard, in East Lothian, Scotland, May 1919 - one of the most spectacular finds of Roman silver ever, and the biggest hoard of 'hacksilver': 23kg, battered, crushed and chopped up. New studies show that this was no act of destruction but a deliberate Roman policy.

This souvenir book of the exhibition Wild and Majestic: Romantic Visions of Scotland, which was shown at the National Museum of Scotland in 2019, tells us a great deal about the relationship between Scotland, romance and reality.

Describes the varied rocks and structures that occur within the largely metasediments of the Moine Supergroup of the northern and central highlands of Scotland. This book is suitable for professional geologists and undergraduate students.

Published in association with The European Ethnological Research Centre,as part of their research programme Dumfries and Galloway: A Regional Ethnology. Interviews with 29 individuals from Whithorn and around, plus interviews with/writings of three local authors: Alastair Reid, John McNeillie and Gavin Maxwell.

A reissue to mark the 150th anniversary of the birth of Charles Rennie Mackintosh. Ahead of her time, and with a commitment to quality, Glasgow entrepreneur Miss Kate Cranston ensured that her famous Tearooms were designed and furnished by talented young artists like Charles Rennie Mackintosh.

Dr John Adamson (1809-70) was the older brother of the better known Robert Adamson. This is the first book devoted to placing his work in its historical context. It draws mainly from two significant albums presented to National Museums Scotland (as it is called now) in the 1940s. An Appendix has technical information on photographic processes.

As well as showcasing beautiful objects from the collections of National Museums Scotland, this book, building on the Glenmorangie Research Project, gives fresh insights into the emergence of the early medieval kingdoms of Scotland.