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Look, up in the sky! It's...a brighter shade of dreich 😐
The Scottish weather has been pretty grim, but at least it gives us a reason to find more dreich-coloured objects in our collections ☁️
1. Luckenbooth brooch
2. Painting of West Highland Ponies
3. Porcelain paperweight
This scene of winter revellers on Duddingston Loch, Edinburgh, in 1876 by Charles Altamont Doyle is providing us endless entertainment for today's #MuseumsUnlocked theme of 'wintertime'❄️
What shenanigans can you spot? Get that magnifying glass out and show us your favourites!🔎
The bone – which is just over half a metre long – is now in National Museums Scotland’s collections. Every fossil helps us understand more about the time period and the course of evolution.
🐴Let Clyde the horse guide you in our new family trail at the National Museum of Rural Life.
🐴Find top tips, object highlights and activities to help you make the most of your visit.
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This brooch, Solitaire, memorialises everyday acts. It shows the artist (Melanie Bilenker) playing the card game on her bed. The piece encourages us to rethink what is special & important in our daily lives... what may have been unobserved or seemingly mundane is in fact a jewel
All this week we're sharing items from our contemporary design collections to brighten up your screens whilst it's gloomy outside.
Check back in all this week to find out more about these beautiful objects 😍
@insectweek A: These are the mouthparts of a female Highland midge, (Culicoides impunctatus). The ‘teeth’ at the end of her proboscis help to cut through skin and make Scottish summers unforgettable! #MysteryInsect #NIW2020
@insectweek Can you guess what insect this is from the close up?
Clue: The feeling of this #insect will be more familiar than this extreme close up...
Answers revealed at 5
#NIW2020 #MysteryInsect:
For more family fun, you could see what ground dwelling insects are in your garden by setting a pitfall trap: https://t.co/sPqUt5L4AC #EntoAtHome #NIW2020
A digital mini-Festival Elements of @EdSciFest 2020 explores science’s role in addressing the biggest global environmental challenges through Air, Earth, Fire, Water and Aether.
Discover digital delights, articles and downloads covering all the festival favourites.
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