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7 Jun 2018

Good vibrations

Project Reveal Team North East comes across an old medical device that used massage and vibration to heal all manner of illnesses.

A close-up of the tiled fireplace in the Hill House, designed by Charles Mackintosh.
6 Jun 2018

The genius is in the detail

For Charles Rennie Mackintosh’s 150th birthday, we look at the intricate details he used in his show-stopping design at the Hill House.

5 Jun 2018

You are not a loan

Investigating 70 years of loans to the National Trust for Scotland

A woman holds a tape measure across the width of a tapestry screen, whilst a man stands behind making notes in a book. Both wear purple conservation gloves.
4 Jun 2018

Revealing our collections ... and our stories

Project Reveal is one of the most ambitious digitisation projects in Scotland.

Interior full of decorative objects at Brodick Castle
4 Jun 2018

Less is more: innovating with our collections

We’ve made a plan to innovate how we show off our amazing collections.

A view of the caseroom at Robert Smail's Printing Works. A cloth hammer lies on type of a case of set type in the foreground. In the background are many shelves filled with pieces of type.
29 May 2018

Becoming a dab hand – printing past and present

Team East has moved to Robert Smail’s Printing Works, where the presses are more than just historical objects.

Detail of Lady Ailsa’s dressing case
21 May 2018

‘Dress to impress’ – Lady Ailsa’s dressing case

In an age when ladies changed their clothes up to five times a day, Lady Ailsa’s dressing case reminds us of a bygone age of splendour.

A black and white photo of two young girls in a rather derelict area of Glasgow. A large pile of broken slates lies at the base of a high wall behind them. The girl on the left eats an apple; the girl on the right holds a large string bag filled with small bottles.
18 May 2018

Homecoming for Harry Benson at Pollok House exhibition

An exhibition celebrating the work of one of the world’s best-known photographers begins this weekend at Pollok House in Glasgow.

Paper embroidered with ‘Forget Me Not’ in human hair
11 May 2018

Forget me not – revealing Victorian mourning customs

Team West explores social history collections linked to mourning etiquette in the late 19th century.