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An old Scots Guards square banner is displayed against a plain background. It is faded red, with the Union Jack in the top left corner and various gold emblems covering the rest.
8 Mar 2018

Flags flying again

Two Scots Guards flags, bearing colours earned in battle, have returned to Falkland Palace after months of painstaking conservation.

A man stands at the top of a scaffold, working on an enormous tapestry.
8 Mar 2018

Tapestries travel to Belgium for special treatment

The Trust is working in collaboration with Hopetoun House Preservation Trust to send tapestries to Belgium, where a state-of-the-art cleaning system for historic tapestries, patented by the Royal Manufacturers De Wit, will remove a century of dirt.

A day in the life of Project Reveal

From boxes of bricks to drawing rooms full of Old Masters, here is a day in the life of the two North inventory teams

25 Feb 2018

Part V: 50 interesting objects

Explore Part V of our 50 interesting objects.

25 Feb 2018

Part IV: 50 interesting objects

Explore Part IV of our 50 interesting objects.

25 Feb 2018

Part III: 50 interesting objects

Explore Part III of our 50 interesting objects.

A very elaborate and ornate dressing case, filled with ceramic pots and gilt slim cases. Many of the lids are encrusted with red jewels.
24 Feb 2018

Part II: 50 interesting objects

Explore part II of our 50 interesting objects.

24 Feb 2018

Part I: 50 interesting objects

Explore part I of our 50 interesting objects.

Black and white photograph of Miss Toward
21 Feb 2018

She was aye workin’

Team West are discovering the personal archive of Miss Agnes Toward at the Tenement House in Glasgow.