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20 Mar 2018

Chinese New Year: the Year of the Dog

To welcome in the Year of the Dog, Project Reveal brings a beautiful Chinese wedding procession to life.

Two men look at a very large oil painting, that lies on its side on a special transport trolley.
19 Mar 2018

Treasure of Fyvie Castle goes Dutch at High Society exhibition

Plans to reunite the Gordon family in a first for the National Trust for Scotland

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.