Ancient Egyptian Collection I make a point of visiting the National Museum of Scotland, Chambers Street, Edinburgh a couple of times a month. It’s one of my favourite places and although I have only an hour for lunch, I manage to get around most of it during the year. There are always changes of course, … More Inside the Fiction Factory – Part 169
Kunstmuseum Basel Along with the various excursions to towns and villages around Scotland this year, there was also a trip to Europe, travelling down the river Rhine. A flight to the Netherlands and from there a plane to Basel in Switzerland, resulted in spending two days before setting off, taking in the sights and sounds … More Inside the Fiction Factory – Part 167
Tutankhamun My first encounter with Egyptian history was at the British Museum in London in 1972. I was a young lad then, and my father had taken me on my first trip to London to see the loan exhibition from the Department of Antiquities of the Arab Republic of Egypt to mark the 50th anniversary … More Inside the Fiction Factory – Part 166
Monkeys I visited the Primate exhibition being hosted by the National Museum of Scotland in Edinburgh. This originally opened back in 2016, but I didn’t manage to catch it then. It has since toured the world and is now back home until November this year. Entitled, Monkeys: Our Primate Family, there are more than fifty … More Inside the Fiction Factory – Part 164
Vaccine The National Museum of Scotland is hosting a free exhibition called Injecting Hope – The Race for a Covid-19 Vaccine. It’s been five years since the UK went into its first lockdown, as we found ourselves into a global pandemic. The exhibition tells the story of that time and how less than a year … More Inside the Fiction Factory – Part 146
Dali I noted in Part 84 of this blog that one of my favourite paintings, Christ of St John on the Cross by Salvador Dali, was due to come back home to the Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum in Glasgow after being on loan to Spain and I would arrange to go back and view … More Inside the Fiction Factory – Part 139
Cold War Scotland The National Museum of Scotland is running a free exhibition until the end of January next year called Cold War Scotland. This provides a fascinating insight to a recent aspect of Scottish history and it’s important that it’s documented and understood. The term Cold War describes the political situation after the end … More Inside the Fiction Factory – Part 127
Game On I’ve been waiting a good few years for the Games exhibition to come back to the National Museum of Scotland in Edinburgh. The wait has been worth it. A playable exhibition – yes, you can play these machines – from over fifty years of gaming history. You can experience for yourself, the games … More Inside the Fiction Factory – Part 124
Wildlife Photography Exhibition One of the many good things about being a member of the Museum of Scotland, is taking advantage of the free entry into the major exhibitions they run during the year. My membership enables me to visit several times and typically I will attend each exhibition three times. My initial visit is … More Inside the Fiction Factory – Part 87
Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum I was excited to visit the Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum in Glasgow. One of the highlights for me is the Salvador Dali painting, Christ of St John on the Cross, but I discovered it’s on loan to Spain right now, but will return in June 2024, so I will … More Inside the Fiction Factory – Part 84
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