Talk:Museum of Scotland

Some images for eventual inclusion.:- --Mcginnly | Natter 12:26, 27 November 2006 (UTC)

Andy Goldsworthy sculptures
There are an amazing number of Andy Goldsworthy sculptures in the National Museum, and I have photos of several of them (and lots of other artefacts in the museum, including the millennium clock) but I'm not sure what they are all called. Alas, I should have taken photos of the labels at the same time :-( If anyone wants them here, and can name them, put a note on my talk page and I'll upload them. The photos are here. Karora 10:22, 24 September 2007 (UTC)

Grand reopening
The reopening ceremony for the National Museum of Scotland is this Friday, July 29th.

The two Chambers Street museums have been integrated into one, and I believe that the appropriate move(s)/renames should be carried out to reflect this. National Museum of Scotland should not redirect to National Museums Scotland – the former is the premises in Chambers Street, the latter the organisation responsible for the Scottish Museums.

I will be attending the press preview tomorrow morning, and writing an in-depth Wikinews article on the celebrations marking the reopening following the £47.4 million refurbishment work.

I have, still under embargo, the press pack for the event which would provide an excellent source for the expansion of relevant articles. Based on information within the pack, and access as an Edinburgh citizen to the archives of local newspaper 'The Scotsman, I can provide the following cites from Proquest:


 * 1) October 28, 1861 issue (weekly print)
 * Document types:	article
 * Publication title:	The Scotsman (1860-1920). Edinburgh, Scotland: Oct 28, 1861. pg. 4, 1 pgs
 * Source type:	Historical Newspaper
 * ProQuest document ID:	1422777742
 * Text Word Count	1095
 * Document URL:	http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?did=1422777742&sid=3&Fmt=1&clientId=154390&RQT=309&VName=HNP
 * Article title: EDINBURGH&mdash;LAST WEEK'S CEREMONIAL [This is noted as a reproduction from The Telegraph.]
 * Extract: "It was a gay day there on Wednesday, [October 23, 1861] with the warm welcome for her Majesty, the kindred greeting for the Prince who was on a worthy errand; with the streets crowded to the housetops, bands playing, flags flying, and old Arthur's Seat donning his cap of cloud [...] And now the Prince-Consort has laid the foundation-stone of buildings that are to be devoted to Art and Industry. The London Mail arrived in Edinburgh with, on one occasion, only one letter. A wonderful change has passed over it since then. It has been found that the old Post Office was useless for the immense increase of work in the postal service. A new building is to be erected in the Venetian style, and on Wednesday last the Prince presided at the ceremony of laying the foundation-stone for that as well as for a new Industrial Museum, for the completion of which some 2000 specimens are waiting to be fitly shrined."

I'll probably come back with the cite and a quote from the actual 1866 opening; I need these details for background information in my Wikinews article and, provided people are mindful of Proquest's terms, I'd be happy to email a copy of the clipping for sourcing more extensively. --Brian McNeil /talk 22:48, 26 July 2011 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Brian McNeil (talk

Merger proposal with Royal Museum - some urgency
In fact both the Museum of Scotland and the connected building the old Royal Museum have been officially the same museum called the National Museum of Scotland since 2006,. Clearly we should merge to the new name. Since the old Royal building is re-opening after a 3yr refurbishment on Friday July 29,, I'd like to push this through in time to catch that.


 * Support as nom Johnbod (talk) 20:22, 27 July 2011 (UTC)
 * Support particularly in light of the events planned for this weekend and the associated public interest, the article and the way the institution is currently described should align as per Common names policy. --Fæ (talk) 21:21, 27 July 2011 (UTC)
 * Fully support. I had the privilege to be of the press for today's preview of the museum reopening. The press pack from NMS self-describes the buildings in Chambers Street as the "National Museum of Scotland". I have packs issued to the press, and internal web pages which fully back this change - one which should have been applied since 2006. I will, later this week, be making a substantial amount of graphic material available. My impression from today's visit is that it is in my interest, Wikimedia UK's, the wider GLAM community's, and numerous other bodies', to merge the articles and set GA/FA goals. I'll be working on Wikinews to provide source material, many of the curatory staff would welcome Wikipedia workshops, and my opinion is we should help them in any, and all, ways we can; appropriately renaming this article is but a first step. --2.223.136.251 (talk) 21:58, 27 July 2011 (UTC)

PLEASE DON'T ADD MORE COMMENTS HERE - use Talk:National Museum of Scotland Johnbod (talk) 23:08, 27 July 2011 (UTC)
 * OK, merger under way. Johnbod (talk) 22:56, 27 July 2011 (UTC)