Dolly the Sheep and Britain’s oldest plane are stars of the National Museum of Scotland’s 150th birthday facelift. Peter Ross goes behind the scenesIt is one of those bright,cold mornings in which Edinburgh seems to specialise. The golden cockerel atop the spire of St Giles’ cathedral is etched against a pale blue sky, hawked spit (for good luck) has frozen on the nearby Heart of Midlothian and an early tourist pats the frost-rimed head of Greyfriars Bobby. whether that faithful wee dog could see, or he would surely recognise,across Chambers Street, a similar example of fidelity: the National Museum of Scotland (NMS) is approximately to open for the day, and just as it has for the past 150 years.“This is a hugely important moment,” says NMS director Gordon Rintoul of his institution’s 150th anniversary this year. “It’s a once-in-a-century opportunity to create a major transformation and turn this into one of the world’s considerable museums.”Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com