Bruce Blacklaw

Communications Manager, National Museums Scotland. Any views expressed here are my own

[National Museums Scotland @NtlMuseumsScot]

Introducing… the Peebles Hoard 🥁 ✨

It’s a spectacular collection of bronze, leather and wooden material dating to the Late Bronze Age (c.1000-800 BCE).

Many of these objects have never been found before in Scotland.

So, as you can imagine, we’re *pretty* excited

[BBC Scotland News @BBCScotlandNews]

Unique Bronze Age hoard saved for the nation https://t.co/QnvBv5tWpd

[History Hit💥 @HistoryHit]

Discover the Galloway Hoard for an extraordinary look into the Viking Age ⚱️✨

In our new film, @HelenhCarr explores this glittering hoard of beautifully crafted objects in silver, gold and crystal, buried in the ground and forgotten 1,100 years ago.

Out now on History Hit 🎥

[Adrián Maldonado @amaldon]

Next week!

The Galloway Hoard: A Decade of Discovery

To mark the 10th anniversary of its discovery, @NtlMuseumsScot are hosting an online event with Andy Nicholson, Mary Davis, @alexandra_makin and me, hosted by @sallymag1

Book your FREE place now: https://t.co/OBbhJbd5Xl

[Adrián Maldonado @amaldon]

Now with STUNNING new group photo of the Galloway Hoard, plus more detail on the science from @jk_viking and where to see the lidded vessel next from @SueBrunningBM. Via @TheScotsman @alicampsie75 https://t.co/bzi4Kl5HcD

[Bruce Blacklaw @brucester74]

@amaldon @burnsjilly @jk_viking @SueBrunningBM @TheScotsman @alicampsie75 You speak for yourself...

[alison campsie @alicampsie75]

Story gold - eh silver - on a Sunday newsdesk day. The Galloway Hoard keeps on giving ...latest discovery is the country of origin of the lidded vessel that was crammed with ample treasures. It came from very far away.

https://t.co/hOPfZRT5Th

[New Scientist @newscientist]

Small mammals living in the middle of the Jurassic period had much longer lives than their modern relatives and spent years instead of weeks being cared for as youngsters. https://t.co/J3zJXlnCk8

[National Museums Scotland @NtlMuseumsScot]

A Jurassic discovery on the Isle of Skye that tells us more about MAMMAL EVOLUTION 🎉

Our researchers have compared two skeletons of the same species to determine how mammals grew 166 million years ago 🐿️

Read about the findings published in @Nature: https://t.co/tyfYEIzchn

[Guardian Scotland @GdnScotland]

From Donkey Kong to Halo 3, the entirety of video game evolution is at National Museum of Scotland; and you can play almost every one - @kezamacdonald reports https://t.co/bgFX9uGoBl

[National Museums Scotland @NtlMuseumsScot]

🕹⭐ Game On is now OPEN ⭐🕹

The largest interactive exhibition of the history and the culture of video games has fully loaded at the National Museum of Scotland.

Game On is curated and organised by @BarbicanCentre✨

Buy your tickets now 👇

https://t.co/Bs4D0QqPox

[Lewis Michie @LewisMichie0]

🕹️An exhibition on the history of video games - and Scotland's links to the industry, is opening this weekend at the National Museum of Scotland.

Today I had a chance to see it, and even play a few of the classics.

My @STVNews at Six report 👇

@NtlMuseumsScot

[Bruce Blacklaw @brucester74]

@scully1888 @NtlMuseumsScot Thanks for coming in, Chris, was good to see you

[Chris Scullion @scully1888]

Had a fantastic time checking out the Game On exhibition at @NtlMuseumsScot in Edinburgh ahead of its opening this weekend. Expect some (very serious, honest) footage of it on the VGC channel soon, but otherwise it's highly recommended for all ages.

[Chris Scullion @scully1888]

Now's your chance to expose me as the fraud you're sure I am. Either that, or just pick my brains

[Museums Association @MuseumsAssoc]

Case study | Taking a sustainable approach to the design, build and procurement of an exhibition about climate change and biodiversity loss 🌱

Find out more about the development of Rising Tide: Art and Environment in Oceania at @NtlMuseumsScot 👉 https://t.co/rZfscjNBEp

[Victoria Gill 💙💛 @Vic_Gill]

This Triassic fossil is an absolute stunner! #fossilfriday

⁦@NtlMuseumsScot⁩ https://t.co/tFGvAY7F8n

[National Museums Scotland @NtlMuseumsScot]

Is the Bullion stone Scotland's earliest work of satire?

Ian Hislop meets our Principal Curator of Medieval Archaeology and History, Dr Martin Goldberg, in the National Museum of Scotland to discuss the country's oldest jokes.

📻 Listen on @BBCRadio4: https://t.co/Aa6sepftwN

[Smithsonian Magazine @SmithsonianMag]

A recently reconstructed brass Roman arm guard, now green and discolored, "gleamed gold" 2,000 years ago. https://t.co/LgdOp2nTVS

[National Museums Scotland @NtlMuseumsScot]

This Roman arm guard has not been seen in full for almost 2000 years.

The only intact example of its kind, it has carefully been reconstructed by our conservators who spent weeks reassembling over 100 fragments.

🔗 Read all about it in @ObserverUK: https://t.co/FHGn2aXom9