National Museums Scotland

Executive non-departmental public body of the Scottish Government which runs the national museums of Scotland, United Kingdom
Organization nonprofit_organization Q1967502
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National Museums Scotland

Summary

National Museums Scotland is a nonprofit organization[1]. It ranks in the top 8% of nonprofit_organization entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (10 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • National Museums Scotland's field of work was museum[3].
  • National Museums Scotland was a member of Consortium of European Taxonomic Facilities[4].
  • National Museums Scotland was a member of Biodiversity Information Standards[5].
  • National Museums Scotland was a member of Scottish Confederation of University and Research Libraries[6].
  • National Museums Scotland was a member of International Association of Transport and Communications Museums[7].
  • National Museums Scotland is located in City of Edinburgh[8].
  • National Museums Scotland is in the country of United Kingdom[9].
  • National Museums Scotland's instance of is recorded as nonprofit organization[10].
  • National Museums Scotland's instance of is recorded as executive non-departmental public body[11].
  • National Museums Scotland's headquarters location is recorded as Edinburgh[12].
  • National Museums Scotland took place at Edinburgh[13].
  • National Museums Scotland is part of Scottish Government[14].
  • National Museums Scotland's Commons category is recorded as National Museums of Scotland[15].
  • National Museums Scotland comprises National Museum of Scotland[16].
  • National Museums Scotland comprises National Museum of Flight[17].
  • National Museums Scotland comprises National Museum of Rural Life[18].
  • National Museums Scotland comprises National War Museum[19].
  • National Museums Scotland comprises Scottish Life Archive[20].
  • 1985 marks the founding of National Museums Scotland[21].
  • National Museums Scotland's coordinate location is recorded as {'globe': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2', 'altitude': None, 'latitude': 55.947, 'longitude': -3.189, 'precision': 0.001}[22].
  • National Museums Scotland's official website is recorded as https://www.nms.ac.uk/[23].
  • National Museums Scotland's topic's main category is recorded as Category:National Museums Scotland[24].
  • National Museums Scotland's described at URL is recorded as https://www.placemania.sk/svetova-zaujimavost/zbierkove-centra-narodnych-muzei-a-muzei-rady-europy/[25].
  • National Museums Scotland's applies to jurisdiction is recorded as Scotland[26].
  • National Museums Scotland's employees is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+401'}[27].

Body

Founding

1985 marks the founding of National Museums Scotland[21].

Identity

National Museums Scotland is part of Scottish Government[14].

Operations

National Museums Scotland's headquarters location is recorded as Edinburgh[12].

Industry

National Museums Scotland's field of work was museum[3].

Why It Matters

National Museums Scotland ranks in the top 8% of nonprofit_organization entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (10 views/month).[2]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [9] . wikidata.org.
  2. [10] . Scottish Charity Regulator. wikidata.org.
  3. [11] . gov.scot. Retrieved . gov.scot. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [3] . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] . wikidata.org.
  6. [12] . wikidata.org.
  7. [13] . wikidata.org.
  8. [14] . wikidata.org.
  9. [15] . wikidata.org.
  10. [4] . cetaf.org. cetaf.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [5] . tdwg.org. Retrieved . tdwg.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [6] . scurl.ac.uk. Retrieved . scurl.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [7] . web.archive.org. Retrieved . web.archive.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.

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  1. 4w ago · Jarkn · 2026-05-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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    Encyclopædia britannica online id topic/National-Museums-of-Scotland
    Youtube channel id UC69d7qOLQU19sdSJZ6NIY9g
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