Visit to National Museums of Scotland Technology Collection Centre
A chance to visit areas not open to the general public.
About
The National Museums Collection Centre in Granton, Edinburgh is a specialist facility which cares for the Museum collections and carries out research. From whale skeletons and insects to motorbikes and high fashion, the Collection Centre holds millions of objects and specimens.
This visit is focused entirely on the technology collection at the Centre which cares for the vast quantity of items that back-up the extensive displays at the Museum in Central Edinburgh.
The Centre is not normally open to the general public and we are lucky to have Dr Meredith Greiling, the Principal Curator of Technology, as our host. Dr Greiling will show us some of the activities of the Centre which is a hub for cutting-edge research and innovation, training and teaching, as well as the preparation of collections for exhibition, loan, and tour. The work carried out here includes research, scientific analysis, conservation, and digitisation.
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Continuing Professional Development
This event can contribute towards your Continuing Professional Development (CPD) hours as part of the IET's CPD monitoring scheme.
03 Feb 2026
2:00pm - 3:00pm
Organiser
- Scotland South East Local Network
Registration information
The host is Dr Meredith Greiling, Principal Curator of Technology.
Speakers
Dr Meredith Greiling
Principal Curator of Technology - National Museum of Scotland
Dr Greiling has overall responsibility for all communications, energy and industrial collections in the Museum, as well as collections of land, sea and air transportation, and has a particular interest in Scottish maritime history.
A former curator of historic photographs and ship plans at the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, and Curator of Maritime History at Aberdeen Maritime Museum, Meredith was also responsible for curating the new Windermere Jetty Museum of Boats, Steam and Stories in the English Lake District. She previously worked as project administrator on the first British offshore wind farm at North Hoyle, Wales.
She has completed doctoral research on the history of ship models in Scottish churches at the University of Hull as part of a Maritime Sculpture scholarship.
Reasons to attend
The visit will give you an introduction and insight into the behind-the-scenes work that supports the technology displays at the Museum in Central Edinburgh. Although the general public can book a tour of the Centre our visit is specific to the technology area and is hosted by the Principal Curator of Technology giving us an opportunity to visit work that is never normally seen by the public.
More information about the work of the Collections Centre at Granton
Programme
13:45: Arrive at the Centre
14:00: Tour begins
15:00: Tour concludes