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National Museums Scotland
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<p>National Museums Scotland is an <a href="/facts/Executive_non-departmental_public_body/rrrxAPVf">executive non-departmental public body</a> of the <a href="/facts/Scottish_Government/ettgIz7G">Scottish Government</a>. It runs the <a href="/facts/National_museum/DbHSH2e1">national museums</a> of Scotland. </p><p>NMS is one of the country's <a href="/facts/National_Collections/XsgDt4Yk">National Collections</a>, and holds internationally important collections of natural sciences, decorative arts, world cultures, science and technology, and Scottish history and archaeology. </p>