The National Museum of Scotland : a symbol for a new Scotland? McLean, Fiona and Cooke, Steven 2003, The National Museum of Scotland : a symbol for a new Scotland?, Scottish affairs, vol. 45, Autumn. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads Title The National Museum of Scotland : a symbol for a new Scotland? Author(s) McLean, Fiona Cooke, Steven orcid.org/0000-0002-8679-5195 Journal name Scottish affairs Volume number 45 Season Autumn Total pages 18 Publisher Scottish Affairs Place of publication Edinburgh, Scotland Publication date 2003 ISSN 0966-0356 Summary The National Museum of Scotland (forthwith 'Museum') opened to critical acclaim on St Andrew's Day 1998 (see McKean 2000). The timing of the opening was culturally and politically symbolic, taking place on the patron saint of Scotland's day, whilst falling between the devolution referendum for, and the opening of, the reinstated Scottish Parliament. The museum offers a representation of Scotland, one which is negotiated by its creators and visitors alike. Given that national identity is a slippery concept subject to fluidity and change (Hall 1992), the image of stability and authority of a museum, which has been compared to the reification of a church (Horne 1984), offers us an interesting site for developing our understanding of how national identity is constructed. Language eng Field of Research 210204 Museum Studies Socio Economic Objective 970121 Expanding Knowledge in History and Archaeology HERDC Research category C1.1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30039017 Document type: Journal Article Collections: Faculty of Arts and Education School of Humanities and Social Sciences Related Links Link Description Connect to published version Go to link with your DU access privileges     Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Versions Version Filter Type Mon, 24 Oct 2011, 08:17:21 EST Thu, 09 Aug 2012, 16:18:57 EST Thu, 09 Aug 2012, 16:22:08 EST Sat, 05 Mar 2022, 01:42:34 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 0 times in TR Web of Science Cited 5 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 806 Abstract Views, 1 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Mon, 24 Oct 2011, 08:17:21 EST