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THREE NEW GALLERIES Ancient Egypt Rediscovered, Exploring East Asia, and the Art of Ceramics National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh From 8 February 0300 123 6789 nms.ac.uk

This month, National Museums Scotland will reveal the culmination of its 15-year, £80m redevelopment project, in the form of three new galleries: Ancient Egypt Rediscovered, Exploring East Asia and the Art of Ceramics. The new galleries will allow a number of internationally significant objects to go on public display – 40 per cent of these will be on permanent show for the first time in at least a generation.

Ancient Egypt Rediscovered – whose opening coincides with the 200th anniversary of the first ancient Egyptian objects entering National Museums Scotland’s collections – will explore 3,000 years of Egyptian history. Highlights will include the only intact royal burial group outside Egypt, as well as a unique double coffin.

The Exploring East Asia gallery will examine the traditions, peoples and histories of China, Japan and Korea. Among the objects on show will be Chinese oracle bones from 1200 BC, and a headdress from 18th-century China, made with kingfisher feathers (pictured right).

Ceramics dating from the 11th century to the present day will feature in the final gallery, which will explore their versatility and creative use across art and science.

A c18th-century Chinese headdress, made from blue kingfisher feathers and covered with dragons and other motifs