National Museum of Scotland

Scotland's national collection, home to two of the four stones of the Strathmore fall of 1917.

Key facts

Where

Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Kind

Museum

Visiting

Public galleries

Scotland's national museum holds the country's main collection of minerals, rocks and meteorites. Its meteorite holdings are much smaller than London's, but they include material of special Scottish importance.

When four stones fell across the valley of Strathmore on 3 December 1917, the largest, of about 10 kilograms from Easter Essendy farm, and the smaller stone from Carsie went to the museum, then called the Royal Scottish Museum. Strathmore is the largest meteorite fall recorded in Scotland.

The museum's natural sciences galleries place meteorites in the story of the Earth and Solar System, and its curators advise people in Scotland who think they have found a meteorite. Because Scotland has its own law on found objects, this is the right first contact for a Scottish find.

Highlights

• Strathmore Scotland's largest fall L6

See every meteorite recorded in the UK and Ireland on the Britain and Ireland page.

Opening times, what is on display and access to research collections change over time, so check with the institution before you visit.