What is National Museum of Scotland?
{{Infobox building | name = National Museum of Scotland | native_name = | former_names = | alternate_names = | image = Museum of Scotland.jpg | alt = | caption = The Museum of Scotland building, part of the National Museum of Scotland | map_type = | map_alt = | map_caption = | altitude = | building_type = | architectural_style = Victorian Venetian Renaissance and modern | structural_system = | cost = | client = | owner = | current_tenants = | landlord = | location = | address = | location_town = [[Edinburgh]] | location_country = Scotland | coordinates = | start_date = 1861 | completion_date = 1866 and 1998 | inauguration_date = 1866 | renovation_date = 2011 | demolition_date = | destruction_date = | height = | diameter = | floor_count = | floor_area = | main_contractor = | architect = [[Benson & Forsyth]] | architecture_firm = | structural_engineer = Anthony Hunt Associates | services_engineer = | civil_engineer = | awards = | url = | references =}} The '''National Museum of Scotland''', [[Edinburgh]], Scotland, was formed in 2006 with the merger of two museums. They were the new '''Museum of Scotland''' (Scottish objects, [[culture]] and [[history]]) and the '''Royal Museum''' (science and technology, [[natural history]], and world cultures).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-14313739 |title=National Museum of Scotland to reopen after £47m refit |publisher=BBC |date=27 July 2011 |access-date=20 December 2011}}</ref> The two buildings are next to each other and are connected. They are on [[Chambers Street (Edinburgh)|Chambers Street]], by the [[George IV