Declaration of Arbroath to go on display in June

The Declaration of Arbroath is to go on display for the first time in 18 years at the National Museum of Scotland (https://www.nms.ac.uk/national-museum-of-scotland). 

The Declaration, the document sent by Scottish nobles to Rome 700 years ago to demand the right for Scotland to be recognised as an independent nation, was initially intended to go on display in 2020 for its 700th anniversary, but those plans were scuppered by the Covid-19 pandemic (see http://scottishgenes.blogspot.com/2020/04/the-declaration-of-arbroath.html). The document can be viewed at the museum from June 3rd to July 2nd. 

For more on the story visit https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-64902299. 

For more information about the document itself see https://www.nrscotland.gov.uk/Declaration.

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Declaration_of_Arbroath#/media/File:Declaration_of_arbroath.jpg

Chris

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