A 14-metre wide film screen on the Scottish border is one of four major commissions announced for the inaugural festival of environmental art this August.

From Bournemouth to Inverness, there are five impressive science festivals to choose from this month, as well as a couple of excellent new exhibitions.

The campaign to improve experiences for families in museums has released a new film made by teenagers and details of its annual Family Friendly Award longlist.

Edinburgh Art Festival celebrates its tenth year with ten pop up public art commissions across the city on the theme of Parley (dialogue).

A Scottish nationwide exhibition of contemporary art, GENERATION, will coincide with the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow in summer 2014.

The 20th anniversary of the film Jurassic Park has inspired the National Museum of Scotland in Edinburgh to put together the country's largest ever exhibition of amber.

A new exhibition on the Jacobite campaign of 1745 has opened at the National Trust for Scotland's Glenfinnan Monument in Lochaber.

Twenty-four museums and galleries across Scotland will share £500,000 of funding from the Scottish government for improvement works.

Edinburgh's Palace of Holyroodhouse showcases artefacts and photos from the Prince of Wales' unusual four-month tour of the Middle East in 1962.

With shows from Glasgow to Eastbourne and all points between, April is as good a month as any to get out and about for art.

A custom-built gallery in a bus, featuring artists from South Korea, Japan, the US and closer to home, has set off from Edinburgh on a tour across Scotland.

A century after Captain James Laskey did a fine job of compiling Scotland's first museum catalogue, the three-toed sloths, stones, shields and Mastodon teeth are back.

Bruce Blacklaw, Communications Officer at National Museums Scotland, picks his favourite piece from the storming new Vikings! exhibition in Edinburgh.

Two leading galleries in Glasgow and Edinburgh are sharing resources and almost 30 artists for a gritty new exhibiton on the theme of ECONOMY.

We've scoured museums and galleries from Liverpool to London to bring you the shows which look best for the month to come.

The BBC's annual campaign to get people involved with astronomy, Stargazing Live, returns following the huge success of last year's campaign.

Hockney returns to the Walker in Liverpool, Henry Moore pops up everywhere, Jeremy Deller heads out on tour and the Fry Art Gallery has another trump card up its sleeve. Make a visit to a gallery your new year resolution.

We take a look back at 12 inspiring months in Science and Nature, from exhibitions dedicated to Alan Turing to sustainability theories and supersized nano-particles.

Give the art or heritage lover in your life something they'll be able to really enjoy this year with this guide to museum, gallery and heritage membership schemes.

The witty sculptor almost fills Gllasgow gallery's cavernous exhibition space with a full-size community centre, Where it all Happened Once.

Scottish Colourist, still life and landscape painter Leslie Hunter's style changed dramatically over the course of his life. The City Art Centre in Edinburgh follows his life and work.

The National Museum of Scotland celebrates 250 years since the coronation of Catherine the Great with an exhibition of more than 600 items from the State Hermitage Museum.

The British Science Festival and Brighton Digital Festival stand out in a packed month of science. Major shows at the Royal Observatory, in Bristol and in Nottingham also feature.

Every September built heritage sites around Scotland open their doors to the public for free. Here are some of our recommendations for this year.

The Clydebank Titan has joined the likes of Tower Bridge, the Vulcan Bomber and the PS Waverley in being awarded an Engineering Heritage Award.

From the Berwickshire to Caithness, Galloway to Lewis, museums the length and breadth of Scotland open their doors for some very special events to celebrate Museums at Night.

A round-up of shows from Edinburgh, Bristol, London, Portsmouth, Liverpool and Milton Keynes.

Author Alexander McCall Smith and Scottish Parliament officer Tricia Marwick have put the initial stitches to a tapestry of Scottish history that is expected to be the longest in the world.

As referendum fever rages in Scotland and hits the UK national news, the Museum of Edinburgh presents a retrospective of the two previous referendums in 1979 and 1997 with a selection of materials from its own collections and the Scottish Political Archive in Stirling.

The first major international exhibition at the refurbished National Museum of Scotland in Edinburgh looks at the ancient Egyptian rituals surrounding death and the afterlife through an exciting array of treasures from the museum's own collections and the Rijksmuseum van Oudheden.

To celebrate the 300th anniversary of David Hume's birth the Talbot Rice Gallery at the University of Edinburgh is showing an eclectic collection of work inspired by his philosophy on beauty.

The former YBA siblings investigate the Chernobyl aftermath and a crime scene in a Dubai hotel with photography and film.

From sculpture at the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art to Henri Gaurdier-Brzeska at Kettle's Yard in Cambridge, we pick seven of the best shows from around the UK in our first monthly round-up of the year.

The historic Central Library in Edinburgh is the be the focus of a new development to make a library and cultural centre fit for the UNESCO City of Literature.

Seven of the best shows in art from around the UK, from box files in Birmingham to lunar travel in Liverpool.

A previously unseen exhibition of the work of George Bain, the father of modern Celtic art, goes on display at the Scottish National Gallery in Edinburgh.

A new festival brings togther a variety of events and talks on Scottish history in and around Edinburgh for two weeks during November.

With Guy Fawkes Night upon us, now is the time to follow our Gunpowder Plot trail to find out more about the plot and the plotters in UK museums and heritage sites, and online.

Sikhs have resided in Great Britain in small numbers for centuries and this trail, developed with the Anglo Sikh Heritage Trail, explores locations in London linked to their heritage.

Museums across the UK chart the role of the Royal Navy and the merchant fleet in World War Two, from action in the Atlantic and North Sea to the Mediterranean and the Far East.

For those of you unable to get to the south coast for the Brighton Photo Biennial 2003 we have put together a trail of some of the best photography galleries, collections and exhibition spaces in the UK.

The history of electronic communications is a fascinating tale of innovation and enterprise - find out more on our telecommunications museum trail.

A trail of museums about the life of Captain James Cook and his many historic voyages into unknown waters.

Fretting about England in the 2010 World Cup? Wondering whether to renew your season ticket? Take time out to reflect on the heritage and culture of the beautiful game with Culture24's guide to some of the best football museums and archives in the UK.

90% of the UK population lives within two hours of a science centre so there's no excuse for not getting out there and visiting one of them!

Culture24 looks across the Irish Sea to tells the story of the Battle of the Boyne, which has had a lasting effect on life today.

With summer holidays upon us again what better time to follow our trail of some of the most interesting, and perhaps less well known castles in the UK?