Published Date: 09 July 2008 National Museums Scotland employs 480 staff across five museums. As well as visitor services assistants and curators we have some more unusual jobs. 1 TAXIDERMIST These folks collect and preserve zoological specimens for display and research. We have a team of four accounting for two-fifths of Scottish membership of the Guild of Taxidermists. Successes include the preservat ion of Dolly the sheep, and a recent project has been to "relax" – the technical term for unstuffing – a giraffe on display for over...
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