We’re changing.
On 1 October 2015, Historic Scotland and the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland, who have been recording and managing the Historic Environment for over a century, became Historic Environment Scotland.
Did you know that we now have:
- 300+ properties and sites in care
- 3.5 million visitors to our staffed sites in 2014-15
- 5 million + drawings photographs, negatives and manuscripts relating to Scotland’s historic environment
- tens of millions of aerial photographs of historic events and locations worldwide
- 160,000 members
- £41.6 million commercial income per year
- 1,280 staff across Scotland
To find out more about our new organisation and how we intend to shape the future, watch this short welcome by the Chair of our Board, Jane Ryder OBE: