The National Museum of Scotland has welcomed its millionth visitor since it reopened four months ago.

It has been just 119 days since the museum opened its doors to the public after a £47m renovation. Staff thought it would take them a year to reach the milestone figure.

The millionth visitor was one of a group of nursery children from Stockbridge Primary in Edinburgh.

The attraction has seen a record number of visitors through the doors since the refit. The highest figure it has ever seen was in 2007/08 when 833,324 people went to the museum.

The museum on Chambers Street was closed for three years as it underwent renovation to restore it to its former glory.

The work created 16 new galleries and allowed thousands of exhibits to come out of storage and on display.

Among the exhibits are the cast of a Tyrannosaurus rex’s skeleton, Dolly the sheep, a stuffed giraffe, the first ever colour television and a Maori longboat. Pioneering Scots including John Logie Baird, Sir Alexander Fleming and Jospeh Black are celebrated in the collection.

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