[2] The museum faces King Edward Street but is accessed from St John's Place.

In January 2019, BAM Construction began work on a £30 million programme of works to convert the Perth City Hall into a new heritage and arts attraction based on a design by Mecanoo.

[3][4] The new attraction would incorporate displays on the Stone of Destiny and the Kingdom of Alba.

[9] The museum is also home to the mummified remains of an egyptian or Kushite woman named Ta-Kr-Hb.

[10] The collection also includes the 3,000-year-old Carpow Logboat, excavated from the Firth of Tay in 2001; the 17th century Glovers Incorporation dancing dress; and a cast of the record-breaking salmon caught in the Tay by Georgina Ballantine in 1922.