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Celebrate our Centenary!
Celebrate 100 years of the National Library of Scotland with us.
Help us bring the National Library of Scotland to you by supporting our Centenary Appeal
Visit our tribute to libraries exhibition – 'Dear Library'
Learn where our collections will be travelling in 2025 and 2026
Listen to an audio tour, see a display, mural, and new items in our Treasures exhibition
National Library of Scotland Board recruitment
Apply to be Board Chair at the National Library of Scotland. Find out more at the Scottish Government jobs page
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Find out about visiting us in Edinburgh or Glasgow, from opening hours and accessibility to how to access our reading rooms:
Papercut ✒️
Explore Scotland through stories from and beyond our collections.
✨ Highlights ✨
Sentenced and silenced: The criminalisation and transportation of queer lives
From morse code to Shirley Temple: unboxing hidden collections
From stigma to strength: The evolution of HIV and AIDS awareness
What's on
Library events and exhibitions in Edinburgh and Glasgow
Digital Gallery
Browse digitised material from our collections — books, maps, films and more.
Search our collections
Find books, manuscripts, maps, photographs, music, moving images, and more.
Family history
Our starting guide to family history research
Use our reading rooms
Consult the collections in one of our reading rooms in Edinburgh.
eResources
Online access to thousands of books, journals, newspapers and databases
Learning Zone
Ideas and resources for exploring the collections
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Our collections
With over 34 million items, we have something for everyone
Data Foundry
Data collections from the National Library of Scotland
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