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A photo of book shelves and a transparent photo on top of that of a hand writing something in a book.
Workshop

Flash fiction: 100 words for 100 years

Wednesday 7 May 2025

10:30 AM to 12:30 PM

George IV Bridge
Ticketed Free
A hand holding up an open book with shelves full of books in the background and question marks around.
Talk

Where does an old book belong?

Thursday 8 May 2025

5:30 PM to 6:30 PM

George IV Bridge
Ticketed Free
An image of a clown on a trapeze repaeated multiple times at different angles on a bright yellow angle. Text above the clown says 'Kelvinhall carnival'.
Talk

Kelvin Hall's hidden histories

Wednesday 14 May 2025

6:00 PM to 7:30 PM

Kelvin Hall

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Exhibition

Treasures of the National Library of Scotland

Permanent

George IV Bridge
Free
Photo of Robert Louis Stevenson overlayed with a historic map of Samoa, with a contemporary coloured filter.
Exhibition

Tusitala: Pacific perspectives on Robert Louis Stevenson

8 November 2024 to 10 May 2025

George IV Bridge
Free
A humorous black and white photograph from the 1960s showing five people sitting at a desk in the Library’s reading room quietly reading, whilst the same five people are collaged into the photograph standing on the desk striking a funny pose.
Display

Centenary time machine trail

22 March 2025 to 14 March 2026

George IV Bridge

Past exhibitions and displays

Explore some of the exhibitions and displays held at the National Library of Scotland since 2003.

A photo of a man diving underwater.

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Watch past online events and talks that have been filmed on catch up.

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