National Library of Scotland

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Find out about our events and exhibitions in Edinburgh, Glasgow, and online.

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A celebration of the dreich

Fully booked
Talk
24 September 2026, 5:30PM to 6:30PM
Book cover with the title "Scotland the Dreich, a celebration of all that is dreich". Showing a caravan on the side of the road in a drizzly landscape.

Welcome to the Library tours

Tour
26 September 2026, 11:30AM to 12:00PM
The outside of the Library building on George IV Bridge, also showing the people on the footpath outside and traffic on the road.

Doors Open Day tours: National Library of Scotland Causewayside Building

Doors Open Days, Tour
26 September 2026, 12:00PM to 4:45PM
The exterior of the National Library of Scotland's Causewayside building

Doors Open Day drop in: National Library of Scotland Causewayside Building

Doors Open Days
26 September 2026, 12:00PM to 4:30PM
A large Library-themed snakes and ladders gameboard.

Doors open day at George IV Bridge: Collection showcases

Fully booked
Doors Open Days
27 September 2026, 10:00AM to 4:00PM
Several people standing around a table looking at an old manuscript.

Doors open days George IV Bridge: Tours

Fully booked
Tour, Doors Open Days
27 September 2026, 10:00AM to 4:00PM
Stacks full of books.

Open Book

Reading
28 September 2026, 10:15AM to 11:15AM
A group of people sitting around a table reading books.

Using our georeferenced maps

Workshop
30 September 2026, 3:00PM to 4:30PM
A modern satellite image of an urban street overlayed with an older map.

From Scotland with love: 50 years of Scotland's film archive

Screening
30 September 2026, 6:00PM to 7:45PM
Film still showing a man talking to a woman next to a crowded beach.

Welcome to the Library tours

Tour
1 October 2026, 3:00PM to 3:30PM
The outside of the Library building on George IV Bridge, also showing the people on the footpath outside and traffic on the road.

'Where Wind and Water Cleave: An Environmental History of Scotland'

Fully booked
Talk
1 October 2026, 5:30PM to 6:30PM
Book cover for 'Where wind and water cleave' and photo of Richard Oram.

Welcome to the Library tours

Tour
3 October 2026, 11:30AM to 12:00PM
The outside of the Library building on George IV Bridge, also showing the people on the footpath outside and traffic on the road.