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National Library of Scotland

What's on

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

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Cloudy crafts and rainbow rhymes

Workshop
22 July 2026, 1:30PM to 2:30PM
An adult and a child siting at a table drawing pictures.

Welcome to the Library tours

Tour
23 July 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.

How it's made: Our Rain exhibition

Talk
23 July 2026, 5:30PM to 6:30PM
A handwritten recipe with a drawing of someone caught in the rain with their umbrella.

Welcome to the Library tours

Tour
25 July 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.

Cloudy crafts and rainbow rhymes

Workshop
29 July 2026, 1:30PM to 2:30PM
An adult and a child siting at a table drawing pictures.

Welcome to the Library tours

Tour
30 July 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.

A celebration of wild swimming

Talk
30 July 2026, 5:30PM to 6:30PM
Jackie Kemp and Vicky Allan dressed in swimming caps covered in flowers.

Welcome to the Library tours

Tour
1 August 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.

Welcome to the Library tours

Tour
6 August 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.

Welcome to the Library tours

Tour
8 August 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.

Adult autism-friendly sessions at Kelvin Hall

Workshop
2 September 2026, 2:00PM to 3:30PM
A box of objects from the 1970s, including a cookbook, a Star Wars figure and a tin of instant mashed potato.