The Special Collections Reading Room will be closed 10am to 1pm on Wednesday 16 September. It will then reopen until our usual closing time of 7pm.

National Library of Scotland

What's on

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

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Welcome to the Library tours

Tour
10 September 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.

Family workshop: Make a tactile book

Workshop
11 September 2026, 2:30PM to 4:00PM
A child cutting patterned cardboard.

Welcome to the Library tours

Tour
12 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.

Exploring tactile books

Workshop
12 September 2026, 2:00PM to 3:15PM
A birds-eye view of several tactile books lined up.

Open Book

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

Scots language bookbug

Workshop
14 September 2026, 10:30AM to 11:00AM
The bookbug on a purple background.

Gaelic bookbug

Workshop
17 September 2026, 10:30AM to 11:00AM
The bookbug on a yellow background.

Welcome to the Library tours

Tour
17 September 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
19 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.

River, stream, water: How Gaelic flows through the landscape

Fully booked
Talk
19 September 2026, 2:00PM to 3:00PM
View of a loch and glen in Glencoe.

Open Book

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

Bookbug

Workshop
24 September 2026, 10:30AM to 11:00AM
The bookbug on a green background