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
24 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.

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 at George IV Bridge: Collection showcases

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

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.

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.

Gaelic bookbug

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

Rainy day clouds: Family felting workshop

Workshop
10 October 2026, 10:30AM to 2:30PM
Cotton wool as a cloud with gems on it.