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
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.

Open Book

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

Doors Open Day: Glasgow goes out to the pictures

Fair, Display, Doors Open Days
16 to 19 September 2026
Black and white photo of the old ABC 1 cinema on Sauchiehall St, Glasgow.

Glasgow cinema city

Talk, Screening, Doors Open Days
16 September 2026, 6:00PM to 7:00PM
Painting depicting a street view outside a cinema.

Bookbug

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

Doors Open Day: Behind the scenes tours

Tour, Doors Open Days
17 September 2026, 10:30AM to 1:00PM
A curator reaching for a tape on a rolling archive shelf.

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.

Doors open Day: Creative cinema club crafternoon

Workshop, Doors Open Days
19 September 2026, 10:30AM to 3:30PM
A decorated glass jar surround by tissue paper, scissors and popcorn.

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

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