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
13 December 2025, 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
15 December 2025, 10:15AM to 11:15AM
A group of people sitting around a table reading books.

Library social: Beginnings

Workshop
9 January 2026, 10:30AM to 12:00PM
Flowers in a field with the sun behind them.

Gaelic bookbug

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

From extreme explorations to everyday wellbeing

Talk
15 January 2026, 5:30PM to 6:30PM
Book cover of Mollie Hughe's book 'Breathe' over top of a photo of people climbing the ridge of a mountain.

Burns and nature

Screening, Reading
21 January 2026, 6:00PM to 7:30PM
A drawing of Robert Burns with a picture of a field at sunset on one side and drawings of a mouse and plants on top of a Burns manuscript on the other.

Bookbug

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

Robert Burns and the Glenriddell Manuscripts

Talk
22 January 2026, 5:30PM to 6:30PM
Robert Burn's Glenriddell Manuscript open showing the title page and portrait of him.

Navigating the maps website

Workshop
28 January 2026, 3:00PM to 4:00PM
A map of Scotland with a magnifying glass enlarging Inverness.

Bookbug

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

Bookbug

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

The exile of Mary, Queen of Scots

Talk
5 February 2026, 5:30PM to 6:30PM
Rosemary Goring on one side and on the other the book cover for "Exile". There is a medieval painting in the background.