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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Doors Open Day drop in: National Library of Scotland Causewayside Building

Doors Open Days
26 September 2026, 12:00PM to 4:30PM
A large Library-themed snakes and ladders gameboard.

Doors Open Day tours: National Library of Scotland Causewayside Building

Doors Open Days, Tour
26 September 2026, 12:00PM to 4:45PM
The exterior of the National Library of Scotland's Causewayside building

Doors open day at George IV Bridge: Collection showcases

Fully booked
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

Fully booked
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.

Using our georeferenced maps

Workshop
30 September 2026, 3:00PM to 4:30PM
A modern satellite image of an urban street overlayed with an older map.

From Scotland with love: 50 years of Scotland's film archive

Screening
30 September 2026, 6:00PM to 7:45PM
Film still showing a man talking to a woman next to a crowded beach.

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.

Library Social: A tour around Scotland

Workshop
9 October 2026, 10:30AM to 12:00PM
Several books related to Scotland on top of a suitcase.