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
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

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

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 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

Doors Open Days
27 September 2026, 10:00AM to 4:00PM
Several people standing around a table looking at an old manuscript.