National Library of Scotland

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Find out about our events and exhibitions in Edinburgh, Glasgow, and online.

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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.

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.

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.

Bookbug

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

A celebration of the dreich

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.

'Where Wind and Water Cleave: An Environmental History of Scotland'

Talk
1 October 2026, 5:30PM to 6:30PM
Book cover for 'Where wind and water cleave' and photo of Richard Oram.