The Special Collections Reading Room will be closed for a Members Connect event between 5pm and 7pm on Thursday 15 October.Learn more about the event

National Library of Scotland

What's on

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

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Treasures of the National Library of Scotland

Exhibition
Permanent
A person walking into the Treasures exhibition.

Peter Liversidge: The Rules of the Library

Display
5 February to 19 December 2026
The mezzanine of the General Reading Room with the 'The Rules of the Library' artwork on display.

Paperback Revolutions

Exhibition
28 May to 24 October 2026
A black and white photo of a woman next to a large shelf of books which have been coloured.

Rain

Exhibition
19 June 2026 to 30 April 2027
Words from a page raining down on a woman holding an umbrella.

Open shelves: Frozen lands

Display
1 October to 31 December 2026
A photo from the early 1900s of a penguin colony in Antarctica.

Cloudy crafts and rainbow rhymes

Workshop
13 October 2026, 11:00AM to 12:00PM
An adult and a child siting at a table drawing pictures.

Creative writing: Rain

Fully booked
Workshop
13 October 2026, 3:00PM to 5:00PM
A stack of books in front of a window with rain on it.

Cloudy crafts and rainbow rhymes

Workshop
14 October 2026, 11:00AM to 4:30PM
An adult and a child siting at a table drawing pictures.

'Everybody to Kenmure Street'

Fully booked
Screening
14 October 2026, 5:45PM to 7:40PM
A birds-eye view of the crowd and police gathering in Kenmure Street in Glasgow.

Bookbug

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

Cloudy crafts and rainbow rhymes

Workshop
15 October 2026, 11:00AM to 4:30PM
An adult and a child siting at a table drawing pictures.

Welcome to the Library tours

Tour
15 October 2026, 3:30PM to 4:15PM
The outside of the Library building on George IV Bridge, also showing the people on the footpath outside and traffic on the road.