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.

Screening: 'Living proof, a climate story'

Screening
24 October 2026, 10:30AM to 4:00PM
A film still showing a power plant on one side and children playing on a hill on the other.

Welcome to the Library tours

Tour
24 October 2026, 11:30AM to 12:15PM
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
26 October 2026, 10:15AM to 11:15AM
A group of people sitting around a table reading books.

Curator-led tour of 'Rain'

Tour
26 October 2026, 2:00PM to 3:15PM
A drawing of a man in the rain holding onto an umbrella that has blown inside out and his hat has blown off.

Creative making: Writing and zine-making with The Nature Library

Workshop
27 October 2026, 11:00AM to 12:30PM
A person threading a zine.

Song workshop: Slighe nan Eun | The Way of the Birds

Workshop
28 October 2026, 11:00AM to 12:30PM
Line drawing of birds and trees.

Glasgore Presents: 'Killer Klowns from Outer Space' (1988)

Screening
28 October 2026, 6:00PM to 8:00PM
Three identical Killer Klowns movie posters with a cartoon white clown hand zapping a globe in outer space.