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Lots of words jumbled together in blue and green. They say things like "Explore" and "Climate crisis".

Exploring the climate resources at the National Library of Scotland

Tuesday 22 April 2025

3:00 PM to 4:00 PM

Online

Collage of images from the ‘eXXpedition North Pacific’s journey through the Great Pacific Ocean – various photographs of the women on the expedition undertaking their research and the microplastics they find.

Earth Day screening: 'X Trillion'

Wednesday 23 April 2025

6:00 PM to 7:15 PM

Kelvin Hall

Subtitles

A colourful pattern of folded paper flowers.

Earth Day: Nature crafts

Saturday 26 April 2025

10:00 AM to 12:30 PM

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Treasures of the National Library of Scotland

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Photo of a young woman dressed in Renaissance garb from the shoulder up is placed in front of a textured golden arch shape against a pink background.

Renaissance: Scotland and Europe 1480 to 1630

21 June 2024 to 21 April 2025

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Photo of Robert Louis Stevenson overlayed with a historic map of Samoa, with a contemporary coloured filter.

Tusitala: Pacific perspectives on Robert Louis Stevenson

8 November 2024 to 10 May 2025

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Six book covers in a row of books in Gaelic.

Sgeilpichean Fosgailte: Gàidhlig anns an Leabharlann | Open Shelves: Gaelic in the Library

17 February 2025 to 16 April 2025

10:00 AM to 7:00 PM

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A humorous black and white photograph from the 1960s showing five people sitting at a desk in the Library’s reading room quietly reading, whilst the same five people are collaged into the photograph standing on the desk striking a funny pose.

Centenary time machine trail

22 March 2025 to 14 March 2026

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