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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.
Display

Centenary time machine trail

22 March 2025 to 14 March 2026

George IV Bridge
Ticketed
A sepia photo of Robert Louis Stevenson's house in Samoa with two groups of people sitting on the ground in front of it.
Workshop

Creative writing: Tusitala

Tuesday 1 April 2025

3:00 PM to 5:00 PM

George IV Bridge
Ticketed Free
The Bookbug character on a green background.
Workshop

Bookbug

Thursday 3 April 2025

10:30 AM to 11:00 AM

George IV Bridge
Ticketed Free
The front of the National Library of Scotland's George IV Bridge building in Edinburgh.
Tour

Welcome to the Library tours

Thursday 3 April 2025

3:00 PM to 3:30 PM

George IV Bridge
Ticketed Free
The Bookbug logo on a yellow background.
Workshop

Gaelic bookbug

Thursday 10 April 2025

10:30 AM to 11:00 AM

George IV Bridge
Ticketed Free
The front of the National Library of Scotland's George IV Bridge building in Edinburgh.
Tour

Welcome to the Library tours

Thursday 10 April 2025

3:00 PM to 3:30 PM

George IV Bridge
Ticketed Free
Fully booked
Talk

Ossian: The world's greatest literary hoax?

Thursday 10 April 2025

5:30 PM to 6:30 PM

George IV Bridge
Free
Colour illustration of open pop-up books each displaying different iconic landscapes, such as Stonehenge and Sydney Harbour.
Workshop

Library Social: Pop-up books

Friday 11 April 2025

10:30 AM to 12:00 PM

George IV Bridge
Dementia friendly
Ticketed Free
An adult reading a book to a child sitting in their lap. On either side is a repeated blurred image of an adult reading a book to several children.
Storytelling

Family storytelling: Stars, secrets and monsters

Friday 11 April 2025

1:30 PM to 2:30 PM

George IV Bridge
Ticketed Free
The front of the National Library of Scotland's George IV Bridge building in Edinburgh.
Tour

Welcome to the Library tours

Saturday 12 April 2025

11:30 AM to 12:00 PM

George IV Bridge
Ticketed
Material to make a cross stitch on a table. There is a book, a cross stitch bookmark, thread, and scissors.
Workshop

Creative making: Cross-stitch bookmarks

Saturday 12 April 2025

10:00 AM to 1:00 PM

George IV Bridge

Past exhibitions and displays

Explore some of the exhibitions and displays held at the National Library of Scotland since 2003.

A photo of a man diving underwater.

Watch recorded events

Watch past online events and talks that have been filmed on catch up.

Several pages of blank white paper in a pile.

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