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Events
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- Zig Zag: The Paths of Robert B...
Hunterian Museum & Art Gallery
Wednesday, September 30 at 9:30am - Collection Treasures on Display
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Monday, October 5 at 9:30am - Discovering Family History at NLS
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Today, November 9 at 6:00pm - Beyond Google: Introduction to...
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Tomorrow, November 10 at 6:00pm - Annual John Murray Archive Lec...
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Tomorrow, November 10 at 7:00pm - Evolving Words - Performance a...
North Edinburgh Arts Centre
Wednesday, November 11 at 5:00pm - Inspirations at NLS: Professor...
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Thursday, November 12 at 7:00pm - Inspirations at NLS: Peter Tat...
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Tuesday, November 17 at 7:00pm - Scotland: A Suitable Case for ...
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Tuesday, November 24 at 7:00pm - Patrick Geddes: A Man of All R...
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Wednesday, November 25 at 9:45am
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National Library of Scotland For all you map lovers out there - have a look at our online resource showing Post-War Scotland from the air! It represents the first large-scale usage of aerial survey methods by Ordnance Survey in Scotland...
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Each timeless echo each footstep down Pennywell Rd to Cramond beach…
What is the connection between North Edinburgh and Darwin, the scientist whose theory of evolution changed the way we see the world? Poet Anita Govan has been working with the Evolving Words group at North Edinburgh Arts Centre and David McClay, curato...r at the National Library of Scotland, to find out more. Together they have created and rehearsed poetry inspired by what they have discovered.
On 11 November the poem will be performed for the first time at North Edinburgh Arts and a short exhibition will be launched.
To book a place at the performance event please contact:
Emma Faragher, National Library of Scotland
Tel: 0131 6233846 Email: e.faragher@nls.uk
Evolving Words is a poetry and performance project being produced in association with the Wellcome Trust. For more information contact Elizabeth Lynch at the Evolving Words project, see www.evolvingwords.org. Read More
What is the connection between North Edinburgh and Darwin, the scientist whose theory of evolution changed the way we see the world? Poet Anita Govan has been working with the Evolving Words group at North Edinburgh Arts Centre and David McClay, curato...r at the National Library of Scotland, to find out more. Together they have created and rehearsed poetry inspired by what they have discovered.
On 11 November the poem will be performed for the first time at North Edinburgh Arts and a short exhibition will be launched.
To book a place at the performance event please contact:
Emma Faragher, National Library of Scotland
Tel: 0131 6233846 Email: e.faragher@nls.uk
Evolving Words is a poetry and performance project being produced in association with the Wellcome Trust. For more information contact Elizabeth Lynch at the Evolving Words project, see www.evolvingwords.org. Read More
Time:5:00PM Wednesday, November 11th
Location:North Edinburgh Arts Centre
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Just saw this news article on a recently discovered Patrick Geddes stained glass window - http://bit.ly/2uRJle - if you want to know more about the eminent Edinburgh resident read this piece from our free quarterly magazine 'Discover NLS'!
We are also hosting a study day on 25th November about Patrick Geddes in association with the WEA - see our events tab for more details!
Source: www.nls.uk
If Charles Darwin wrote to you and said: 'I have read several of your papers with very great interest, and I have formed, if you will permit me, a high opinion of your abilities', then the chances are you would be an eminent biologist. ...
National Library of Scotland Come and see our display from 'A Model of Order: Concrete Poetry', a citywide series of exhibitions and events celebrating this unique poetical movement. Open from now until 30th November, outside the issue hall in our George IV building!
Source: www.spl.org.uk
Read on for readings, workshops, poetry book groups and other events run by the Scottish Poetry Library, both in Edinburgh and its outreach collections in Scotland.
National Library of Scotland What lies beneath?... Check out the "first sighting" of Nessie on the Scottish Screen Archive website!
Source: bit.ly
Sometimes we will be unable to make copies available because of restrictions on the National Library of Scotland under copyright legislation or due to the conditions of deposit.
As well as 'The Wedding of the 4th Marquess of Bute' at the NLS, another special screening will be taking place tomorrow for UNESCO Audiovisual Day, at the Glasgow Film Theatre...
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27th October is UNESCO World Audio Visual World Heritage Day, and in honour of this we will be presenting what is believed to be the first wedding film ever made, that of the 4th Marquess of Bute, John Crichton-Stuart, and Augusta Mary Monica Bellingham in 1905, digitally restored by the Scottish Screen Archive. On Tu...esday we will be presenting this video on the big screen in our new Visitor Centre throughout the day, but if you can't wait for a peek until then, visit the Scottish Screen Archive website for a preview...Read More
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Sometimes we will be unable to make copies available because of restrictions on the National Library of Scotland under copyright legislation or due to the conditions of deposit.
National Library of Scotland Ever wondered what we did for all the latest news, gossip and info before the appearance of 24 hour news channels, newspapers, and social media? Wonder no more, and visit our online collection of 'broadsides', the tabloids of 1650 - 1910 to see what 'the word on the street' was for our ancestors...
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Online collection of nearly 1,800 broadsides. These single sheets carried public notices, news, speeches and songs that could be read or sung aloud. Crime, politics, romance, emigration, humour, tragedy, royalty and superstitions..
This weekend the 'Running Time' exhibition opened at the Dean Gallery, and you have until 22nd November to see it! The exhibition displays Artist Films from Scotland from 1960 until the present day, and uses footage from the Scottish Screen Archive, so it's well worth a visit! And it's free...
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Playwright Peter Arnott, NLS' John Murray Archive Writer-in-Residence, has written 'This View of Life' in association with the TAG theatre group and the NLS in honour of Darwin's bicentennial celebrations - here are some photos from the performances for primary school pupils!
Check out http://bit.ly/JHBL2 too for a time-lapse video of the amazing set build for this touring production!
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Check out our brand new web feature - the Scottish Science Hall of Fame, as chosen by the public! Find out who you voted for as our top ten Scottish scientists of all time at http://bit.ly/2UnjVc
- there's lots to explore, including biographies, discoveries, and reading materials written by the great men themselves!
Source: bit.ly
The public has voted. Ten great scientists have been chosen for the National Library of Scotland's 'Scottish Science Hall of Fame'.
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