Heritage

Museums, archives and heritage

 To commemorate the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee, a special exhibition, "Treasures from The Queen's Palaces" is at…
The Europe-wide Festival of Museums returns this weekend with public museums throwing a variety of one-off…
Renovation of Mavisbank House considered to be one of Scotland's earliest examples of a Palladian style…
‘Sacrifice the virgins!’ screamed a young lady standing next to me in the tightly packed throng,…
The City Art Centre will host the largest survey exhibition of work by the Scottish artist George Leslie…
A project to re-invigorate a 16th century courtyard house in Edinburgh's Old Town got a welcome boost…
Hans Gál was born near Vienna in 1890 and, as a respected composer, became Director of Mainz Conservatoire in…
The Edinburgh Art Festival (EAF) launched its 2012 programme - its 9th - earlier this week. 
Following in the footsteps of the hugely successful TEDtalks, the Edinburgh International Science Festival…
Lates are the occasional special evening events for adults at the revamped National Museum of Scotland that…
Historic Scotland is seeking planning permission from the City of Edinburgh Council to install a new flagpole…
The newly refurbished National Museum of Scotland in Edinburgh was the most visited attraction outside of…
The 224-year old General Register House at North Bridge is the latest historic building to be laser-scanned…
An action plan for Edinburgh's Old and New Towns will be launched this week to "promote and protect the…
The National Trust for Scotland’s Bannockburn Heritage Centre opens for visitors on 1 March 2012 for its…
An Edwardian murder mystery, a Venetian masked ball and an 18th century extravaganza are among the line-up of…
Greyfriars Kirkyard (famous resting place of Greyfriars Bobby), a hidden Victorian shopfront on Nicolson…
Edinburgh will be seeing red next month when the Scottish National Gallery on the Mound opens a new…
The reports that the hugely unpopular Edinburgh trams project has caused the City Council to cut down some
A 700-year-old letter believed to have been in the possession of William Wallace has returned to Scotland,…