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We speak to Event Sales Manager Suzanne Davies about her role at HES, featuring fireworks, feasts, amazing historic venues and the occasional late night!
Homes and businesses are part of our everyday built heritage, but what can be done to support owners of older properties to care for their buildings? In this guest blog, Steve Williams from Stirling City Heritage Trust explores more.
Discover the life of African American freedom fighter Frederick Douglass and his mission to win Scotland’s support in his fight against slavery.
What does history or heritage mean? Why is it important? And how do we talk about it? There’s no one answer when we’re talking about heritage.
Between the coronavirus pandemic, enforced social distancing and a lockdown, we’re all looking for ways to boost our mental and physical fitness. Could spending time with Scotland’s history help?
What can a stack of 200 year old directories from Trinity House in Leith tell us about life in Edinburgh between 1774 and 1842? Inga Edwardson, our Collections Management Trainee takes a look…
With a history of home education, Bryony Donnelly gives her insider’s view on how to make the most of your time and our learning resources
Paper Conservator Elizabeth Hepher ACR tells the story of breathing new life into a small but significant painting from the archives
This week we’ll be headed to Glasgow for our very first time exhibiting at The Gathering. What’s The Gathering? It’s Scotland’s largest annual event for charities, social enterprises and voluntary organisations. It’s free to attend and more than 3,000 visitors will be headed there on Wednesday and Thursday. For us, The Gathering is an exciting […]
2020 is Scotland’s Year of Coasts and Waters. To help “launch” the celebrations, our first #YCW2020 blog takes to the waves to tell the stories of four incredible voyages from Scottish history.