Spotlight On: Amazing Amber
This event is now SOLD OUT.
Date: Thu 23 May
Time: 14:00 (1 hr)
Cost: Free
Exhibition curator Dr Andrew Ross explores the science, the
stories and the secrets of this amazing substance and reveals the
best experiments to help you spot a fake!
A Conversation in the Library
Date: Sat 25 May
Time: 15:00 (45mins)
Cost: Free
Book onlineor call 0300 123 6789
Artist Ilana Halperin and contemporary arts consultant Bryony
Bond reveal unexpected stories on an informal tour of Ilana's
exhibition, The Library.
Scotland's forgotten cats: a tale of two kitties
Date: Thu 6 June
Time: 18:30
Venue: Auditorium, Level 1
Cost: £5
Booking: Tickets can be booked online through the
Usher Hall Box Office, in
person at the Usher Hall, Lothian Road, Edinburgh or by calling
0131 228 1155 (Monday – Friday 10:00–17:30).
Scotland was once home to two very secretive and solitary wild
felid species – the Scottish wildcat and the Eurasian lynx. These
days the lynx is long gone, while the wildcat is still with us, but
only just. Dr David Hetherington, founder of the Cairngorms Wildcat
Project, asks whether lessons learned through wildcat conservation
could allow the return one day of our long-lost lynx.
Part of the Edinburgh Lectures
series.
Spotlight On: Mary, Queen of Scots
Date: Thurs 18 July
Time: 14:00 (1 hr)
Venue: Auditorium
Cost: Free
Booking: Booking available soon.
George Dalgleish, Keeper of Scottish History and Archaeology,
introduces some of the exhibition's star objects.
Geological Home Movies
Date: Sat 3 August
Time: 15:00 (90mins)
Cost: Free
Book online or call 0300 123 6789.
Artist Ilana Halperin selects and introduces a special screening
of films in which artists interact with geological processes, play
with the laws of physics and embrace nature's capacity to create
and destroy. With films by Joan Jonas, Seth Kelly, Allan McCollum,
Takehito Shiina and a new work by Ilana Halperin.
Open Studies Summer Course
From every angle: Mary, Queen of Scots
Date: Mon 12-Thurs 15 August / Mon 26-Thurs 29
August
Cost: £150
Booking: Call 0131 650 4400 to book your
place or book online at the
University of Edinburgh.
Investigate the pomp, the persona and the personality of Mary
Queen of Scots in the context of a special exhibition celebrating
her life, times and achievements at the National Museum of
Scotland. This course will investigate Mary Stewart from every
angle, with experts discussing events, places, art and artefacts,
costume and society in which she lived and died. Includes
exhibition admission.
This course takes
place at National Museum of Scotland, and includes site visits to
Edinburgh Castle and University of Edinburgh Special
Collections.
A Tour of The Library
Date: Sat 17 August
Time: 16:00 (45mins)
Cost: Free
Book online or call 0300 123 6789.
Andrew Patrizio, Professor of Visual Culture at the University
of Edinburgh and long-term collaborator with Ilana Halperin,
explores the surprising relationship between contemporary art and
geology.
Museum After Hours
Date: Sat 17 and 24 August
Time: 19:00-22:30
Cost: £15/£12 Concessions and Members. Age
18+.
Book online 17 Aug
Book online 24 Aug or call 0300 123 6789.
£2.50 booking fee applies to online and
telephone bookings. Tickets can also be booked in person at the
Museum (no booking fee applies).
A unique opportunity to explore the museum,
its collections and our Mary, Queen
of Scots exhibition after hours, with bars, music and
performers in the Grand Gallery.
In Conversation: Antonia Fraser
Date: Fri 23 August
Time: 18:30 (1 hr). Doors open 18:00.
Venue: Auditorium (enter via Lothian Street
entrance)
Cost: £8/£6 Concessions and Members
Book online or call 0300 123 6789.
An unmissable opportunity to hear Antonia Fraser reflect back on
her classic biography of Mary.
Spotlight On: Amber Inclusions - Trapped in Time
This event is now FULLY BOOKED.
Date: Thurs 5 September
Time: 14:00 (1 hr)
Venue: Seminar Room, Level 4
Amber inclusions can reveal new details about life on Earth
millions of years ago. Exhibition curator Dr Andrew Ross discusses
his own research into this natural time capsule, shares some
fascinating stories and reveals his role in uncovering a
significant hoax.
Evening Lecture: Flodden 1513 - How Unlucky Were the
Scots?
Date: Mon 9 September
Time: 18:30 (1 hr). Doors open 18:00.
Venue: Auditorium (enter via Lothian Street
entrance)
Cost: £6/£5 Concessions and Members
Book online or call 0300 123 6789.
The outcome of the Battle of Flodden was a major national
disaster, affecting the lives of many north, and south, of the
border, But to what extent was it deserved? Dr David Caldwell
explores how - and why - the Scots prepared for war with
England.
Spotlight On: Arctic Convoys 1941-1945
Date: Thurs 19 September
Time: 14:00 (1 hr)
Venue: Seminar Room, Level 4, National Museum of
Scotland
Cost: Free
Book online or call 0300 123 6789.
Elaine Edwards, curator of our special exhibition at the
National War Museum, discusses the convoys that took vital supplies
to Russia during the Second World War. Elaine is joined by a
veteran merchant seaman, who shares his own first-hand experiences
of working on the convoys.
Evening Lecture: Mary's Downfall
Date: Thurs 26 September
Time: 18:30 (1 hr). Doors open 18:00.
Venue: Auditorium (enter via Lothian Street
entrance)
Cost: £6/£5 Concessions and Members
Book online or call 0300 123 6789.
Mary's rule triggered some of the most dramatic events in
British history. Did she self-destruct in a murderous sex scandal?
Did the English frame her? John Guy, author of the
Whitbread-prize-winning 'My Heart
is My Own', The Life of Mary Queen of Scots, examines the
evidence.