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A blue and white box of Southalls compressed sanitary towel with two safety pins. The strapline reads 'invaluable to ladies travelling'.

4 Mar 2022

‘Problems of intimate importance’

Sanitary products are part of everyday life for people who menstruate, but these often remain unseen and unspoken of in historical houses. This is not the case at the Tenement House.

An oil painting of a Japanese woman playing a stringed instrument. Her hair is arranged on top of her head and she is wearing a pink kimono style garment.

18 Feb 2022

From Glasgow to Japan: Hornel at Pollok House

A new exhibition at Pollok House in Glasgow shines a light on Scottish artist E A Hornel’s Japanese inspiration.

A close-up image of an embroidered Chinese-style lion on a silk panel. The lion is sewn in green, red and orange thread.

1 Feb 2022

Lions, peacocks and peonies

We’re celebrating Lunar New Year by taking a closer look at Newhailes’ 18th-century embroidered Chinese silks.

Books on shelves in Brodie Castle library

31 Jan 2022

Scottish storytelling traditions

2022 is Scotland’s Year of Stories! Learn more about some of Scotland’s most famous storytellers and enjoy some of the best Scottish folktales.

An oil painting of Robert Burns standing in a 'traditional' Georgian drawing room, surrounded by a small audience of well-dressed men and women. In the foreground a young woman sits on a sofa, looking rather bored.

18 Jan 2022

Reading the room

A journey through some of the pictures in our collections demonstrates how these images can be used to help us display the interiors of our properties today.

6 Jan 2022

A slice of food history at the Hill House

Explore the meals and menus of the Blackie family, who moved into the Hill House at the most interesting and rapidly changing period in British food history.