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16 Aug 2021

E A Hornel exhibition comes to Drum Castle

Drum Castle is hosting an exhibition which enables visitors to see through the eyes of acclaimed Scottish artist, Edward Atkinson Hornel.

A tea cup sitting on a matching saucer is displayed against a plain grey background. It has a silver-gilt mount and is decorated with pink flowers and gold tendrils.
12 Aug 2021

Edinburgh’s Pantry: tea and coffee

This is the fourth in our series of articles about Edinburgh’s pantries of the past. Here we take a look at how tea and coffee became such important parts of day-to-day life.

A woman in a white 18th-century dress with a green ribbon under the bust holds her skirts and points her foot forward and to the floor, as if about to dance.
11 Aug 2021

Dancing in Georgian Edinburgh

Join our historical dance expert and volunteer Dr Alena Shmakova at the Georgian House for a look at the importance of dancing in Georgian Edinburgh.

The front entrance of House of Dun, with the gravelled driveway and lawn.
10 Aug 2021

The Great Eight at House of Dun

Jason Robertson, Visitor Services Manager at House of Dun, tells us about some of the things he loves at this place.

Specialist textile conservator Sophie Younger pins netting to a tapestry in Falkland Palace, which is decorated with a forest scene.
6 Aug 2021

Stitching the past: the tale of the Falkland tapestries

We are conserving special tapestries that have hung at Falkland Palace for 115 years. We look back at how their story reveals decades of care and restoration throughout the 20th century.

The intricate metal work encasing the covered handle of a basket-handled broadsword, the beginning of the blade just visible.
30 Jul 2021

Science behind the sword

Swords were an essential piece of kit for any Jacobite soldier, but what made them so deadly?

A view of the caseroom at Robert Smail's Printing Works. A cloth hammer lies on type of a case of set type in the foreground. In the background are many shelves filled with pieces of type.
22 Jul 2021

The Great Eight at Robert Smail’s Printing Works

Rachel Mays, Visitor Services Supervisor at Robert Smail’s Printing Works, tells us about some of the things she loves at this place.

An acrylic painting of a garden wall, covered in colourful flowers with a row of lavender plants running along the top. Falkland Palace can be seen at the end of the wall in the background.
16 Jul 2021

Palace Perspectives – a new exhibition at Falkland

Find out more about our exhibition featuring work by artist Pat Beveridge.

A portrait of a young Edwardian woman, wearing a floaty white dress and a large bonnet, hangs at the centre of a collection of paintings on a green-papered wall. Smart chairs and a polished wooden chest stand below the group of portraits.
8 Jul 2021

Newly acquired painting now on display at Fyvie Castle

A portrait that was always intended to hang at Fyvie Castle has been put on display by the Trust, over 100 years after it was commissioned.