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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.

A large rectangular piece of carpet is displayed against a black background. The carpet features concentric squares of blue, green, yellow and red, some with classical patterns inside. At the centre are two blue squares with a floral design.
6 Jul 2021

Creating carpets for Holmwood

Find out how we’re creating new carpets for Holmwood in the final phase of the Holmwood Redecoration Project.

Stone cairns with old tractor seats attached to the top stand beside each other. Slates lie against the cairns, with names painted on it. Across the bay, in the distance, can be seen St Edward's Church, pictured through a large iron cartwheel hoop.
2 Jul 2021

The Solas Point: Canna’s new art installation

A new multi-sensory art installation is taking shape on the Isle of Canna to mark the creative world of Margaret Fay Shaw.

A miniature netsuke sculpture, showing a central conch shell with several figures depicted standing beside it or climbing on it.
1 Jul 2021

The whimsy of netsuke

Find out more about the symbolism seen in the Japanese art of netsuke, several examples of which are found at our properties.

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