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25 Apr 2019

Exposing an imprint of the past

Looking beyond the marks on a copper printing plate reveals a history hot off the press.

23 Apr 2019

The Beauties and the Beasts

Project Reveal Team East share their favourite animal objects from properties in Edinburgh and the East. How many have you seen?

A row of terraced cottages stands at the edge of a street. The end two cottages are painted white, in contrast to the exposed brickwork of others in the row. The end cottage has a lantern-style light fixed at first-floor level.
12 Apr 2019

Think snappy thoughts

We’re celebrating one of our best-loved storytellers, J M Barrie, with the installation of a new sculpture at the house where he was born.

Photograph of Harry Jacob in his BEF uniform with his mother Violet, possibly 1914 or 1915
11 Apr 2019

The Jacob letters from the House of Dun

A small collection of letters relating to Violet Jacob, her son Harry and their friendship with the Kappey family from Windsor.

8 Apr 2019

In your Easter bonnet

The Easter bonnets of Canna House were photographed by Margaret Fay Shaw.

27 Mar 2019

Everyday photographs reveal history at the Tenement House: Part 3

Changing technology and the changing fashions of a burgeoning middle class are evident in the later photographs from the Tenement House.

A man and a child wander along a path in Threave Garden, heading towards the Stables block. In the foreground is a pond, filled with waterlilies and green reeds.
21 Mar 2019

Free reopening weekend across Dumfries & Galloway

Enjoy a fabulous free weekend this month at Threave Garden & Estate, Broughton House & Garden and Thomas Carlyle’s Birthplace.

12 Mar 2019

The Loan Ranger

As the Project Reveal Loans Officer, I’d like to share some of my favourite items which are housed at National Trust for Scotland places.

Three people stand in a grand room in a country house. A polar bear rug lies on the floor. All three are holding vacuum-cleaner-type devices in the air, as well as wearing purple nitrile gloves.
12 Mar 2019

Mothbusting at Newhailes

We’re putting Newhailes’ precious collections in the deep freeze to stop the moths damaging them.