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A framed painting of a range of garden birds is displayed against a dark grey background. The bird include a bullfinch and goldfinches. The frame is gilt.

2 Aug 2017

Egg-cellent art and suspected fowl play

Project Reveal Team East explore the work of ornithologist, author and artist Donald Watson and find clues of a missing artwork.

Looking down from the hill towards the front entrance of Pollok House, as the morning sun catches the east of the building. Hosts of daffodils pop out from the ground.

28 Jul 2017

Oral History Project – we’d love to hear from you!

Pollok House has started an oral history project focusing on the life and legacy of Sir John Stirling Maxwell.

21 Jul 2017

Revealing our collections

Over the next 18 months we will share behind-the-scenes insights on the progress of our collections inventory project with you.

21 Jul 2017

Haddo Madonna

Over the next 12 months we will share behind-the-scenes insights on the progress of our research on this painting, which we hope may be by the Renaissance artist Raphael.

A model wearing a pink and white gingham dress with lace trims stands in the garden in front of the Hill House. She has an Edwardian-inspired style. She wears a short heavy chain necklace and long, heavy-looking chain-link earrings.

14 Jul 2017

Hill House shines in fashion images

The Hill House in Helensburgh provided the backdrop to a stunning shoot by acclaimed Scottish designer Christopher Kane.

A close-up of an old painting, showing an older bearded man sitting at a table with younger boy pupils sitting around him. They are listening as he talks.

21 Jun 2017

'The Philosopher and his Pupils' travels to Edinburgh

Brodie Castle’s Van der Vliet painting is part of the Beyond Caravaggio exhibition at the National Galleries of Scotland.

A lady stands beside an old map on a plain wall.

9 Jun 2017

Homecoming for historic map

A chimney map dating from the 17th century has returned home to Castle Fraser.

A view of the island of Canna seen from the bay. It looks towards the peninsula with a church standing at the end. Tall cliffs can be seen in the distance. A green rowing boat floats in the foreground.

3 Apr 2017

Sound archives inspire new Canna installation

Canna sound archives inspire a new artwork project.

A black and white photograph of a line of people, sitting on a path beside a row of stone houses. They lean their backs against the wall of the house.

27 Feb 2017

Photography on the edge

George Washington Wilson’s photographs of St Kildans were popular with a curious Victorian public.