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A black and white image of a camp set up in Holyrood Park with Arthur's Seat in the background and soldiers in kilts, taken during Great European War 1914
  • Sunday 26 January 2025
  • Holyrood Park
  • Talks and Seminars
  • Technical Level:
  • Nature, Ranger Service
  • HES
  • Feature weight: 30

Edinburgh in Wartime

Series of lectures covering a range of topics, delivered by different speakers

Black and white aerial image with views over Arthur's Seat and Edinburgh Castle
  • Monday 27 January 2025
  • John Sinclair House
  • Talks and Seminars
  • Technical Level:
  • HES
  • Feature weight: 20

Edinburgh from Above

Aerial image highlights from HES Archive.

beautiful artificial lake covered with gorgeous lotus flowers
  • Saturday 4 May 2024
  • Cowdray Hall
  • Talks and Seminars
  • Technical Level:
  • HES
  • Feature weight: 0

Grandmother Muse

British-Indian Photographer Arpita Shah will be in-conversation with Catriona McAra, Art Historian at the University of Aberdeen

Postcard of the Forth railway bridge seen from Fife, 1903. The view is taken from North Queensferry: the slipway for the ferry is in the middle of the picture.
  • Monday 22 July 2024
  • John Sinclair House
  • Talks and Seminars
  • Technical Level:
  • Archives
  • HES
  • Feature weight: 0

Wish You Were Here

Postcard highlights from the Archive of Historic Environment Scotland.

Excavation work taking place at Arthur's Seat with views over Edinburgh South in the background
  • Sunday 20 October 2024
  • Holyrood Park Education Centre
  • Talks and Seminars
  • Technical Level:
  • HES
  • Feature weight: 0

Hidden History

Hear about the findings from the recent archaeological excavations

Soldiers convalescing in the Dining Room at Glamis Castle during the First World War
  • Monday 11 November 2024
  • John Sinclair House
  • Talks and Seminars
  • Technical Level:
  • Military and wars
  • HES
  • Feature weight: 0

WWI & WWII Commemorative Talks

Join us on Armistice Day for this special event as we hear from archivists from some of Scotland's most iconic locations - Glamis Castle, Mount Stuart, Blair Castle and Inveraray Castle.

Sulphur Tuft Mushrooms
  • Saturday 14 December 2024
  • Holyrood Park
  • Talks and Seminars
  • Technical Level:
  • Nature, Ranger Service
  • HES
  • Feature weight: 0

Fungi  - but not as you know them

An interactive talk on how fungi influence our environment. Speaker: Cameron Diekonigin

A woman wearing a headset giving a talk. She wears a tshirt with 'Glasgow Science Centre' written on it
  • Selected dates until Sunday 9 March 2025
  • Stirling Castle
  • Talks and Seminars
  • Technical Level:
  • HES
  • Feature weight: 0

Castles Rock Science Show

Delve into the science and engineering that underpin our amazing castles.

Coralie Mills investigating tree rings
  • Thursday 6 March 2025
  • Holyrood Park
  • Talks and Seminars
  • Technical Level:
  • Nature, Ranger Service
  • HES
  • Feature weight: 0

Rings of Power

What dendrochronology tells us about south-east Scotland’s built heritage and woodland history.

Aerial view of buildings on Picardy Place, Edinburgh
  • Monday 31 March 2025
  • John Sinclair House
  • Talks and Seminars
  • Technical Level:
  • HES
  • Feature weight: 0

Picardy Weavers

This event has been cancelled

A tall grey castle surrounded by temporary fencing, with the entrance way boarded up with scaffolding.
  • Selected dates until Friday 6 June 2025
  • Engine Shed
  • Talks and Seminars
  • Technical Level: Quite technical
  • Building Management, Materials, Technical Conservation, Architecture
  • Enthusiast, Professional
  • HES, Engine Shed, Learn
  • Feature weight: 0

Introduction to Building Conservation Week

Through a series of lectures and site visits, this 5-day course will explore conservation of the Scottish Built Environment and Traditional Building Skills.

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