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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.

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.

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 man in a kilt swinging a flaming fireball on a wire handle. A traditional ceremony held in Stonehaven on New Year's Eve
  • Thursday 25 September 2025
  • Online
  • Talks and Seminars
  • Technical Level:
  • HES
  • Feature weight: 0

Scottish Traditional Folk Customs

Learn more about Scottish Folk Customs in this archives talk.

Close up of a gloved left hand of a restoration worker reaching out to touch an old fashioned slate roof. Some of the dark grey slates are not straight, with gaps in between.
  • Thursday 20 November 2025
  • Engine Shed
  • Talks and Seminars
  • Technical Level: Quite technical
  • Building Management, Sustainability, Technical Conservation, Architecture
  • Enthusiast, Professional
  • HES, Engine Shed, Learn
  • Feature weight: 0

Traditional Building Maintenance with optional Stirling maintenance walk

We will explore how to reduce decay and damage in buildings with regular maintenance.

People doing an archaeological dig with beautiful blue sky and green hills
  • Sunday 25 January 2026
  • Holyrood Park
  • Talks and Seminars
  • Technical Level:
  • Nature, Ranger Service
  • HES
  • Feature weight: 0

Winter Lecture Series: Parkaeology

Discover the archaeology of Holyrood Park and how humans have shaped it

A couple standing outside a house, dressed smartly in mid‑20th‑century attire, pose for a photograph in front of their garden
  • Monday 26 January 2026
  • John Sinclair House
  • Talks and Seminars
  • Technical Level:
  • Military and wars
  • HES
  • Feature weight: 0

Post-War Edinburgh

Discover Edinburgh as it was being rebuilt following the Second World War.

A painting of a castle with greenery and sheep surrounding
  • Monday 30 March 2026
  • John Sinclair House
  • Talks and Seminars
  • Technical Level:
  • HES
  • Feature weight: 0

Tours of Scotland from 1700 to 1837

Embark on a historical tour round Scotland, using archive images to retrace the steps of tourists from the 1700s and 1800s

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