Test Harness | HES Events

Image is an aerial photograph of a landscape of trees and houses. The houses are at either side, in the centre of the landscape is a large stretch of trees running in a straight line to the horizon. The sun is setting over the hills in the distance.

Friday 3 November 2023
Engine Shed
Film screening
Technical Level: Least technical
Archives, Conservation
Enthusiast, Professional
HES, Engine Shed
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The Antonine Wall: A 37 Mile Landmark

Central Scotland Documentary Film Festival Special Screening.

On until Sunday 26 November 2023
Dunstaffnage Castle and Chapel
Living History
Technical Level:
HES
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Tales from the Castle Kitchen

Take a seat by the fire (place) in the old kitchen and discover life in the 13th century castle.

A black and white archive photo of two men working in a field

Tuesday 28 November 2023
Online
Workshop
Technical Level:
HES
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Ar Dàimhean is Dualchas / Our Relationships and Heritage

An online, interactive workshop to explore how we can improve the ways we work together to protect and promote local heritage practices.

People wearing Christmas hats sitting round a table, clinking wine glasses and enjoying some food

Selected dates until Saturday 16 December 2023
Edinburgh Castle
Festive events
Technical Level:
Highlights
HES
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Christmas Lunch

Make Christmas 2023 special with a three course lunch in the opulent Queen Anne Room at Edinburgh Castle, and enjoy a dining experience fit for royalty.

A drawing by wildlife artist Derek Robertson

On until Sunday 28 January 2024
Duff House
Exhibition
Technical Level:
Art and design
HES
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Migrations - A Field Study of Adversity

Artist Derek Robertson fills the Long Gallery at Duff House with images drawn from the themes of migration, climate change and the struggle to survive in an adverse world

Selected dates until Sunday 24 March 2024
Duff House
Exhibition
Technical Level:
Art and design
HES
Feature weight: 0

J.M.W Turner’s Illustrations for ‘The Poetical Works of Thomas Campbell’

This exhibition is the newest in the series of annual exhibitions loaned from the National Galleries of Scotland collections and will be on display in the 2nd floor galleries at Duff House.

A set of ornate black iron railings outside a row of tenement buildings. The railings have a central circular theme with a large leaf.

Tuesday 12 March 2024
Engine Shed
Lecture
Technical Level: Quite technical
Building Management, Materials, Technical Conservation, Architecture
Enthusiast, Professional
HES, Engine Shed, Learn
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Scottish Ironwork Traditions

An introduction to the use and conservation of wrought and cast iron in Scotland over the past three centuries.

Two young people leaning on a table are working together to point a camera-style piece of equipment at a stone.

Selected dates until Tuesday 9 April 2024
Engine Shed
Free Weekend/Open Days
Technical Level: Least technical
Conservation
Family friendly, Enthusiast
HES, Engine Shed
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The Engine Shed Open Days

Join us to explore Scotland’s dedicated building conservation centre in Stirling and learn about energy efficiency and retrofit of traditional buildings.

On until Sunday 30 June 2024
Stanley Mills
Exhibition
Technical Level:
HES
Feature weight: 0

Literature in the Factories and Mills

Explore the literary activities of Victorian factory workers as writers and readers, and how they used their writing to represent their experiences of working in a rapidly changing industry.