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A Park Ranger talking to young people with their hands up

Saturday 27 July 2024
Holyrood Park
Free Weekend/Open Days
Technical Level:
Nature, Ranger Service, Landscape
HES
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Children's Art and Stories Day

Come to Holyrood Park and get creative with stories and art, inspired by the amazing nature and landscape

5 people in costume on horses with a crowd watching on and a castle in the background

On until Sunday 28 July 2024
Caerlaverock Castle
Living History
Technical Level:
Military and wars, Monarchs and castle life, Highlights
HES
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Spectacular Jousting (Caerlaverock)

Get ready to cheer on your favourite as the chivalric knights ready their noble steeds in this jousting tournament.

The Masters' Room in Trinity House showing fireplace, clock and scrimshaw carvings of a penguin and whales teeth

Wednesday 31 July 2024
Trinity House
Workshop
Technical Level:
HES
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Sea Shanty Workshop

Join us for an afternoon of sea shanties and tales of Leith's whaling history.

A member of staff smiling for the camera

Wednesday 31 July 2024
Skara Brae Prehistoric Village
Living History
Technical Level:
Art and design
HES
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Skaill Knife Demonstration

Come along and see how Skaill Knives were made at Skara Brae, learn about the tool and understand the significance of the Skaill Knife.

Man and woman enjoying afternoon tea in the Tea Rooms at Edinburgh Castle

Edinburgh Castle
Regional Events
Technical Level:
Highlights
HES
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Afternoon Tea Experience

Indulge in afternoon tea in the Queen Anne Building at Edinburgh Castle and enjoy a dining experience fit for royalty. Pre booking is required.

Tuesday 6 August 2024
Maeshowe Visitor Centre
Workshop
Technical Level:
HES
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Carved Ball Making

Join us to make your own Carved Stone Balls, just like those found at Skara Brae.

Two lego figures on a wall with a trolley of building bricks in the grounds of a cathedral

On until Sunday 11 August 2024
Elgin Museum
Living History
Technical Level:
HES
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The BIG Elgin Cathedral LEGO™ Build

Your chance to help build a model version of Elgin Cathedral out of LEGO™

A boy with a paw print on his face and drawing on a paper plate

Wednesday 14 August 2024
Maeshowe Visitor Centre
Workshop
Technical Level:
HES
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Wall Art

Explore your creativity just as people in the past did through wall art! Learn about the carvings inside Maeshowe Chambered Cairn, and add your own mark to our canvas.

Thursday 15 August 2024
Brough of Birsay
Walks and Guided Tours
Technical Level:
Archaeology, Landscape
HES
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Brough of Birsay Guided Tour

Join us on our tour over the causeway to the Brough of Birsay and discover the history of the Brough from Late Neolithic to the 17th Century.

Selected dates until Sunday 25 August 2024
Duff House
Exhibition
Technical Level:
Art and design
HES
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Masterpiece: Lord Byron by William Edward West, 1822

This artwork forms part of the annual Masterpiece series of paintings loaned from the National Galleries’ collections and will be on display in the Marble Lobby at Duff House.

A sunset over Jarlshof Prehistoric and Norse Settlement

Selected dates until Thursday 29 August 2024
Jarlshof Prehistoric and Norse Settlement
Walks and Guided Tours
Technical Level:
Nature
HES
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Jarlshof Evening Tours

Join us after-hours for an evening tour of Jarlshof Prehistoric and Norse Settlement

The boulder-strewn surface of Goat Fell summit in the foreground of this view of the famous Sleeping Warrior ridge in the Isle of Arran

Selected dates until Sunday 2 March 2025
Multiple venues
Exhibition
Technical Level:
Landscape
HES
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In the Land, of the People

Explore how folklore is woven throughout Scotland, through its landscape, its history and its people.

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