Scents, Sights and Sounds: Experiencing the Trinity

Talk and Exhibition Tour, Jill Harrison and Hetty Lancaster

Try to imagine yourself back in fifteenth-century Edinburgh, entering the soaring spaces of the Trinity Church, hearing the music, experiencing the scent of beeswax candles, incense and herbs. Imagine looking at the lavish church furnishings, including the glorious Trinity Altarpiece and meeting its commissioner, Sir Edward Bonkil, bedecked in squirrel furs. Join the Bedesmen from the Trinity Hospital, or the visitors from the Port of Leith who attend the special mass for travellers. The Trinity was the place to see and be seen, experience its significance, then and now

After each talk there is an opportunity to visit the exhibition with the speaker and weather permitting, the courtyard, to see some of the fascinating Trinity Stones.

Please note that talks take place in the Museum of Edinburgh’s lecture room which can only be accessed via three flights of stairs. 

This event is part of the Reviving the Trinity Stones Exhibition. A fully-accessible, free exhibition located on the ground floor of the Museum of Edinburgh from 9^th May – 28^th June 2026.