National Library of Scotland

7 George IV Bridge, Edinburgh, EH1 1EW
Email: nlsevents@nls.uk

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The National Library of Scotland will host limited capacity tours of George IV Bridge on Sunday 26 September.

See their events page from 8 September for further details and how to book. Attendees to adhere to 1m social distancing and wear face masks for the duration of their tour.

If you are passing-by the National Library on Saturday 25th September, on the way to other Doors Open Days venues, you are also invited to pop-in and visit the Library’s current free exhibition, ‘Petticoats and Pinnacles’, celebrating the lives of pioneering Scottish women climbers.

 

 

 

 

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Northern Lighthouse Board

84 George Street, Edinburgh, EH2 3DA
Email: enquiries@nlb.org.uk

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Scottish Arts Club

24 Rutland Square, EH1 2BW
Phone: +44 (0)131 229 8157
Email: admin@scottishartsclub.com

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Museum on the Mound

The Mound, Edinburgh, EH1 1YZ
Phone: 0131 243 5464
Email: info@museumonthemound.com

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Museum on the Mound will be open for free, in-person visits on Saturday 25th, from 1pm-5pm.

You’ll be able to see our newly refurbished displays on the history of Bank of Scotland and Lloyds Bank and, Covid restrictions allowing, take part in various free activities including coin-striking, badge-making, object handling and book binding.

Please note that only the museum will be open to the public. No access is available to the main Head Office building.

 

 

 

 

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James Clerk Maxwell’s Birthplace

14 India Street, Edinburgh, EH3 6EZ
Email: jcmf@clerkmaxwellfoundation.org

Virtual AND in-person visits this year


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For Doors Open Days 2021, we will be open for in-person pre-booked guided tours on Saturday 25 September 2021.

The tours will take place at 11.00am, 11.30am , 12.00noon, 12.30pm, 1.00pm, 1.30pm, 2.00pm, 2.30pm, 3.00pm and 3.30pm.

Each tour will last 25 minutes and should be booked by a single social “bubble” only. The ten available slots can be booked via our website.

Bookings have priority, but casual visitors will be taken if no booked slots have been taken at the time.

 

 

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Heriot-Watt University Museum

Riccarton Campus, The Avenue, Edinburgh , EH14 4AS
Email: heritage@hw.ac.uk

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The Anatomical Museum

Doorway 3, Medical School, Teviot Place, EH8 9AG
Email: anatomy.edinburgh@ed.ac.uk

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Talbot Rice Gallery

Old College, South Bridge (between Chambers Street & South College Street), Edinburgh, EH8 9YL
Phone: 0131 650 2210

Situated in the heart of The University of Edinburgh’s historic Old College, Talbot Rice Gallery is one of Scotland’s leading contemporary art galleries comprising of three distinct exhibition spaces including the contemporary white cube and the neoclassical Georgian space. Talbot Rice Gallery Virtual Tour (see below) As part of digital Doors Open Days, curator James Clegg shares some of the …


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Institution of Civil Engineers Scotland Museum

Heriot-Watt University, William Arrol Building, Riccarton Campus, EH14 4AS
Email: icescotmuseum@virginmedia.com

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Trinity House

99 Kirkgate, Leith, EH6 6BJ

The origins of Trinity House can be traced back to the establishment of a seafaring fraternity in 1380, later known as the Incorporation of Mariners and Shipmasters. Their purpose was to provide support to those who had been injured or retired from life at sea. The organisation commissioned an ‘almshouse’ or hospital on the Kirkgate in Leith in the 1550s. Today a …


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