National Library of Scotland

National Library of Scotland
George IV Bridge
Edinburgh
Lothian
EH1 1EW
Scotland

Website

www.nls.uk

E-mail

General Enquiries

enquiries@nls.uk

Manuscripts

manuscripts@nls.uk

Maps

maps@nls.uk

Rare and Specialist Collections

rarebooks@nls.uk

Public Programme

events@nls.uk

Telephone

General Enquiries

+44 (0)131-226 4531

Fax

General Enquiries

+44 (0)131-622 4803

All information is supplied by the venues or providers themselves and every effort is made to ensure it is correct. Please remember to double check opening hours with the venue concerned before making a special visit.
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Scotland's largest library and the world centre for the study of Scotland and the Scots. Thanks to our UK legal deposit status, we are also a vast reference library, covering all subjects, from art to mountaineering, and from early times to the digital age.

Venue Type:

Library, Archive

 Opening hours

General Reading Room:

Monday - 09.30-20.30
Tuesday - 09.30-20.30
Wednesday - 10.00-20.30
Thursday - 09.30-20.30
Friday - 09.30-20.30
Saturday - 09.30-13.00

Closed: Sunday

 General services and facilities
  • Toilets
  • Refreshments
 Disability access
  • Toilets for disabled
  • Wheelchair access to some public areas
 Research and adult learning
  • Library with public access
 Links

National Library of Scotland
George IV Bridge
Edinburgh
Lothian
EH1 1EW
Scotland

Website

www.nls.uk

E-mail

General Enquiries

enquiries@nls.uk

Manuscripts

manuscripts@nls.uk

Maps

maps@nls.uk

Rare and Specialist Collections

rarebooks@nls.uk

Public Programme

events@nls.uk

Telephone

General Enquiries

+44 (0)131-226 4531

Fax

General Enquiries

+44 (0)131-622 4803

All information is supplied by the venues or providers themselves and every effort is made to ensure it is correct. Please remember to double check opening hours with the venue concerned before making a special visit.

7 million printed books, 120,000 volumes of manuscripts, 1.6 million maps, and over 20,000 newspaper and magazine titles.

Collection details

Archaeology, Archives, Industry, Law and Order, Literature, Maritime, Medicine, Music, Natural Sciences, Religion, Science and Technology, Social History, World Cultures

Key artists and exhibits

  • Robert Burns
  • Mary Queen of Scots
  • Edinburgh Calotype Club
  • Douglas Haig
  • Winston Churchill
  • Robert Louis Stevenson
  • The Murthly Hours
  • The Auchinleck Manuscript
  • Modern Scottish Writers
  • Edinburgh’s Theatre Royal
  • Map Library - military and civilian

National Library of Scotland
George IV Bridge
Edinburgh
Lothian
EH1 1EW
Scotland

Website

www.nls.uk

E-mail

General Enquiries

enquiries@nls.uk

Manuscripts

manuscripts@nls.uk

Maps

maps@nls.uk

Rare and Specialist Collections

rarebooks@nls.uk

Public Programme

events@nls.uk

Telephone

General Enquiries

+44 (0)131-226 4531

Fax

General Enquiries

+44 (0)131-622 4803

All information is supplied by the venues or providers themselves and every effort is made to ensure it is correct. Please remember to double check opening hours with the venue concerned before making a special visit.
Exhibition details are listed below, you may need to scroll down to see them all.

Scott's Last Expedition

12 January — 25 March 2012 *on now

Promotional posters showing their string of partnerships give an uplifting feel to this celebratory show, which also features photos of the expedition, letters, newspaper cuttings and diary entries, as well as memorial postcards of the dead explorers testifying to a nation in grief following their fateful return journey

Suitable for

  • Family friendly

National Library of Scotland
George IV Bridge
Edinburgh
Lothian
EH1 1EW
Scotland

Website

www.nls.uk

E-mail

General Enquiries

enquiries@nls.uk

Manuscripts

manuscripts@nls.uk

Maps

maps@nls.uk

Rare and Specialist Collections

rarebooks@nls.uk

Public Programme

events@nls.uk

Telephone

General Enquiries

+44 (0)131-226 4531

Fax

General Enquiries

+44 (0)131-622 4803

All information is supplied by the venues or providers themselves and every effort is made to ensure it is correct. Please remember to double check opening hours with the venue concerned before making a special visit.
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