National Library of Scotland

Professor Christopher Smith (Chair of the National Library of Scotland), Marcie Hopkins (Director of Collections at the British Library), Rhodri Llwyd Morgan (Director of the National Library of Wales), and Dr Audrey Whitty (Director of the National Library of Ireland) at the launch announcement of the collaboration.
Four National Libraries Launch New Cross Collaboration
Four national libraries across Ireland and the United Kingdom have been awarded €750,000 through the UK-Ireland Cultural Co-operation Programme for Across These Islands: Shared Histories, Share
Chris, Valda and Michael Grieve in Whalsay, summer 1933
National Library of Scotland’s Centenary Tour Heads to Shetland
Shetland Museum and Archives will host the final instalment of The National Library of Scotland’s centenary programme later this month with a focus on the poet Hug
The last letter writting by Mary, Queen of Scots
Mary, Queen of Scots’ Last Letter to Go On Display
The final letter written by Mary, Queen of Scots before her execution will go on
Letter from Mary Shelley to Sir Walter Scott on the authorship of Frankenstein dated June 14, 1818
Mary Shelley's Frankenstein Letter to Sir Walter Scott on Display For One Day Only
The National Library of Scotland is holding a pop-up display of Frankenstein-related material on November 7 to coincide with the release of Guillermo del Toro’s ad
Songs and Fancies on display in Aberdeen Art Gallery
First Printed Book of Secular Music in Scotland Goes on Tour
The National Library of Scotland is taking its collections on tour with the launch of its new OUTWITH programme.
A cricket scorebook from the donated archive
Scottish Cricket Archive Donated to the National Library of Scotland
A wide variety of documentation relating to the history of the Scottish Cricket Union and Cricket Scotland from 1908 to the present day have been acqui
The Bash Street Kids visit the National Library of Scotland: the front cover of the special edition centenary edition of Beano
The National Library of Scotland Celebrates Birthday Bash with Beano
The National Library of Scotland marks its official birthday today on the 100th anniversary of its creation via an Act of Parliament.
Teresa Elsmore with a fantastical lego library model which forms part of the National Library of Scotland's centenary exhibition 'Dear Library'
Major New Exhibition Celebrates the Importance of Libraries
The National Library of Scotland centenary celebrations continue with the opening today of a new exhibition celebrating all kinds of libraries and the books that sh
Mary Queen of Scots’ last letter
Mary Queen of Scots’ Last Letter in National Library of Scotland Centenary Programme
The National Library of Scotland is marking its 100th birthday with a year-long programme of events and initiatives.   
Robert Louis Stevenson and his wife Fanny with two Marquesas islanders in Butaritari, Gilbert Islands, c. July 1889.
New Exhibition Focuses on Robert Louis Stevenson's Final Years in the Pacific
The National Library of Scotland, in collaboration with the University of Edinburgh’s Remediating Stevenson project, has unveiled a new exhibition examining the lat