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Front cover of Liston book

A unique view of 19th century Constantinople

Historic Manuscripts
Research Collaborations
Byrd International Singers view Robert Carver's The Scone Antiphoner prior to a choral performance on the National Library's stairs (August 2019)

National Library boosts growth in reaching people

Announcements
Centenary
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‘Her Century’ screenings coming to your home

The Dandy first edition, from 4 December 1937

First ever appearance of Desperate Dan added to national collections

Arctic traveller Isobel Wylie Hutchison who ventured forth from her West Lothian home in the 1920s.

Intrepid explorers major focus for Library in 2020

Aberdeen Breviary, 1509-10 The first substantial printed book in Scotland

500-year-old book returns to Glasgow for public display

George Washington Wilson A Group, St Kilda, 1870s Albumen print Collection: National Library of Scotland, MacKinnon Collection, acquired jointly with the National Galleries of Scotland with assistance from the National Lottery Heritage Fund, the Scottish Government and Art Fund

Public to get first glimpse of magnificent photography collection

The Railway Fireman; Harry Gordon; London: Beltona, 1930.

70 years of record collecting donated to the nation

The National Library of Scotland has received the final tranche of a collection of more than 10,000 sound recordings from music enthusiast, William Dean-Myatt.

The National Library of Scotland's multimedia retrospective, Back to the Future: 1979-1989, is gearing up for a summer of nostalgia at Glasgow and Edinburgh.

Back to the 80s

Caption: Ideas that shook the world - the National Library of Scotland's exhibition exploring the Scottish Enlightenment, Northern Lights, opens on Friday 21 June.

National Library to launch major exhibition on Scottish Enlightenment

The manuscript of Knots & Crosses, 1985.

Ian Rankin gifts archive to the nation

From the manuscript of Don Juan cantos I, II, V in the hand of Lord Byron, 1818-1820

First-ever public display of Byron’s Don Juan