Upcoming events

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  1. Relaxed Drawing

    Relaxed Drawing

    Drop into the Wardlaw Museum to relax and draw. Find a place in the galleries and take inspiration from great artworks, capture the detail of an ancient...

  2. Quiet Opening

    Quiet Opening

    Drop into the Wardlaw Museum for a Quiet Opening. Free from the hustle and bustle of a general visit, with adjusted operations, our Quiet Openings are designed...

  3. Relaxed Drawing

    Relaxed Drawing

    Drop into the Wardlaw Museum to relax and draw. Find a place in the galleries and take inspiration from great artworks, capture the detail of an ancient...

  4. Relaxed Drawing

    Relaxed Drawing

    Drop into the Wardlaw Museum to relax and draw. Find a place in the galleries and take inspiration from great artworks, capture the detail of an ancient...

  5. Giraffeonomics: the political economy of giraffe conservation and trade

    Giraffeonomics: the political economy of giraffe conservation and trade

    Interdisciplinary Seminar Series

    The Graduate School for Interdisciplinary Studies is delighted to announce the fourth seminar in the Interdisciplinary Seminar Series, titled...

  6. The Pianist in Exile

    The Pianist in Exile

    Interdisciplinary Seminar Series

    The Graduate School for Interdisciplinary Studies is delighted to announce the seventh and final seminar in the Interdisciplinary Seminar Series, titled...

  7. Family financial socialisation in the digital age

    Family financial socialisation in the digital age

    Interdisciplinary Seminar Series

    The Graduate School for Interdisciplinary Studies is delighted to announce the sixth seminar in the Interdisciplinary Seminar Series, titled 'Family...

  8. People Make History

    People Make History

    Local History Day

    Celebrate the rich history of our local area at the Wardlaw Museum's Local History Day! Join us for a special event where local history groups, societies,...

  9. In Conversation --- Women and Warfare
    Limited access

    In Conversation --- Women and Warfare

    Join us for a panel discussion examining how history frames and reframes women in positions of power. Looking at the years of Mary Queen of Scots and further,...

  10. Secrets and Spies

    Secrets and Spies

    All Age Activity day

    Join us at the Wardlaw Museum for a day of mystery, detection, and stealth at our Secrets and Spies Activity Day! Discover how spies played a key role in the...

  11. Unheard, unseen, unjust: challenging the individualisation of loneliness in the lives of ethnic mino

    Unheard, unseen, unjust: challenging the individualisation of loneliness in the lives of ethnic mino

    Interdisciplinary Seminar Series

    The Graduate School for Interdisciplinary Studies is delighted to announce the fifth seminar in the series, titled 'Unheard, unseen, unjust: challenging...

  12. Time Travelers

    Time Travelers

    All Age Activity Day

    Step back in time and explore life in 16th century Scotland! Join us at the Wardlaw Museum for a day of hands-on history, crafts, and adventure suitable for all...

  13. Code to the Crown

    Code to the Crown

    An escape room experience

    The Escape Room will take place in the Bell Pettigrew Museum of Natural History, using a theme inspired by Mary Queen of Scots but focusing on the everyday...

  14. War, destruction and reform: the early years of Mary, Queen of Scots

    War, destruction and reform: the early years of Mary, Queen of Scots

    Mary, Queen of Scots: icon, martyr, national obsession. You know her story, but what does she hide? In December 1542, Mary became Queen at six days old. For the...

  15. Staying alive: conversations about literature and suicide

    Staying alive: conversations about literature and suicide

    Pay as you can

    What makes life feel worth living, especially when it feels impossible to go on? Recent research into suicide prevention suggests that media reports about...

  16. From These Parts: Scotland, Art and Identity

    From These Parts: Scotland, Art and Identity

    Scottish Contemporary Art Exhibition at the Wardlaw Museum - Free

    What makes a nation? Scotland has its own unique place in the world. It is a nation that is constantly changing and being changed by its people on a local and...

  17. Queer Tales: Women's Lives Reenacted

    Queer Tales: Women's Lives Reenacted

    Pay as you can

    In these complex modern days, we still find ourselves in the urgency of routes that keep battling gender inequality or discrimination, and that contribute to...

  18. In Conversation --- Propaganda, 'Rough Wooing' and Mary, Queen of Scots
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    In Conversation --- Propaganda, 'Rough Wooing' and Mary, Queen of Scots

    Join us for an In Conversation Panel Discussion examining how propaganda shaped the early years of Mary Queen of Scots. The discussion will also explore the...

  19. Institute for Museums, Heritage and Society (IMHS) Annual Lecture 2026 --- What is museum closure?

    Institute for Museums, Heritage and Society (IMHS) Annual Lecture 2026 --- What is museum closure?

    by Prof Fiona Candlin, Professor of Museology and Director of the Mapping Museums Lab at Birkbeck, University of London.

    What is museum closure? Over the last two years the Mapping Museums Lab at Birkbeck (University of London) have been collecting data on which museums have...