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...

Date

Wednesday 11 February 2026

Time

03:00 pm to 05:00 pm

Location

Wardlaw Museum

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...

Date

Thursday 19 February 2026

Time

03:00 pm to 05:00 pm

Location

Wardlaw Museum

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...

Date

Wednesday 18 February 2026

Time

03:00 pm to 05:00 pm

Location

Wardlaw Museum

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...

Date

Wednesday 25 February 2026

Time

03:00 pm to 05:00 pm

Location

Wardlaw Museum

Middle East and Iranian Seminar --- Dr Cian Cooney

Intifada Avoided? Violence, Scandals & Moroccan Independence: 1953-1958

Middle East and Iranian Seminar --- Dr Cian Cooney -- Intifada Avoided? Violence, Scandals & Moroccan Independence: 1953-1958

Date

Thursday 12 February 2026

Time

05:15 pm to 06:45 pm

Location

Medieval History, 71 South Street

Institute of Intellectual History Carl Wennerlind (Barnard/Columbia)

Capitalism: For and Against

all welcome

Date

Wednesday 18 February 2026

Time

05:00 pm to 06:30 pm

Location

St Katharine's Lodge

Institute of Intellectual History Sarah Naramore (Edinburgh)

Can Medicine have a National Context?: Benjamin Rush's Biological Revolution and its Legacy

all welcome

Date

Wednesday 4 March 2026

Time

05:00 pm to 06:30 pm

Location

St Katharine's Lodge

Institute of Intellectual History Poppy Kershaw (St Andrews)

Seeing Like a State in F. W. Maitland

all welcome

Date

Wednesday 25 March 2026

Time

05:00 pm to 06:30 pm

Location

St Katharine's Lodge

The Hall of Clestrain, Orkney

Clestrain Hall was built in the 1760s and was the childhood home of arctic explorer John Rae. It is an exceptional survival of Georgian architecture and is...

Date

Thursday 14 May 2026

Time

06:00 pm to 07:30 pm

Location

School I, St Salvator's Quad

Institute of Intellectual History Georgios Varouxakis (Queen Mary)

Five Myths About 'the West' and Why Intellectual History Matters

all welcome

Date

Wednesday 11 March 2026

Time

05:00 pm to 06:30 pm

Location

St Katharine's Lodge

Middle East and Iranian Seminar --- Professor Timothy Greenwood

Water Rights (and Wrongs) in Medieval Armenia

Middle East and Iranian Seminar --- Professor Timothy Greenwood -- Water Rights (and Wrongs) in Medieval Armenia

Date

Thursday 16 April 2026

Time

05:15 pm to 06:45 pm

Location

Medieval History, 71 South Street

Early Modern and Reformation Seminar --- Dr Sarah Rindlisbacher (Bern)

Godly Agents. Swiss Reformed Clergymen and their Influence on Foreign Relations with England in the 1650s

Early Modern and Reformation Seminar --- Dr Sarah Rindlisbacher (Bern) -- Godly Agents. Swiss Reformed Clergymen and their Influence on Foreign...

Date

Thursday 19 February 2026

Time

05:15 pm to 05:45 pm

Location

Medieval History, 71 South Street

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,...

Date

Saturday 23 May 2026

Time

12:00 pm to 04:00 pm

Location

Wardlaw Museum

Early Modern and Reformation Seminar -- Sukwoo Choi (St Andrews)

Calvin's long print afterlife in Protestant England

Early Modern and Reformation Seminar -- Sukwoo Choi (St Andrews) -- Calvin's long print afterlife in Protestant England

Date

Thursday 12 March 2026

Time

05:15 pm to 06:45 pm

Location

Medieval History, 71 South Street

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...

Date

Saturday 2 May 2026

Time

12:00 pm to 04:00 pm

Location

Wardlaw Museum

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,...

Date

Wednesday 11 March 2026

Time

05:30 pm to 07:00 pm

Location

Wardlaw Museum

Attend

Booking required

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...

Date

Saturday 18 July 2026

Time

12:00 pm to 04:00 pm

Location

Wardlaw Museum

Institute for Scottish Historical Research Seminar -- Ebba Strutzenbladh (University of Aberdeen)

Ward and marriage, ward or marriage: motherhood and custody in late medieval Aberdeen

Institute for Scottish Historical Research Seminar -- Ebba Strutzenbladh (University of Aberdeen) -- Ward and marriage, ward or marriage: motherhood...

Date

Thursday 12 February 2026

Time

05:30 pm to 06:45 pm

Location

Medieval History, 71 South Street

St Andrews Institute of Mediaeval Studies Seminar -- Dr Felicity Hill

Royal proclamations in high medieval England

St Andrews Institute of Mediaeval Studies Seminar -- Dr Felicity Hill (St Andrews) -- Royal proclamations in high medieval England

Date

Monday 23 March 2026

Time

05:15 pm to 06:45 pm

Location

Parliament Hall

Institute for Scottish Historical Research Seminar --- Postgraduate Session

Details to follow

Institute for Scottish Historical Research Seminar --- Postgraduate Session -- Details to follow

Date

Thursday 23 April 2026

Time

05:30 pm to 06:45 pm

Location

Medieval History, 71 South Street