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The Devils Porridge WW GalleryOur new state-of-the-art museum has something for everyone. Experience life in a World War One Trench and explore the Factory to discover what life…
A multi-faceted day support service for older adults in and around Brechin. The rear of the property presents a different view of Brechin up the High…
A Victorian hospital with a difference, the Crichton was founded by Mrs Elizabeth Crichton in memory of her husband, an East India Company doctor. It…
The story of the Crichton begins in 1823 with the death of Dr James Crichton of Friars Carse who left to his widow, Elizabeth, the then considerable…
An inspirational but simple studio, designed to make full use of natural daylight and to create a bright working weaving environment. At 64 square…
Built by local builder, Robert Weir and Son, commissioned by 33 founding members in the town and opened on 23rd March 1887 as a businessmen?s social…
A former 1897 Linen Bank built by W.F. Salmon. Now an arts space, come and share your ideas about the forthcoming proposed High Street Fayre in…
Purpose built with glulam beams and modernist windows. You can sign-up for a workshop or lecture, pop in for a guided tour or wander at your leisure.�
Celebrating its 50th year, this year. Built to a simple but elegant style to meet the requirements of worship and a variety of social activities for…
The Caves offers an exciting opportunity to see these vast underground caverns. Rediscovered and excavated in the mid 90�s, the rooms form a series of…
The CatStrand is an award-winning arts and community centre in the heart of the Glenkens, presenting a high quality programme of arts events and…
1994, striking modern design by The Kennedy Partnership, Aberdeen for Moray Council displaying and recording many aspects of the fishing industry,…
What sounds do buildings make? experience architecture in an entirely new way, through soundscapes of some of Ayr's buildings.
Late 18th Century house with earlier adjoining böd, a scene of trade between Shetlanders and the Hanseatic fleet as long ago as 1684. More recently…
The oldest bookshop in Scotland’s Book Town is a Georgian gem of a building housing a labyrinth of old books, with shelves that stretch for over a…
The Boatshed, built upon the ruins of a former boatshed/store, was fully renovated and opened in 2015. Work was undertaken by Brown + Brown…
In 1803 the British Fisheries Society bought 390 acres on the south side of the the mouth of Wick River. Here Thomas Telford created a new model town,…
Listed Category B 1930-32 by James B Dunn for Edward S Harrison, woollen mill owner, Ex- Lord Provost of Elgin. Substantial 2-storey and attic house…
The Beehive Doocot is listed category B.It is close to the Round Square and is of the beehive type dating from c1600. The Beehive Doocot contains…
The walk commemorated the 50th anniversary of the infamous Beeching Report of 1963. It traced the route of the railway through Kirkintilloch that was…
The Barony Theatre building was erected in the 1880s as Borrowstoun Primary School. It is a typical stone building of the School Board era in plain…
A Jacobean-style sandstone manor house by 19C architect William Burn. Given new life - and new buildings, as an agricultural college. Modern courtyard…
The gardens comprise the steep wooded east bank of the Water of Leith roughly between Stockbridge and the Dean Bridge. It is part of the 'Pleasure…
The focus of many events in the park, this cast-iron, B-listed bandstand was made in the Elmbank Foundry in Glasgow in 1907. It was gifted to Crieff…
Tucked in the heart of sandstone tenements, this urban garden, yards from busy Argyle Street houses a polytunnel, a greenhouse made from recycled…
This museum, owned by the Turriff and District Heritage Society, will be open and houses the Robes, Regalia and memorabilia of Turriff Town Council.
This distinctively designed community building by A R M Architects. Its curved roof is a talking point within the community. Opened in 2004 it a focal…
Housed within the garden level of this grand hotel is a small museum telling the stories of the people who built, worked at, and visited the Atholl…
In 1900 the architect Charles Rennie Mackintosh prepared drawings for a 'dream house'. These drawings were for a house that Mackintosh would probably…
The Argyll Papers are the family and estate archive of the Campbell family, dukes of Argyll. One of the most important private archives in Britain, it…
The Cherry Park farm offices at Inveraray Castle were designed by John Adam for the 3rd Duke of Argyll. When the 5th Duke succeeded in 1771, the…
Enjoy this splendid collection showing how genealogy enriches your family history. Interesting artefacts and portraits illuminating ancestors back…
The site now houses two arts organisations - All In Ideas and Citymoves Dance Agency.? The building has been repurposed as a progressive multi art…
In September 2010 Sutherland Hussey Architects were approached by Edinburgh Council with an invitation to design a small meeting hut for a new…
The Aldessan Gallery was formerly the Crown Inn, rebuilt from an earlier structure in 1818, and extremely popular with visitors to the Glen throughout…
Built in 1936 as a comfortable modern home in central Cupar, this private dwelling house has survived with only limited modernisation. Sympathetically…
Borders Textile Towerhouse lets visitors discover the knitwear and tweed story, how the Borders woollen industries reached the height of luxury and…
Located in an early Victorian stable block, our busy workshop still uses some of the building’s old features, like the stall floor drainage system and…
New centre which only opened in spring 2019, incorporated within Hawick High school to deliver much needed skills back into the textile sectorShowcase…
Teviot Row House is one of several buildings managed by Edinburgh University Students? Association. It opened in 1889 ? making it the world?s oldest…
Facing on to St Georges lane off Buccleuch Road the church was built in 1916, replacing an older building dating from 1843. The building is…
Tentsmuir Forest and BeachTentsmuir Forest and Tentsmuir National Nature Reserve are in north east Fife, Scotland. Covering some 50 square miles, the forest was originally sand…
Tentsmuir Forest and Tentsmuir National Nature Reserve are in north east Fife, Scotland. Covering some 50 square miles, the forest was originally sand…
Wellpark Brewery's revamped visitor experience goes behind the doors of Tennent's lager, including personal stories from staff from over the…
Ring the doorbell and step in for a rare glimpse into Glasgow life in the early 20th century, in the four room house lived in by short hand typist…
The old Tayport Burgh Chambers are opened especially for Doors Open events. Take the opportunity to visit the old JP Courtroom and view pictures,…
This has been a religious site since 1607 but the present structure dates from 1794. It is a distinctive local landmark, particularly because of its…
Display of equipment and extensive collection of literature used in family history research. The Society remains obne of the principal centres of…
Situated in Tarves Conservation Area, visitors to the Tarves Heritage Centre can reminisce about old schooldays in the old classroom - complete with…
The Lodge was consecrated in 1771 and has strong connections with Robert Burns with displays of memorabilia in Museum and Lodge room. Burns was Depute…
The 17th century thatched cottage where Robert Burns and his friends formed a literary and debating society in 1780. Restored for the Burns…
One of Scotland's tallest land-based lighthouses, standing 41m high, with 203 steps to the top. Red and white striped tower with machicolated parapet…
Tarbat Discovery Centre sits on the site of one of the most exciting recent finds in Scotland, a Pictish monastic settlement dating from the 7th…
Constructed of green oak beams, upgraded from their appearance on the BBC's Castaway 2000 programme and furnished by Habitat. These buildings are…
Large administration offices for Standard Life Co, designed by Michael Laird & Partners. Opened in 1991, it incorporates the facade of Tanfield Hall,…
The Glenlee was built at the Bay Yard in Port Glasgow and first took to the water in 1896. She circumnavigated the world four times before being…
An opportunity to visit Collective Architecture�s citycentre studio in the Mercat Building.Panoramic views, see architects� work and hearinformal…
An evening of 5 minute presentations from current and recently graduated Architecture students from GSA & Strathclyde on their predictions of what…
Zen Buddhism offers a fresh perspective on our busy and often stressful lives. This 30 minute talk provides an outline of Zen Buddhism and how it can…
Karen Mailley-Watt & Rachael Purse, aka the 'History Girls' will discuss the women who have shaped Garnethill. A lively talk on woman's lives;…
Pollokshaws Burgh Hall,�2025 Pollokshaws Road - off Christian Street, G43 1NE�Join Joe Murray to hear about the Maxwells of Pollok �
The process of engraving involves using copper wheels with a mix of carborundum and oil to grind into the glass. Every stage of the process is done by…
Join Ann Laird for a lunchtime talk to learn about Glasgow's famous west end. Known for its elegant houses and some quirky streets, the city's first…
Illustrated talk by the Prof Sam McKinstry of the University of the West of Scotland. He is an expert in the work of Sir Robert Rowand Anderson,…
Members of the 1820 society narrate the events of the 1820 radical uprising and the role of John Baird and Andrew Hardy who were executed in the…
Based on Bruce Peter�s new book �The Modern Hotel in Britain�, this lecture focuses on Scottish and Glaswegian examples from the 1920s until the…
Join author Gill Hoff's who will be talking about her new book 'The Lost Story of the William and Mary'. This features the disastrous 1850's shipwreck…
As we approach the centenary of the end of World War 1 this is an opportunity to hear about the lives of those men named on our Memorial Plaque who…
Who were the men named on our WW1 Memorial? Hear about their lives and backgrounds and some of Hyndland�s social history.
A chance to hear from retired radio officers who travelled the world doing Morse code for a variety of shipsLearn about what life was like, how long…
The twenty five year period before 1914 saw the centre of Glasgow changed with the arrival of purpose-built office blocks. We explore these Jolly Red…
National Theatre of Scotland, 125 Craighall Road, G4 9TL National Theatre of Scotland named their new building Rockvilla, recognising the social…
Niall Murphy, Deputy Director of Glasgow City Heritage Trust, tells the story of the Glasgow Cenotaph and Sir JJ Burnet's understated design came…
Over a lunchtime of talks Glasgow Women�s Library, the sole accredited museum dedicated to women�s history in the UK will be sharing some of their…
�This talk examines the built heritage and material culture of the colonial elite of Glasgow between 1740-1838. How did the �Tobacco Lords� and �Sugar…
2018�marked the 35th Anniversary of the Alliance Fran�aise Glasgow!Talk on the history of Glasgow�s Park Circus and(re-)discover our premises.
Composer Gareth Williams and Playwright Oliver Emmanuel talk about their First World War trilogy, The 306, written to commemorate the 306 men shot for…
Tea Green Events take over the stunning St Andrew's in the Square for the unique market experience. Showcasing the very best of Scotland's creative…
Recently retired Professor of Medieval History & Codicology at Glasgow University, Robert Gibb, presenting an illustrated talk on Talwin Morris,…
Hear about the challenges of researching and recreating historic stencilling linked with the work of Charles Rennie Mackintosh by Glasgow-based artist…
Join Joe Murray, National Trust for Scotland's Learning Officer at Pollok Park, for a fascinating exploration of the largely forgotten legacy left by…
The Great Exhibition of 1851 at the Crystal Palace set the standard for all to follow and Glasgow rose to the challenge with three expos in…
Learn about the top 100 buildings in Scotland, all voted for by the public. Glasgow highlights include The Italian Centre, Zoology Building at the…
Dr Robyne Calvert, Mackintosh Research Fellow at Glasgow School of Art, will look at work labelled Glasgow Style and think about its meaning and…
Illustrated talk by McGinlay Bell Architects. Hear thestory of GFT�s recent award-winning refurbishment.�
Eddie Warde of Glasgow Housing Association will report on the progress of the Pollokshaws TRA works and comment on the challenges faced in attempting…
� In May 2014 the �Mack� was engulfed in a fire that threatened to remove this remarkable edifice from the City�s landscape. This talk will explore…
Join John Gilbert Architects, the studio working on plans for Pollokshaws Burgh Hall's future, in this talk on re-purposing historic buildings for…
Prof Lyndsay Fletcher in Astronomy at Glasgow Universitywill give an illustrated talk on the �Beauty of the Universe�with the latest imagery &…
Join archaeologists Gavin MacGregor and Ingrid Shearer on a 10,000 year interactive journey through Glasgow before history. Explore the drowned lands…
Pollokshaws Burgh Hall 2025 Pollokshaws Road - off Christian Street, G43 1NE An update by Tom Graham and Eddie Warde about Pollokshaws Transitional…
Pollokshaws Heritage Society will look at how Pollokshaws Village and its community have been 'deranged' twice. The Comprehensive Development Plan of…
Dr Ambrose Gillick discusses moments of grassroots activism which have played a significant role in forming the spaces, streets and buildings of…
Michael Durning, artist & archivist of Paisley Art Institute, reappraises the contribution to the nation's art from Paisley. Artistic greats that…
The Willow Tea Rooms,�3rd Floor, 119 Sauchiehall Street, G2 3ELJoin us as we explore one of our city�s greatest assets, TEA. Glasgow has a great a…
New Glasgow Society's Lex Lamb will present the fascinating story of the secret Soviet map of Glasgow, including the first ever translation of the…
Based on his recent book, 'Glasgow: mapping the city', author John Moore will introduce a selection of the most important or unique maps of the city…