Category: Our collections

Interesting items in, and stories from, our collections.

December 10, 2020 / archives / Our collections

Willliam simpsons asylum project update

During lockdown we have developed a number of online volunteering projects to continue to provide…

November 30, 2020 / archives / News and events

2020 is the 250th anniversary of the birth of James Hogg (1770-1835), known as the…

October 2, 2020 / archives / Art Collection

Welcome to our regular blog slot, the ‘Friday Art Blog’. You can return to the…

September 11, 2020 / archives / Our collections

“Inevitably, official thoughts early turned to the time when Scotland would be granted the honour…

September 4, 2020 / archives / Art Collection

Born in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, in 1915, Terry Frost KBE RA did not become an…

August 28, 2020 / archives / News and events

On the 50th anniversary of the 1970 Edinburgh Commonwealth Games newly catalogued collections trace the…

August 28, 2020 / archives / Art Collection

During a series of visits to China a few years ago, Kate Downie was brought…

August 21, 2020 / archives / Art Collection

Welcome to our new regular blog slot, the ‘Friday Art Blog’. We look forward to…

August 14, 2020 / archives / Art Collection

After the Pathfoot Building was shut in late March, the Art Collection began to produce…

August 10, 2020 / archives / Art Collection

This week’s #BeConnected Explore Our Campus looks at the collection of paintings of Scottish colourist J…